LICENSING COMMITTEE AGENDA - Hartlepool Borough Council
LICENSING COMMITTEE AGENDA - Hartlepool Borough Council
LICENSING COMMITTEE AGENDA - Hartlepool Borough Council
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Licensing Committee – 6 th November 2012 4.1<br />
<strong>LICENSING</strong> <strong>COMMITTEE</strong><br />
6 th November 2012<br />
Report of:<br />
Assistant Director (Regeneration & Planning)<br />
Subject:<br />
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TAXI DRIVERS<br />
1. PURPOSE OF REPORT<br />
1.1 To consider whether all licensed hackney carriage and private hire drivers<br />
should be required to undertake an assessment of their driving ability.<br />
2. BACKGROUND<br />
2.1 On 19th January 2011 the Licensing Committee determined that new applicants<br />
for hackney carriage and private hire licences should be required to undertake<br />
and pass the Driving Standards Agency Taxi Test before a licence could be<br />
issued – bringing <strong>Hartlepool</strong>’s policy into line with those of the other Tees Valley<br />
licensing authorities.<br />
2.2 Existing drivers who have accumulated nine or more penalty points on their<br />
DVLA drivers licence are referred to a licensing sub-committee where their<br />
fitness to continue to hold a licence is re-assessed.<br />
2.3 On such occasions, sub-committees are advised that, if considered appropriate,<br />
drivers could be required to pass the Driving Standards Agency Taxi Test or to<br />
undertake the <strong>Council</strong>’s Driver Improvement Scheme.<br />
2.4 The Driving Standards Agency Taxi Test currently costs £79 and results in<br />
either a pass or fail for the driver. The Driver Improvement Scheme is offered by<br />
<strong>Hartlepool</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong>’s Road Safety Team at a cost of approximately<br />
£150 and consists of a full day assessment and training but does not result in a<br />
pass or fail. A brief summary of the DSA Test is available as Appendix 1. A<br />
brief summary of the Driver Improvement Scheme is available as Appendix 2.<br />
2.5 A Licensing Sub-Committee has asked that the Licensing Committee be given<br />
the opportunity to discuss whether it would be appropriate for all current<br />
licensed hackney carriage and private hire drivers to undertake one or both of<br />
the above tests as an additional assessment of their fitness to hold a drivers<br />
licence.<br />
4.1 Licensing 12.11.06 Additional requirements for taxi drivers HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL<br />
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