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tcabbie
 Post subject: private hire operating
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:23 pm 
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Can you license a car for private hire in one area and operate it in another area
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tcabbie wrote:
Can you license a car for private hire in one area and operate it in another area


I think as long as your base (and telephone line) are in the licencing area correwsponding with your licence, you can operate where you passenger wants to go.
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tcabbie wrote:
Can you license a car for private hire in one area and operate it in another area

Yes.

As long as the work (via phone) is taken in the same area as the vehicle and driver are licensed then you can work where you want.

In other words if a driver (and his vehicle) are licensed in Plymouth he can work in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham etc as long as the phone booking was taken in Plymouth. :wink:

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And what about accepting bookings and passing them onto other firms in other areas?

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delta seem to be doing ok
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delta seem to be doing ok

Or maybe they have got more money than the local council. :roll:

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And what about accepting bookings and passing them onto other firms in other areas?


As long as they are licensed to accept private hire bookings sure can.

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Captain Cab wrote:

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And what about accepting bookings and passing them onto other firms in other areas?


As long as they are licensed to accept private hire bookings sure can.


Tell that to Mr. Shanks :wink:

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What I mean is car licensed in one district but a radio rented in another.
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JD
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tcabbie wrote:
Can you license a car for private hire in one area and operate it in another area


If you mean can you license a car in Liverpool then go and work for an operator in Manchester then the answer is no.

If you wan't to know if an operator in Liverpool can take a booking from someone in Manchester, then the answer is yes.

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Thanks JD for clearing that up its as I thought cheers
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the thinker
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JD wrote:
tcabbie wrote:
Can you license a car for private hire in one area and operate it in another area


If you mean can you license a car in Liverpool then go and work for an operator in Manchester then the answer is no.

If you wan't to know if an operator in Liverpool can take a booking from someone in Manchester, then the answer is yes.

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I thought the driver, vehicle, and operators licence all had to be issued to the same person,which would mean that you could only do this with one car per operator.
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I thought the driver, vehicle, and operators licence all had to be issued to the same person,which would mean that you could only do this with one car per operator.

A single driver need not have an operator's license, as long as he works with/for an operator who has one that matches his vehicle and driver's version. :wink:

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JD
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the thinker wrote:
JD wrote:
tcabbie wrote:
Can you license a car for private hire in one area and operate it in another area


If you mean can you license a car in Liverpool then go and work for an operator in Manchester then the answer is no.

If you wan't to know if an operator in Liverpool can take a booking from someone in Manchester, then the answer is yes.

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JD

I thought the driver, vehicle, and operators licence all had to be issued to the same person,which would mean that you could only do this with one car per operator.


The driver of a private hire vehicle need not be the owner of the vehicle, the proprietor of a private hire vehicle need not be the operator or the driver, the operator of private hire vehicles need not be the owner or driver of any vehicle. The operator must operate from a licensed premises within the area which issued the license. A driver can only drive a vehicle which is licensed by the same authority which issued his Private hire drivers license and finally, a vehicle licensed in one area cannot legally be used to ply for private hire in another.

Hope that helps.

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'Ply for private hire' - that's an oxymoron, surely? :D

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