Interesting, but surely not too dissimilar to the situation that arose in Reading.

And the Chief Magistrate decided the drivers had done nothing wrong.

If the vehicles are parked up legally, and they haven't got loads of signage, then I wonder exactly what crime they can be accused of?

https://yorkmix.com/police-set-to-start-turning-away-uber-drivers-from-york/

North Yorkshire Police looks set to take action to remove out of town Uber drivers who attempt to operate illegally in York.

Wendy Loveday, the chair of the Private Hire Association, has told YorkMix she has had meetings with a senior officer.

Police now agree with her that as Uber doesn’t hold a local licence for York it is breaking the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (Section 46).

It would be interesting to see what the police rationale behind this move is

Are they saying not licensed here so cannot accept bookings passed over to them despite three licenses rule being adhered to

Interesting, but surely not too dissimilar to the situation that arose in Reading.

And the Chief Magistrate decided the drivers had done nothing wrong.

If the vehicles are parked up legally, and they haven't got loads of signage, then I wonder exactly what crime they can be accused of?

When we were in York a few years ago it was full of Uber from out of town. Me being me I went to the local Taxi Rank for a cab back to the hotel.

The 3 licence rule according to the Supreme Court is that you have to be in the operators licenced district for the vehicle to accept a job.

Making themselves available for hire as they have to be logged onto the app, otherwise they would get no work, simple explanation of what is wrong with the Chief Magistrates decision which the Supreme Court has corrected in their findings.

Just because you have said that twice doesn't mean it has any resemblance of truth.

Police now agree with her that as Uber doesn’t hold a local licence for York it is breaking the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (Section 46).

This says “no person shall in a controlled district operate any vehicle as a private hire vehicle without having a current licence under section 55 of this Act“

THE city council should not change its taxi licensing policy towards out-of-town drivers working in York - under recommendations made to senior councillors.

City of York Council could face major risks - including significant costs and a legal fight in a national court - if it tries to stop Uber and other taxi companies registered outside the area operating in York, according to a report.

The council’s current legal position is that if a private hire vehicle’s three licences - operator, driver and vehicle - have all come from the same local authority then the driver can accept journeys anywhere in England and Wale, regardless of where the fare starts, passes through or ends.

Councillors will be asked not to change this policy because, according to the report, it could lead to thousands of pounds of legal costs because in other cases courts have not found out-of-town drivers to be acting unlawfully by picking up fares in other areas.

The report says: “This is national issue and the situation in York is similar to that in many other towns and cities in the country.

“For example, Medway Council have a statement on their website in relation to Uber which says ‘As the law stands, at present the Council do not believe that Uber is acting unlawfully within the council’s area’.

“Furthermore, Uber are not the only firm who work under the ‘triple licensing rule’ and it is said that other firms work to this model on race days in York for example.”

It adds that the council has sought legal advice on the issue and a lawyer found that a legal opinion by Gerald Gouriet QC for the York Private Hire Association is “untenable”.