Decision Maker: Licensing and Planning Policy Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
The Committee considered the proposed amendment to the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy with regard to the process for obtaining Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and agreed the following:
(1) The implementation of an online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) procedure for new applicants and existing Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers.
(2) The amendment of the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy as set out in paragraph 1(c) with an additional amendment agreed as the meeting as follows:
Paragraph 1(c), line 5, remove the word ‘solely’.
Report author: Nicholas Tapping
Publication date: 24/02/2017
Date of decision: 23/02/2017
Decided at meeting: 23/02/2017 - Licensing and Planning Policy Committee
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