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Chairman's Communications
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Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles
Suspensions and Revocations
25.1 The Chair reported that since the previous Committee meeting officers in the Hackney Carriage Office had suspended one driver and refused another on medical grounds. In addition, one driver had been suspended pending the outcome of a court case and another had been given a formal warning which would remain on their file for five years.
Other
25.2 The Brighton and Hove Taxi Forum had requested Officers write to the Home Office to request that ministers review the level of CRB check that was permitted by law to check on taxi drivers. The Home Office had however issued a Press Release confirming the Minister’s intention to regulate to ensure that all taxi and private hire driver applicants and licensees would be subject to an enhanced level of CRB disclosure to enable Licensing Authorities to check that applicants were not barred from working with children or vulnerable adults. Officers had now resumed undertaking enhanced checks on drivers.
25.3 RESOLVED – That the position be noted.