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No, but yes, its meant to be who receives the job first.

So if it was just a freephone to one of their bases in London, then they can use London PHs. But if the booking is given to a person at a desk at the airport, then that person should be a licensed Luton operator.

That person could then pass it on to another operator, which could be a London based one, and they must give it to a LPH, but its a bit of a palava and if I was a Luton operator, I would not be best pleased.

Nor would I be happy as a Blueback driver doing Luton locals all day.

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IDFIMH

Taxi Legislation - its a wonderful thing, innit.

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It's always contraversial when a company looks outside the box and commences an operation which might seem out of the ordinary. There is nothing illegal about the operation at Luton and for the record, hardly any of the trips undertaken by the Bluebacks are local at all. They are mainly into Central London, to the Midlands or to the other International Airports.

Can't argue with you Blue, its just that it seems to me that Taxi Legislation means one thing but says another. The simple fact that we have three ways of licensing, just complicate the issue more than is necessary. But I suppose thats probably true of all law.

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It is relevant to realise that Luton Airport is privately owned, private property and not treated the same as the BAA Airports.

That it may be, but the public still have free and open access to it, thus rendering it a 'public place', and the land, irelevant of who owns it still comes under the Luton licensing area.

So?

With all due respect, I am new to this forum but I have noticed the way some conversations deteriorate. I will therefore refrain from a kind of "yes it is" "no, it isn't" scenario but suffice to say, there is nothing illegal or improper about the operation otherwise it would have been shut down by Luton's Authorities long before now. If someone driving a filthy saloon mini cab who is forced to sleep in their car to make ends meet wishes to, they can always join them, rather than fighting them.

Indeed Mr Darling, but I wanted to know how you operated from an area outside your Licensed area without being licensed for that area?

Make sense????

This forum is a debating one after all

There you go Ollie, if your reading this, theres an offer for you from Blueback.

It's very confusing this part of the act, but the fact is they don't have free and open access.

The public can be removed, or banned from the airport by the landowners. Taxis don't have a right to have a rank there, even with the permission of the council.

All that means that what Mr WIB is doing is entirely legal.

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Absolutely, Uncle Suss,

An issue is, as Green Badge said, That if they are operating from say, Luton, than that is where the jobs are booked, and that is where they should be licensed. If they are, then no problem.

But, if they are Tfl Licensed, then the bookings would need to be placed in London, wouldn't they?

We operate all over the Country, but the booking must be made here.

So, this begs the question re out-of area-lines, if the bookings are made in New Delhi, than the cars should be New Delhi licensed. Yes?

Ergo: What the Law says, is probably not what was meant, by the person(s) who wrote it.

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