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Thanks, YBB - was kind of thinking I'd read that somewhere, but thought I was maybe thinking of some people suggesting that that should be how it works

But if that's the council's rules under the same legislation as 300 other councils, then if examined in court I'd guess it would be deemed unlawful/ultra vires. Either that, or the 300 or so other councils are acting unlawfully.

My money would be on the former, rather than the latter

Clearly requiring a PH vehicle owner to also have an operator's license is outside of the powers of taxi licensing legislation.

But I suspect the council knows that which is why a 5-year PH operator's license for one vehicle is £110, £22 a year.

However, I'm 100% certain that not every vehicle owner lives in the Torbay licensing area, so making them have a PH operator's license is unlawful, in my view, on more than one grounds.

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