Sussex wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
If that's the case, you might as well tell the councillors that those areas will also see a vast increase in HCV numbers because of provisions in The Equality Act 2010.
Not if they de-limit.
Why on earth not?
As I understand it Cornwall Council has six areas, which for the purposes of taxi licensing are called zones. At present three of these zones are de-limited & the other three are limited.
Forget about the three zones that are limited at present, the fate of which will be decided on Friday 5th November 2010. Concentrate on the three zones that are already de-limited.
In those zones which I think are Kerrier, Caradon & North Cornwall, the chances are that existing HCVs are predominantly saloons. If that is the case, then those zones will need to comply with the proportions that the Secretary / Minister for Transport will be setting in due course.
And that will mean vastly increased numbers of taxis in those zones too.
Unless of course you believe that the provisions in the legislation allow the Council to comply with the proportions to be set by applying the proportions to the whole of the council’s area (all six zones as a total) & not zone by zone.
But if that is the case, then it just does not make any sense at all.