Citations: [2007] EWHC 307 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976 46 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Local Government, Animals Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.249865
The council appealed against dismissal of its prosecution of the respondent, alleging the operation of a private hire vehicle without having a current licence, ‘in a controlled district’. The respondent had denied that the necessary resolution had been effectively passed creating the ‘controlled district’ as required. The defendant had produced records from the parish council … Continue reading Aylesbury Vale District Council, Regina (on The Application of) v Call A Cab Ltd: Admn 12 Nov 2013
The defendant taxi operator was telephoned, and cabs were booked, and those bookings were fulfilled by providing licensed hackney carriages with licensed hackney carriage drivers. He was accused of knowingly operating the vehicles as private hire vehicles in a controlled district without a current operator’s licence under section 55 of the 1976 Act contrary to … Continue reading Brentwood Borough Council v Gladen: Admn 28 Oct 2004
The authority appealed against the magistrates’ decision to renew a private hire operator’s licence against its own wishes. The licensee no longer opertaed any cars under the licence itself but instead all business was conducted under care operated within the licence from a neighbouring authority. Citations: [1998] EWHC Admin 755 Links: Bailii Statutes: Local Government … Continue reading Bromsgrove District Council v Michael Richard Powers: Admn 16 Jul 1998
Citations: [1997] EWHC Admin 315 Links: Bailii Statutes: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 46(1) Licensing Updated: 25 May 2022; Ref: scu.137260
‘Looking at the other subsections of section 46, the first applies to a proprietor of a vehicle who uses or permits it to be used in a controlled district as a private hire vehicle without having a licence for it as such under section 48. The phrase ‘as a private hire vehicle’ appears, I accept, … Continue reading Benson v Boyce: Admn 20 Jan 1997
Redirection of calls out of district in which operator’s licence held was breach. Citations: Ind Summary 27-Nov-1995 Statutes: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 46-1-d Road Traffic Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.80224
Limits on operation of taxis. A taxi license authorised a taxi to operate within the district to which it related and not beyond. To operate within another district would require a license from that district. Citations: Ind Summary 01-Mar-1993 Statutes: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 46(1)(d) Road Traffic, Local Government, Licensing Updated: 19 May … Continue reading Dittah and Another v Phillipps: QBD 1 Mar 1993
A hackney carriage had been booked, in the district where it was licensed, to pick up a fare in another district. The prosecutor said that when and where the fare was picked up the hackney carriage had no relevant private hire licence and no operator’s licence in force since it was not licensed in the … Continue reading Britain v ABC Cabs (Camberley) Ltd: QBD 1981
The grant to an individual of a hackney licence in one local authority, does not stop the grant of a similar licence elsewhere. Though the court applied the ABC case, Buxton J rejected an argument that a vehicle was not a private hire vehicle for the purposes of section 46(1)(b) as it was a ‘hackney … Continue reading Kingston Upon Hull City Council v Wilson: QBD 29 Jun 1995
The applicant council complained that the respondent council was issuing a disproportionately high number of taxi licences, believing that it should only refuse a licence where the driver appeared to be unfit. Held: The purpose of the licensing system was to ensure safety. Where taxi fleets operated substantially outside their licensing authority, the supervision necessary … Continue reading Newcastle City Council, Regina (on the Application of) v Berwick-Upon-Tweed Borough Council and others: Admn 5 Nov 2008
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