Decision Maker: Mid Suffolk Licensing and Regulatory Committee, Mid Suffolk Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To agree a review and adoption of hackney carriage fares within Mid-Suffolk following consultation with the taxi trade
To agree a table of hackney carriage fares for implementation in 2023
Consultation will be undertaken for 14 days with the taxi trade. This will commence following the Cabinet date and if no representations are made then the recommendations will be deemed approved.
Any further representations will restart the process and future dates will be confirmed.
It was RESOLVED: -
1.1 That Cabinet, following consideration of Licensing and Regulatory Committee’s recommendation, approved the revised table of fares for consultation, attached at Appendix A to this report, and in accordance with Section 65 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. This was consulted as ‘Option Two’ with the taxi trade.
1.2 That Cabinet, following consideration of Licensing and Regulatory Committee’s recommendation, requested the Licensing Team to investigate the modernisation of Hackney Carriage Meters. All findings were to be reported back to the Licensing and Regulatory Committee at a later date.
REASON FOR DECISION
To adopt the revised table of fares for Hackney Carriages within the Mid-Suffolk District.
Ensuring that Hackney Carriage fares are reviewed in line with the costs of providing a service to allow drivers to cover the cost of running a taxi and providing a service to the public whilst ensuring that fares are reasonable for the public to pay.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
Consider whether to:
a) Modify the tariff table of maximum fares and proposed changes for consultation or;
b) Make no modification to the tariff table of maximum fares.
Any Declarations of Interests Declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Publication date: 07/03/2023
Date of decision: 06/03/2023
Decided at meeting: 06/03/2023 - Mid Suffolk Cabinet
Effective from: 16/03/2023
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