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Ours is £13 but its payed by the council

Is that a full enchanced CRB check? :?

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We had a driver who was given his licence, in October last year, while the crb was done due to the length of time it can take, then had it suspended due to the none discloser of a spent conviction for drink driving, he took the council to Court this year and won, so no council can hold a spent conviction (7 years I think, Green will correct me), against any person now in Scotland
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Hi,
I wrote CRB Checks One. I got my correct one through the other day. I went to the LA the day it came and the licensing lady was off sick! Apparently, no one else in the horribly overstaffed office knew how to process an application! So, still waiting. The woman who dealt with me took my fee and said i might be able to drive as i have a receipt, but i will wait until my photocard comes just to play it safe. The receipt just shows that ive applied, not actually got a licence.
Mine cost £34 and my medical was £70. The licence fee is £16. Im not sure how much my plate is going to cost. My car was a few grand so lets hope the trades there!! :?
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skippy41 wrote:
We had a driver who was given his licence, in October last year, while the crb was done due to the length of time it can take, then had it suspended due to the none discloser of a spent conviction for drink driving, he took the council to Court this year and won, so no council can hold a spent conviction (7 years I think, Green will correct me), against any person now in Scotland


Don't know, I've never been convicted of anything, ever. I've been a good boy. :wink:
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Nick Griffin 'got off' as well :lol:

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Nick Griffin 'got off' as well :lol:



I'll take it your 'aluding' to something there Dusty? Image
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so no council can hold a spent conviction (7 years I think, Green will correct me), against any person now in Scotland

Scotland may well be different, but down here all convictions are never spent, and councils can take anything into account no matter how long it happened.

Doesn't mean drivers will lose, or wont get a license, but there is no longer any hiding places. :shock:

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Doesn't mean drivers will lose, or wont get a license, but there is no longer any hiding places.


Quite right got my license today despite the axe murder incident :wink:

Regards Eric 8)
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iam just waiting for my check to come through, cost me 34 pounds
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iam just waiting for my check to come through, cost me 34 pounds

Cost you a lot more if you fail. :wink:

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i have no need to worry
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i have no need to worry

So you're the one then. :D

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We can just have the police check costs £10.
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Nick Griffin 'got off' as well :lol:



I'll take it your 'aluding' to something there Dusty? Image


Good smiley, and it's particularly apposite for your constant references to 'taxee' as regards the PH trade, inter alia.

Thus it was you that started it :wink:

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I don't Know about your areas, but in the Scottish borders we have to have a crb check every 3 years, surely this is a total waist of time and money, as we have not changed employment, and a simple police check would confirm any wrong doings, If this is the case in your area I think its time to bring this up with your MP or MSP as it is just bureaucratic nonsense, it should be one crb check only.


In the PHM "Round the Councils", Under Swansea, it says that their council there want to go for an ANNUAL, rather than the present three year CRB check. The reason, would appear to be because a taxi driver was convicted of a rape, and got sent down for ten years. (NOT LONG ENOUGH) Unfortunately, this crime would have most likely still have happened, even if there was a WEEKLY CRB check. The CRB can only produce a history on an individual, not a prediction of future criminal activity. The point of the CRB check is to aid Councils in filtering out persons who are not "fit and proper" so that they do not enter the trade in the first place. So, once a CRB check has been carried out, what is the point in repeating them? I was informed last year that a CRB check is only "valid" for one month. If that is the case, why are they not carried out monthly? Do not misunderstand me I am not against CRB checks being carried out. I have survived three now, is there really any need for the fourth, due in July. If I had commited, or was acussed of commiting a serious crime, surely the police would inform the council? Wouldn't they?

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