Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing: Best Practice Guidance
Table of contents
- Introduction
- The Role of Taxis and PHVs
- The Role of Licensing: Policy Justification
- Scope of the Guidance
- Consultation at the Local Level
- Accessibility
- Existing duties under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)
- Duties under the DDA , as amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005
- Vehicles
- Specification of Vehicle Types That May Be Licensed
- Imported vehicles: type approval (see also "stretched limousines", paras 26-28 below)
- Vehicle Testing
- Security
- Vehicle Identification
- Environmental Considerations
- Stretched Limousines
- Quantity Restrictions of Taxi Licences outside London
- Taxi Fares
- Drivers
- Acceptance of driving licences from other EU member states
- Criminal Record Checks
- Medical Criteria
- Age Limits
- Driving Proficiency
- Other training
- Topographical Knowledge
- PHV Operators
- Criminal Record Checks
- Record Keeping
- Insurance
- Licence Duration
- Enforcement
- Taxi Zones
- Flexible Transport Services
- Local Transport Plans
- Annex A: Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing: Best Practice Guidance
- Useful questions when assessing quantity controls of taxi licences
- Questions relating to the policy of controlling numbers
- Questions relating to setting the number of taxi licences
- Questions relating to consultation and other public transport service provision
- Annex B: Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing: Best Practice Guidance
- Assessing applicants for a taxi or PHV driver licence in accordance with C1 standard
