Additional Regulatory Services Committee - 20 March 2019

REGULATORY SERVICES COMMITTEE

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday 20 March 2019 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Regulatory Services Committee:-

Councillors:-      Steve Drury (Chairman)

Valerie Coltman

Heather Kenison

Stephen King

Joy Mann

Keith Martin

Martin Trevett (Vice Chairman)

Ralph Sangster

Roger Seabourne

Alex Turner

Alison Wall

Steven Halls, Chief Executive

12 March 2019

The Regulatory Services Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Regulatory Services Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council’s meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance. This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Legislation and the laws of libel and defamation.

1.  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.  NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced,

together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

3.  DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

4.  REVIEW OF TRDC’s EXISTING HACKNEY CARRIAGE, PRIVATE HIRE AND OPERATOR POLICIES

To advise the Members of the Regulatory Services Committee on recommended changes to the Council’s Hackney Carriage Driver, Vehicle and Private Hire Driver, Vehicle and Operator policies.

Appendix to the report - Draft Policy for consultation - has 11 Appendices which are provided as individual documents below:

Appendix 1 – Licence Requirements relating to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers

Appendix 2 – Requirements relating to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles

Appendix 3 – Requirements relating only to Private Hire Vehicles

Appendix 4 – Requirements relating only to Hackney Carriage Vehicles Town

Appendix 5 – Licensing conditions relating to Private Hire Drivers

Appendix 6 – Hackney Carriage Byelaws

Appendix 7 – Conditions relating to Hackney Carriage Vehicles

Appendix 8 – Conditions relating to Private Hire Vehicles

Appendix 9 – Standards for Conditions of Appearance of a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Vehicle

Appendix 10 – Non-standard Private Hire Vehicle conditions for stretched limousine, and novelty vehicles

Appendix 11 – Conditions relating to Private Hire Operators

5. OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above

6.  EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If any confidential business is approved, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:

“that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under Paragraphs 1 to 7 of Schedule 12A to the Act.” It has been decided by the Council that in all circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

1.  OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above

General Enquiries: Please contact the Committee Team at  committeeteam@threerivers.gov.uk