Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Licensing Policy 2021 to 2026

General conditions

The proprietor shall be exempt from the requirement to display the private hire vehicle identification plates and door signs issued by the Council during the period of exemption.

Any driver of the private hire vehicle subject to this exemption notice shall be exempt from the requirement to wear the private hire driver badge issued by the Council whilst acting as the driver of the vehicle.

The private hire driver badge shall be carried on the driver's person at all times and be produced for inspection at the request of an Authorised Officer of the Council, a Police Constable or the hirer.

The proprietor shall ensure that the small private hire vehicle licence identification plate issued by the Council is displayed within the nearside of the front windscreen at all times.

The 'Exemption Notice' issued by the Council in respect of the licensed private hire vehicle shall be carried within the vehicle at all times and presented for inspection at the request of an Authorised Officer of the Council, a Police Constable or the hirer.

Other than the Council's small licence identification plate, internal comment card and driver identification badge; the proprietor shall not display in, on or from the vehicle any advertisement, sign, logo or insignia advertising the operating company or promoting the vehicles' status as a licensed private hire vehicle, without the prior written approval of the Council.

The private hire vehicle licence identification plate issued by the Council shall be carried in the vehicle at all times and produced for inspection at the request of an Authorised Officer of the Council, a Police Constable or the hirer.

No taximeter shall be displayed within the vehicle at any time.

No table of fares/tariff cards shall be displayed in the vehicle at any time.

The proprietor shall ensure that the driver of the vehicle shall be appropriately dressed in a chauffeur's uniform or 'business type' suit when the vehicle is hired.

The proprietor shall inform the hirer that an exempted vehicle will be used for each individual booking.

The proprietor shall notify the Council within 7 days in writing if there is any material change in the nature of the use of the vehicle during the period of exemption.

The Exemption Notice shall not be granted for a period of more than one year and shall expire upon the expiry of the private hire vehicle licence.