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Licensed driver with excess dicipline points. "Fit and Proper"test
Meeting: 09/01/2020 - Environment and Safety Committee (Item 116)
Licensed driver with excess dicipline points. "Fit and Proper"test
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Minutes:
The Assistant Director, Environment and Place submitted a report detailing a complaint received by the Authority in relation to an incident to an incident involving a Licensed Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver. As a result, the Authorities discipline system has issued the driver with 4 points, 12 penalty points have now been accumulated on this licence within 9 months.
In line with Hastings Borough Council’s disciplinary code, this meeting of the Environment and Safety Board has been called to determine if the applicant is a ‘Fit and Proper’ person to continue to hold a Hackney/Private Hire Drivers Licence.
The applicant was not present for this item and no submission was made on their behalf.
The Licensing Manager gave a brief overview of the application and his subsequent discussions with the applicant.
Councillor Marlow-Eastwood proposed a motion to decide that the applicant is not a "Fit and Proper” person to hold a Hackney Carriage/ Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s licence, seconded by Councillor Cox.
Resolved (unanimously) that:
The applicant is not a ‘Fit and Proper’ person to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence.
The licence is to be suspended until the driver has successfully undertaken a ‘Blue Lantern’ course to the satisfaction of the Council’s Licensing Manager.
The reasons for this decision:
The driver has been before the Committee previously. He has only had his licence since 2017. The Committee believe that the driver has shown a complete disregard for public safety and the rules of the road. He has committed three driving offences in 9 months.
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