FollowFollowFollowFollow The Government is consulting on offences for using a hand-held mobile phones. These new offences will affect licensed taxi & private hire drivers. The law prohibiting the use of a hand-held mobile phone while driving has been in place...
FollowFollowFollowFollow With the rules and regulations changing as often as they do, here is a round up of the Covid secure rules as the relate to the taxi and PH licensed trade. Accessible transport All equality and discrimination law continues to apply. All...
FollowFollowFollowFollow The concept of ‘fit and proper’ is the cornerstone of hackney carriage and private hire licensing. In my last PHTM article in August, I looked at fit and proper in the context of the new statutory guidance. In this article, I want to focus...
FollowFollowFollowFollow Following the Government’s announcement that face coverings are now mandatory in all licensed taxis and PHVs, the required regulations and DfT advice has now been issued. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a...
FollowFollowFollowFollow Further to our recent article, “Not accepting applications at the moment” – What are your options?”, the DfT has now written to licensing authorities to resume licensing. The letter states: “You will be aware that as the economy has started...
FollowFollowFollowFollow As we emerge from the immediate Covid emergency in to recovery, some licensing authorities are still not accepting new driver applications. What are the options available to applicants? First, lets look at the legal position Section 51 of the...
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