Our Licensing Committee and officers are committed to ensuring the highest standards in order to protect public safety when administering our hackney carriage and private hire:

• vehicle policy
• driver policy
• operator policy

All requirements contained within our policies together with conditions on the licence are a mandatory requirement for holding a private hire or hackney carriage vehicle, driver and/or operator licence issued by us.

All licence holders are required to meet these high standards and it is expected that they will ensure they are fully aware of these policies and comply with all the requirements set out within it.

The Licensing Committee will not accept the excuse that a licence holder was not aware of these requirements when considering any matters bought before them.