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thanks very much fellas, you guys are different gravy.

Tone, the first question is what the property owner is permitting - ultimately it's up to them who's allowed on the forecourt.

If it's Hacks only then there's no problem, if it's PH then there may be a plying for hire issue as per the Eastbourne case.

But the first step is to find out what the property owner says about it - since it's private property they decide who's allowed on it.

Not if it's railway property as in this case; it's covered by legislation & recent case law.

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I don't get your point, Mr Brummie - I assume you're saying that if it's railway property then HCs can't be stopped from plying for hire there?

I thought that had indeed happened at many stations - could you be more specific about how it's covere by legislation and case law?

If the land owner doesn't want anyone or anything happening on his land, then he has a right to forbid it.

So Mr Fae's point is valid, get the owner to say what he is allowing first. Then maybe point out the illegalities.

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I see your point now.

You are correct that the railway company can prohibit Hackneys from standing on a station & plying for hire.

But the thread is about taxi touting, in this case PHVs standing on railway premises on a designated & marked rank.

The legislation that prevents this is Section 76 of the Public Health Act 1925 as I have posted above & the case law is on the link below; you only need to read the first & last two paragraphs to understand it.

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2000/410.html

So to summarise, yes the railway company can stop Hackneys from standing & plying on railway property, no they can’t allow PHVs to stand & ply instead, yes they can allow a PH operator to use their premises as a booking office & call vehicles in to pick up passengers once they have been booked.

Sorry I mis-understood your point.

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I suppose using landmines is out of the question?

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Surely if it's council land it's pirating

If it's Railway land you require a pass, again no PH

If it's private land then I suppose it becomes a bit of a lottery, perhaps if the land owner was persued for encouraging touting it would put things back into perspective.

Why can't PH work station land?

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Of course, on a pre-booked basis.

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Ok I'll put it another way, if it's a standard rail rank then there should only be pass holders on it, and to the best of my knowledge that should only be a licensed Hackney.

apart from watford

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I didn't know about that tbh.