Issue - meetings
Amendment of Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence Conditions
Meeting: 13/07/2021 - Environment and Licensing Committee (Item 13)
13 Amendment of Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence Conditions 
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Report of the Head of Environment
Additional documents:
- Apx 1, item 13
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- HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE VEHICLE LICENCE CONDITIONS NOV 2018.doc, item 13
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Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report of a report of the Head of Environment which set out a request from a licensed driver for the Council to consider removing the requirement to display a roof light on a Hackney Carriage.
The Committee heard from the licence holder, Matthew Francis, on his reasons for making the request.
Following debate, the Committee resolved not to accept the recommendation of the Head of Environment to refuse the request to alter the licence conditions for Hackney Carriage Vehicles.
An alternative proposal to instruct officers to start a public consultation on whether to remove the requirement for hackney carriages to display a roof sign when operating was moved and duly seconded and it was
RESOLVED:
To instruct officers to commence a public consultation on whether to remove the requirement for Hackney Carriages to display a roof sign when operating, the results of which would be brought to a future meeting.