Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chairman

Minutes:

Councillor Cooper was elected Chair for the meeting.

2.

Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are reminded to make any declarations of pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests that they may have in relation to items on this agenda and are reminded that they should re-declare their interest before consideration of the item or as soon as the interest becomes apparent.

 

Members and officers should make their declaration by stating :

 

a) the item they have the interest in

b) whether it is a pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial

c) the nature of the interest

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest made.

3.

Exempt Information

The Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution: -

 

That under Section 100a (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and accredited representatives of newspapers be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act by virtue of the paragraph specified against the item.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee

 

RESOLVED

 

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and accredited representatives of newspapers be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds it may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act by virtue of the paragraph specified against the item.

 

4.

Application for a hackney carriage/private hire driver licence - EXEMPT paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972

To consider the attached report.

Minutes:

The Chair confirmed that this application had been deferred.

5.

Consideration of the Fit and Proper Status of a Licensed Driver - EXEMPT paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972

To consider the attached report.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee received a report from the Licensing Officer which set out the detail of a renewal application for a hackney carriage/private hire driver licence in the context of the behaviour of a driver following an incident that was reported to the Licensing Authority.

 

            The applicant acknowledged that he had been at fault and advised that throughout his 22 years of service he had not encountered a situation such as this. The Licensing Officer confirmed that the driver had held a licence with the Licensing Authority for 12 years and that throughout that time, no complaints had been made about him.

 

            Having viewed a social media video which had been submitted as evidence, all parties then left the room to enable Members to determine the application.

 

            Having taken account of the nature of the situation, the long service and the clean driving licence of the applicant, and in assessing the action it could take, the Sub-Committee considered greatly the safety of the travelling public which it acknowledged had to be of paramount concern, the Sub-Committee, therefore

 

RESOLVED

 

That the renewal application be granted and that five penalty points be registered against the driver for offensive language for a period of twelve months and a written strict warning as to his future behaviour.

 

            All parties were recalled and advised of the decision.   

 

In confirming the Sub-Committee’s deliberations, the Chair re-emphasised to the driver that instances of improper conduct were reviewed very seriously and a record was maintained of complaints against individual drivers, which if repeated would result in enforcement action or other sanctions in view of a driver’s record.