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The general duty.

(1)A best value authority must make arrangements to secure continuous improvement in the way in which its functions are exercised, having regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.

(2)For the purpose of deciding how to fulfil the duty arising under subsection (1) an authority must consult—

(a)representatives of persons liable to pay any tax, precept or levy to or in respect of the authority,

(b)representatives of persons liable to pay non-domestic rates in respect of any area within which the authority carries out functions,

(c)representatives of persons who use or are likely to use services provided by the authority, and

(d)representatives of persons appearing to the authority to have an interest in any area within which the authority carries out functions.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) “representatives” in relation to a group of persons means persons who appear to the authority to be representative of that group.

(4)In deciding on—

(a)the persons to be consulted, and

(b)the form, content and timing of consultations,

an authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

I was under the impression that drivers badges where ring fenced and they could only charge what it cost to produce that licence.
Not forgetting the law commission stating that a 3 year badge should not cost more than a 1 year one

This bit has been turned around by a lot of councils to say that a 1 year badge should cost no less than a 3 year badge.

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Grandad,

Manchester Council new license Fees


1,The cost of a 3 year driver licence will be the same as that for an annual licence. Likewise the cost of a 5 year Operator Licence will be the same as that for an annual licence.
2,The cost of issuing a licence (the administration cost) is the same whether that licence runs for a day or 5 years. Likewise it does not matter if an Operator has one or six hundred vehicles the administration cost of issuing the licence is the same.
3,The time taken in issuing the licence was not seen to be impacted upon in any material way by the size of the Operator, therefore it was not felt to be justifiable to continue a banded system.
4,Activity defined as relating to vehicles is now included within the calculations for vehicle related licences. reasonable or even conducive or incidental to charge for the provision of a service.
So can any licensing officer in the UK inform me where it states you can charge an operator based on the number of vehicles the operator has? more officers are now understanding the law, hence the number of councils, as Manchester have done, set the fees correctly, Liverpool for one, well done Manchester and Liverpool officers!