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licensed driver "Fit and proper" test Mr Sezai Gokturk.
Meeting: 02/08/2017 - Environment and Safety Committee (Item 44)
"Fit and proper' test for Licensed Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver with excess penalty points
Additional documents:
- Restricted enclosure 2
- Restricted enclosure 3
Minutes:
The Corporate Director, Environmental Services, submitted a report regarding a licenced Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver with excess points.
The purpose of the report was to determine if the applicant was a ‘Fit and Proper’ person to continue to hold a Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Drivers Licence.
The Committee Administrator circulated a signed statement from the driver for Members to consider. The Committee were given the opportunity to read the information.
The Police were not present at the meeting. The Licensing Manager read out two written statements on their behalf, which were appended to the report under Appendix A.
With the agreement of the Chair, a DVD showing footage from the Police Officer’s mobile phone was played detailing the incident.
The driver was in attendance, together with his Solicitor and a representative of the Turkish community. They made their submissions.
Councillor Rogers proposed a motion to suspend the licence, which was seconded by Councillor Roberts.
RESOLVED (unanimously) that the applicant is not a ‘Fit and Proper’ person to continue to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence until he has undertaken an approved Taxi Driving test such as that carried out by the Blue Lamp Trust. The licence is suspended for a period of up to 4 weeks for this to be carried out. Once carried out the Council’s Licensing Manager needs to be informed and shown the relevant documentation showing that the training has been undertaken. If the training can be carried out sooner and the relevant documentation shown to the Council’s Licensing Manager satisfaction, the suspension period can be less than 4 weeks.
Reasons: The driver was aggressive in his dealings with the police. By his own admission he has a short fuse. There have been 2 occasions when he has flaunted road traffic law. The Committee hope that the period of suspension will give the driver a period to reflect on his behaviour and that the training will ensure that there will be no further incidents of this kind.
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