captain cab wrote:
never mind, there's a meeting tonight 35 miles away that I cant attend because I'm not a member of the Cumberland Association which affiliated themselves to the NPHA, so for obvious reasons I couldn't conflict myself.
in the words of Davis Cameron - I was the future once
Still, I'm sure they'll do a really decent job
I’m not going either
A bit of history in case the NPHA reads TDO, sadly the NPHA not the same without Bryan. In my opinion.
The provisions of Part Il relating to hackney carriages and private hire vehicles came into effect on the passing of the Act in 1976; but of course that was only part of the story. Those provisions are adoptive, meaning that the powers were available for local authorities to adopt, the mechanism that needed to be followed was detailed in s 45, but did not take effect in the district until the adoption process was completed. Some councils moved quickly and adopted the provisions during 1977, but it was by no means seen universally as necessary to regulate private hire activity. Indeed some authorities did not adopt the provisions until the early 1990s. While this may seem surprising, it must be recognised that until the passing of s15 of the Transport Act 1985, which took effect on 1 January 1987, hackney carriage licensing was not universal across England and Wales. There were significant areas, both whole districts and parts of districts, where there was no regulation of hackney carriages, and in those areas the 1976 Act could not be adopted.
The Department for Transport now maintains that all local authorities in England and Wales have adopted the provisions, but maybe not Cumberland,? with the exception of Plymouth City Council (which uses its own local act, the Plymouth City Council Act 1975, on which the 1976 Act provisions were based). However, it is still incumbent on a local authority to be able to demonstrate adoption.
This is done by means of a certified copy of the resolution adopting the provisions (and not just the resolution stating the process), copies of the notices which were published in two consecutive weeks in a local newspaper prior to the resolution, and evidence that a copy of that notice was sent to every parish or community council that existed at the time. "Substantial compliance" is satisfactory. This means demonstrating that at least some parish councils received the notice, but the other requirements must be demonstrated.
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