Taxidriver11 wrote:
I take yer point on going through the hassle and not using it but I do know of a few who have and have never driven
I've no doubt that such badges exist. For example, some may have got a badge but then changed their mind about actually driving, for whatever reason. I'm just guessing that very few will have embarked on the process with the sole intention of only using the badge as a fall back.
Incidentally, did you read the PHTM article about it that Sussex posted in another thread? Certainly can't see anything in it that would cover your scenario, but I suspect it's just a thing that HMRC haven't considered, so your particular issue may be ironed out before it all goes live.
https://content.yudu.com/web/43sy4/0A43 ... gin=readerTaxiDriver11 wrote:
I’m surprised to hear the Glasgow situation as it nowhere states that you have to drive in the civic government Scotland act to obtain one, Maybe there is something written into the council conditions but I suspect if challenged in court it would not be denied
A recent press report about a PH badge applicant said:
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It was also pointed out that once awarded a licence, Mr Najman would have to use it within three months or hand it back to the committee.
That was about someone who was involved with a cannabis farm, and who was actually denied a badge.
But there was a press report a couple of years ago about this very subject. However, as I said at the time, I suspect it's just been misreported, and it's all actually about plates where no vehicle has been presented for testing, but as usual the press reports confuse badges and plates, or effectively treat them as the same.
So although the report on the cannabis farm case makes it sound like it's the badge they were talking about being handed back after three months if unused, I wouldn't be surprised if the point was actually about plates.
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