Sussex wrote:
JDBubbles wrote:
What they have been doing for years was under a different council.
I'm not really sure that matters.
The 1847 act applies equally to the smallest of councils as to the largest of councils.
Exactly Sussex a taxi is always a taxi etc etc. Councils have very limited power in regard to changing an act of parliament; they just oversee it and implement it. They don’t like it but facts are facts. If we went back into time, the only reason we using LTI's were because London was. In reality the whole WAV debate is illegal in my view, because you may use any suitable vehicle to use as a taxi according to the 1847 act, but the LA's unfortunately interpret that its THEY who pick the vehicle. It does not say in the act anywere, that the government or the local councils choose which vehicle just any suitable vehicle.
If it’s got a roof & 4 doors etc its ok. The act was there to promote safety more than anything.
To finalise, Chester & West Cheshire are going beyond their remit to change exsisting rules & should be brought to account. The touble is its like trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
I will tell you whats coming next...they will insist on drivers changing their cabs every 5 years!!
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