Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber

Contact: Lyndsey Parnell  Senior Elections and Members' Services Officer

Items
No. Item

49.

Apologies for Absence and Substitutions.

Minutes:

Councillor Poole attended the meeting as a substitute for Councillor Walker, who had given her apologies.

50.

To approve, as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 6 December 2016 pdf icon PDF 51 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record.

 

51.

Declaration of Interests.

Minutes:

None.

52.

Immigration Act 2016 pdf icon PDF 111 KB

Report of Director

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report by the Corporate Director which had been circulated prior to the meeting, to seek approval to the amendments to the Statement of Policy and Guidelines for the Licensing of Hackney Carriage Drivers, Private Hire Drivers and Private Hire Operators (“the Policy”) which incorporate changes introduced by the Immigration Act 2016.

 

RESOLVED TO:

 

1.     Approve the amended Statement of Policy and Guidelines for the Licensing of Hackney Carriage Drivers, Private Hire Drivers and Private Hire Operators.

 

2.     Approve both the Driver’s and Operator’s amended conditions.

 

3.     Approve the delegated authority to Director level to grant Private/Hackney Carriage Driver’s licences for a period of less than 3 years or 1 year where required to do so under the Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976 as amended by the Immigration Act 2016.

 

4.     Approve delegated authority to Director level to grant Operator’s Licences for a period of less than 5 years or 1 year where required to do so by the Local Government  Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976 as amended by the Immigration Act 2016.

 

53.

Any other item which the Chair considers urgent.

Minutes:

None.