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Licensed driver . Excess Penalty Points "Fit and Roper"Test
Meeting: 02/08/2017 - Environment and Safety Committee (Item 43)
'Fit and Proper' test for Licensed Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver with excess penalty points
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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 driver was in attendance and made a submission in his defence.
Councillor Rogers proposed a motion to grant the application, which was seconded by Councillor Roberts.
RESOLVED by (3 votes to 0, with 2 abstentions) that the applicant is a ‘Fit and Proper’ person to continue to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence.
Reasons: The Committee were extremely concerned about the driver parking on zig zag lines near the school and the incident of speeding. East Sussex County Council have been enforcing this issue for some time as parking in this way creates a dangerous environment for all persons in that vicinity. To address the issue of speeding the Committee would like the driver to undertake some form of speed awareness training as soon as possible. It is hoped this could be undertaken at the driver’s place of employment. Once completed the Council’s Licensing Manager should be notified.
The Committee would want the driver to know that they expect the driver not to infringe traffic regulations in the future. Any further incidents of this nature that would necessitate the applicant being brought before them again, would be taken very seriously.
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