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PROPOSED REVISED HACKNEY CARRIAGE BYELAWS
Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Licensing Committee (Item 6)
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To consider a report by the Head of Planning, Public Protection and Regulatory Services (copy enclosed) presenting the revised Byelaws relating to Hackney Carriage regulation for the Committee’s consideration and approval for formal consultation.
Additional documents:
- HACKNEY CARRIAGE BYELAWS - APPENDIX A PROPOSED BYELAWS, item 6
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- HACKNEY CARRIAGE BYELAWS - APPENDIX B Rhyl and Prestatyn, item 6
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- Webcast for PROPOSED REVISED HACKNEY CARRIAGE BYELAWS
Decision:
RESOLVED that –
(a) the proposed Department of Transport Model
Byelaws (as detailed at Appendix A to the report) be supported, and
(b) officers be authorised to commence a
formal consultation with all hackney carriage proprietors and licensed drivers.
Minutes:
The Senior Licensing Officer (SLO) submitted a
report (previously circulated) presenting the revised Byelaws relating to Hackney
Carriage regulation for the Committee’s consideration and approval for formal
consultation.
Members were reminded of the Council’s legislative
requirements for the licensing and regulation of hackney carriages and
drivers. Since local government reorganisation
in 1996 those responsibilities had been exercised through the Council’s Hackney
Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Conditions and Byelaws relating to Rhyl and
Prestatyn only. It was recommended that the
Council adopt Byelaws which covered the whole of the county to ensure they
accurately reflected changes in legislation and ensure a fair, transparent, and
consistent approach.
Officers recommended that the Model Byelaws
produced by the Department of Transport (Appendix A to the report) be approved
for formal consultation with any representations being brought back before
Council for consideration. In the event
the Model Byelaws were adopted by the Council, the Rhyl and Prestatyn Byelaws
(Appendix B to the report) would be repealed.
Members agreed that a consistent approach across
the county should be applied in respect of hackney carriage byelaws and noted
that adoption of the model byelaws would not effect any major change but
modernised the current provision which related only to Rhyl and Prestatyn at
present. The relevance of provision
18(a) was questioned in so far as it related to any property left behind being
physically handed in to a Police Station.
The SLO confirmed items were meant to be deposited at a Police Station
which was a licensing condition, with property being handed to someone in
authority and the Police being best placed to deal with the matter.
Having
considered all the information contained in the report the Committee –
RESOLVED that –
(a) the proposed Department of Transport Model
Byelaws (as detailed at Appendix A to the report) be supported, and
(b) officers be authorised to commence a
formal consultation with all hackney carriage proprietors and licensed drivers.