Issue - meetings

The Panel considered an application to review a licence where several complaints recorded against the licence holder calls in to question their fitness and propriety to be a suitable person to hold such a licence. As such, the application was referred to the Panel for determination.

RESOLVED that, based on the information provided to the Panel, having taken into account the reason the Driver has appeared before the Panel, namely complaints about his conduct, the report written by the Officer, their recommendations, the Driver’s comments and the Council's guidelines on the Fit and Proper Conduct, the Panel have decided that:

1        the Licensing Officers make further enquiries with Uber to establish whether the complainants had made previous complaints about Drivers’ conduct.

2        In the event that there is no evidence of previous complaints made by the complainants, the Chair and Vice Chair of the Panel be given delegated authority in consultation with the Head of Licensing to revoke the Driver’s licence with immediate effect on the grounds of public safetyas the conduct of the Driver in making inappropriate remarks to passengers demonstrated that he is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence and the nature of the remarks demonstrated that he is a risk to passengers and the other Panel members  be informed accordingly.

3        In the event that Uber do have records of previous complaints about Drivers made by either of the complainants, the application is to be brought back to the Panel for further consideration.

NOTE: The Driver attended the meeting with a representative and addressed the Panel.