Conditions relating to convictions and cautions - Hackney Carriage vehicles
8
The Councils Hackney Carriage Conditions relating to convictions and cautions are as follows:
8.1
Not have accrued more than 12 penalty points during the previous three years;
8.2
Not have been convicted or received a Police caution or other formal caution for a serious motoring offence during the previous three years;
8.3
Not have been convicted or received a Police caution or other formal caution for a criminal offence, e.g. dishonesty/public order offence/criminal damage/racially aggravated offence/common assault/actual bodily harm during the previous four years;
8.4
Not have been convicted or received a Police caution or other formal caution for a sexual offence during the previous five years;
8.5
Not have been convicted or received a Police caution or other formal caution for a serious assault (eg grievous bodily harm, wounding) during the previous seven years;
8.6
Not have been convicted or received a Police caution or other formal caution for a drugs related offence during the previous three years;
8.7
Not have been convicted or received a police caution or other formal caution for any other offence, or followed a course of behaviour which the Licensing Authority does not consider fit and proper during the previous four years.
8.8
The Licensing Authority may use its discretion over previous convictions or any new convictions and may refuse to issue a licence or revoke an existing licence accordingly.
8.9
Previous convictions, Police cautions or other formal cautions or Fixed Penalty Notices for driving offences are applied to all vehicle licences issued or applied for, provided that if the licensee does not drive the licensed vehicle, convictions/cautions or Fixed Penalty Notices relating to driving offences only may be disregarded.