MR T wrote:
J D . I was asked a question a few days ago by a person who has a strong involvement in criminal activities. He asked me if it was true that he could start a hackney radio circuit and not need to be licensed
I suppose you said yes and that has been the case for the last 160 years.
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he also said that he had heard he could Licence hackney cabs and drivers in a place called Berwick
I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to license hackney cabs in Berwick unless he was a fit and proper person, I hope you told him that? He also wouldn't be able to license hackney cab drivers as each hackney cab driver has to make their own application. I trust you also told him that?
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and he could do so through the post
If he was considered a fit and proper person then he could license a hackney carriage as long as it complied with the conditions laid down by the said licensing authority, regardless of which licensing authority that might be.
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and by doing so would not be under the control of his local council
Hackney carriage proprietors are controlled by the licensing authority that licenses them, I don't think there is any ambiguity in that respect.
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being thick I said I did not know
I suspect that will hardly surprise anyone.
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but I knew an Oracle that would.
Would what? Oh I see? You may give your friend my response and if he passes the fit and proper person test in any licensing authority in the UK including London, then he can license a vehicle as long as they don't operate a system of quantity control.
He wont be able to license hackney cab drivers but he can set up a radio circuit for hackney cab drivers just like they do in London and elsewhere but I'm afraid that has nothing whatsoever to do with Berwick or any other licensing authority for that matter.
I suppose he should really have asked someone with a slightly higher IQ than yourself, that way you wouldn't need to come on TDO and ask our advice.
Regards
So basically your reply is...... that anyone..... as long as they are fit and proper or have somebody who is fit and proper to front for than .. can open up a Hackney radio station in their own area without a licence...... and use vehicles that are licensed in Berwick on the system.... obviously the driver's licence as well.......
thank you for clearing that up.... I would never have been able to work that out for myself.
JD