Issue - meetings
Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs
Meeting: 08/11/2012 - Licensing Committee (Item 12)
12 Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs 
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Report of Head of Public Protection & Development Management.
Summary
To seek the Licensing Committees approval to vary the Hackney Carriage fare tariff and to give notice of the proposed variation in accordance with the relevant legislation.
Recommendations
The meeting is recommended:
(1) To vary the current fare tariff to either the NOHA proposed tariff or the amended version of this tariff detailed in Appendix 4 as alternative proposal one.
(2) To instruct the Licensing Officer to give notice of the variation in accordance with Section 65 (2) (a) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
(3) In the event of any objections to the notice of variation, to instruct the Licensing Officer to bring such objections back to a meeting of the Committee for consideration prior to publication of the new fare tariff.
Additional documents:
- Enc. 1 for Regulatory Committee for Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs, item 12
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- Enc. 2 for Regulatory Committee for Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs, item 12
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- Enc. 3 for Regulatory Committee for Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs, item 12
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- Enc. 4 for Regulatory Committee for Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs, item 12
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- Enc. 5 for Regulatory Committee for Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs, item 12
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- Enc. 6 for Regulatory Committee for Licensing Committee: Taxi Tariffs, item 12
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Minutes:
The Committee considered a report of the Head of Public Protection and Development Management which sought the Committee’s approval to vary the Hackney Carriage fare tariff and to give notice of the proposed variation in accordance with Section 65 (2) (a) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
The Committee was advised that a proposal had been put forward by North Oxon Hackney Carriage Association (NOHA) along with an alternative proposal during the preliminary consultation. In considering the report, the Licensing Committee put forward a further alternative proposal:
· Increase Tariff 1 to £2.50 per mile, and 12p per 16th of a mile.
· Increase Tariff 2 and 4 to £2.50 per mile as requested by NOHA.
· Leave Christmas tariff as currently Cherwell is the most expensive in the area.
The Committee commented that it was important to take the current economic climate be taken into account as this had an impact on the Hackney Carriage trade, due to the public being able to afford the proposed increase.
The Committee requested the Licensing Officer to give notice of variation on the above proposal.
Resolved
(1) That the current fare tariff be varied as follows:
· Increase Tariff 1 to £2.50 per mile, and 12p per 16th of a mile.
· Increase Tariff 2 and 4 to £2.50 per mile
· No change to Christmas tariff
(2) That the Licensing Officer be instructed to give notice of the variation in accordance with Section 65 (2) (a) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
(3) That, in the event of any objections to the notice of variation, the Licensing Officer be instructed to bring such objections back to a meeting of the Committee for consideration prior to publication of the new fare tariff.