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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | operators license |
Here is one that was being talked about this morning. If a person, who is an owner driver has his car plated as private hire and he has a private hire drivers badge does he need an operators license if he is just accepting work from one company? |
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| Author: | JD [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: operators license |
grandad wrote: Here is one that was being talked about this morning. If a person, who is an owner driver has his car plated as private hire and he has a private hire drivers badge does he need an operators license if he is just accepting work from one company?
A private hire operators license is only required if you intend to take private bookings for the purpose of running a business for hire or reward. If an owner driver does not take bookings and instead works for an operator that does, then he himself does not need an operators license. Regards JD |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:19 pm ] |
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I take it the operator who provides the work needs a license then? What if he doesn't have one? who is breaking the law? |
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| Author: | JD [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:49 pm ] |
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grandad wrote: I take it the operator who provides the work needs a license then? What if he doesn't have one? who is breaking the law?
The operator. Regards JD |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: operators license |
grandad wrote: Here is one that was being talked about this morning. If a person, who is an owner driver has his car plated as private hire and he has a private hire drivers badge does he need an operators license if he is just accepting work from one company?
The only person allowed to give/pass work to a licensed PH driver is a licensed PH operator from the same manor. So the answer is no if the one company happens to be a licensed PH operator from the same manor. 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:46 pm ] |
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JD wrote: grandad wrote: I take it the operator who provides the work needs a license then? What if he doesn't have one? who is breaking the law? The operator. And the driver, although his crime would be mitigated if brought before a nice bench. In fact this happened in the Birmingham patient transport hearing, and the driver got an Absolute Discharge. |
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| Author: | JD [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:36 pm ] |
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There is ample case law on TDO regarding illegal operation of private hire vehicles, off the top of my head Bromsgrove immediately springs to mind and also stafford. Regards JD |
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| Author: | allo allo [ Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:31 pm ] |
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Also Ditta & Choudry and Shanks v North Tyneside |
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