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www.phtm.co.uk february 2010 The official newspaper of the National Private Hire Association
BARONESS THREE PLANTS A TREE!!! MIGHT IT PROVE FRUITFUL???
After last month’s front page fiasco with the amendment of the Equality Bill to make all the PHV’s to be wheelchair accessible alongside hackneys we watched very care- fully in case another wow might hit the deck; and on the 19th
January....it did! This time inserted by yet another Baroness (Wilkins this time), the attack is on section 16 of the Transport Act 1985
....Yes, that’s the infamous bit of legis- lation that has had laid at the very heart of deregulation of taxi numbers, cost coun- cils and the trade millions in doing sur- veys, cost even more millions in court costs attacking or defend- ing deregulation, and of course the hours, days, months and years of time involv-
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ing anyone remotely connected with the trade could never be calculated..!!!
In brief terms it affects all those local authori- ties who have not as yet deregulated and who still continue to do surveys to control numbers of hackneys and who have not got an all wheelchair accessible fleet. Under the new proposals the Govern- ment will have the power to set a per- centage of wheelchair accessible vehicles that each area must have ....and if that per- centage is not reached, whether a survey has been undertaken or not, any applicant with a wheel- chair accessible vehicle cannot be refused a licence!! At first glance this sounds highly dan-
Control of numbers of licensed taxis; exception (1) This section applies if—
(a) an application for a licence in respect of a vehi- cle is made under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847,
(b) it is possible for a disabled person— (i) to get into and out of the vehicle in safety,
(ii) to travel in the vehicle in safety and reasonable comfort, and
(iii) to do the things mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) while in a wheelchair of a size specified in regulations made by the Secre- tary of State, and
(c) the proportion of taxis licensed in respect of the area to which the licence would (if granted) apply that conform to the requirement in para- graph (b) is less than the proportion that is specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(2) Section 16 of the Transport Act 1985 (which modifies the provisions of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 about hackney carriages to allow a licence to ply for hire to be refused in order to limit the number of licensed carriages) does not apply in relation to the vehicle; and those provisions of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 are to have effect subject to this section.
(3) In section 16 of the Transport Act 1985, after “shall” insert “(subject to section (Control of numbers of licensed taxis: exception) of the Equality Act 2010)”.”
gerous to many con- trolled areas in the country until, per- haps, you sit down and analyse what the
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