Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

49.

Declarations of Interest

None

50.

Procedure to be followed at the meeting pdf icon PDF 88 KB

Guidance on the procedure to be followed was attached to the agenda.

 

Additional documents:

51.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 97 KB

 

Recommendation: That the minutes of the meeting held on 12 December 2018 be APPROVED as a true and accurate record.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 12 December 2018 as a true and accurate record.

52.

Exempt Matters

If the Sub-Committee wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any aspects of the preceding or following agenda items it will be necessary for the Sub-Committee to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 specifying the grounds on which their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act if and so long, as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972  the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the remaining items of business on the grounds that their presence would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in Paragraph 3 of  Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

 

The Sub-Committee considered matters relating to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle licensing in private.

 

The Sub-Committee had two cases before it.

53.

Application for a licence to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City of Oxford

The Head of Community Services has submitted a report to inform the determination of an application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City.

Minutes:

The Head of Community Services had submitted a report to inform the determination of an application to drive Private Hire Vehicles in the City. 

 

The applicant did not attend the sub-committee meeting.  The Licensing officers confirmed that he had been sent all the necessary information about the hearing.  The Sub-Committee therefore resolved to defer consideration of the case to a future meeting.

 

 

54.

Application to renew a licence to drive Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicles in the City of Oxford

The Head of Community Services has submitted a report to inform the determination of a renewal application to drive Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicles in the City.

Minutes:

The Head of Community Services had submitted a report to inform the determination of an application to renew a licence to drive Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicles in the City.

 

The Sub-Committee resolved to:

 

Refused the application to renew a licence to drive Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicles in the City.

 

55.

Confidential Minutes

 

Recommendation: That the confidential minutes of the meeting held on 12 December 2018 be APPROVED as a true and accurate record.

 

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee resolved to APPROVE the confidential minutes of the meeting held on 12 December 2018 as a true and accurate record.

56.

Dates of Future Meetings

The dates of future meetings (if required) are:

·         04 March 2019

·         15 April 2019

·         28 May 2019

All meetings start at 5.30pm.

Minutes:

Noted.