Actions Taken by the Licensing Team since the Last Meeting
Minutes:
Trevor Durham reported that during the past three months three drivers’ licences had been revoked and one driver who had previously been revoked had had their application to return refused.
26 vehicles had failed the six-monthly vehicle test, although it had not been necessary to issue penalty points in respect of any of these cases, with warning letters being issued in four cases.
Further amendments to the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy were being considered in respect of:
· Bringing hackney proprietors into the licensing regime in accordance with the Institute of Licensing guidance;
· Re-classifying a non-stop road accident as a major motoring offence;
· Harmonising the various references within the policy to when the Council must be notified of convictions or being subject to an investigation.
Actions Taken by the Licensing Team since the Last Meeting
Minutes:
Steve Ashby reported that during the past three months two drivers’ licences had been revoked and one appeal to the Magistrates’ Court against revocation had not been upheld.
The safeguarding training was being delivered with Bolsover and North East Derbyshire District Councils for new drivers and passenger assistants. This now included police input in respect of ‘County lines’ drug issues, and the impact of this would be assessed.
31 vehicles had failed the six-monthly vehicle test, although it had not been necessary to issue penalty points in respect of any of these cases.
The Licensing team would shortly be trialling the computer based test for applicants with trade representatives.
It was noted that there had not been any recent issues relating to the drop off zone at the Royal Hospital and that the situation at the railway station appeared to have recently improved.
It was confirmed that Trevor Durham had reported the incident involving a community transport bus working on a school transport contract to the Derbyshire County Council Transport Manager and the Office of the Traffic Commissioner. Chris Brown had received confirmation from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) that the incident was being investigated. It was confirmed that such vehicles were subject to different legislative requirements to hackney carriage / private hire vehicles and drivers, and it was agreed that Councillors Caulfield and Burrows meet with Chris Brown and Mandy Shaw and officers outside the meeting to clarify further.
Chris Brown reported that the evening vehicle tests at the Eckington test station were working well and he thanked the test station staff for their cooperation.
Actions Taken by the Licensing Team since the last Meeting
Minutes:
Trevor Durham reported that during the past three months one driver’s licence had been revoked and four had been suspended (one for excessive points and three for not providing up-to-date medicals).
25 vehicles had failed the six-monthly vehicle test, although it had not been necessary to issue penalty points in respect of any of these cases.
Chris Brown requested that where vehicle tests were carried out at the Eckington test station at night, the licence plates be available at that time (for vehicles which passed the test), rather than the driver having to return the following day to collect, which was time consuming and costly, especially for individual or small operators.
Trevor Durham agreed to attempt to resolve this through the contract for the test station with North East Derbyshire District Council. It was confirmed that for tests undertaken at the Doe Lea test station, plates would still need to be collected from Eckington, as the Doe Lea station was not part of the contract.