Issue - meetings
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS
Meeting: 06/12/2017 - Licensing Committee (Item 9)
To consider a report by the Head of Planning and Public Protection (copy enclosed) detailing proposed amendments to the existing hackney carriage and private hire vehicle specifications.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED that the amendments to the hackney carriage and
private hire vehicle specifications as detailed in Appendix A to the report be
approved with immediate effect.
Minutes:
The Licensing Officer (NJ) submitted a report (previously
circulated) detailing proposed amendments to the existing hackney carriage and
private hire vehicle specifications for members’ consideration.
The existing hackney carriage and private hire
vehicle policy, together with vehicle specification and conditions, had been
approved by the Licensing Committee in December 2016 following extensive consultation
and came into effect on 1 July 2017. The
Licensing Committee held on 18 October 2017 had resolved to deviate from the
policy specification with regard to minimum legroom requirements and requested
that officers review the current specification policy, in particular the
vehicle seating specification, and report back as soon as practicable. Details of the proposed amendments had been
included as an appendix to the report.
Members noted that, apart from amendments for clarification
purposes, the majority of the proposed amendments removed the more restrictive
vehicle specifications in favour of the vehicles being “type approved” as they
had already been deemed fit for purpose to carry the number of passengers as
detailed on the vehicle registration documents.
Upon being put to the vote it was –
RESOLVED that the amendments to the hackney carriage and
private hire vehicle specifications as detailed in Appendix A to the report be
approved with immediate effect.