Venue: Multi-Location Meeting - Council Chamber, Port Talbot & Microsoft Teams. View directions
Contact: Naidine Jones Email: n.s.jones@npt.gov.uk
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Chairpersons Announcements Minutes: The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There
were none. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting PDF 112 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 7
October, 2024, be approved as a true and accurate record. |
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Urgent Items Any
urgent items at the discretion of the Chairperson pursuant to Section 100BA(6)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). Minutes: There
were no urgent items. |
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Access to Meetings That
pursuant to Section 100BA (2) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1972, the
public be excluded for the following items of business which involved the likely
disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 and 15 of Part 4 of
Schedule 12A of the above Act. Minutes: RESOLVED: That pursuant to Section 100BA (2) and (7) of the
Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the following item of
business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined
in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the above Act. |
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Application for a hackney carriage and private hire driver licence - Case 1 Minutes: The Licensing Manager provided
the Committee with an overview of the private, circulated report. The Applicant was in attendance
and addressed the Committee. Decision: That
after reviewing the private circulated report, hearing all the parties’
representations and having due regard to the Council’s Taxi Licensing Policy,
the Committee agreed that the application be GRANTED. Members agreed to
act outside the Policy and consider the application without a certificate of
good conduct. The reasons being that the Applicant has provided information
about their conduct and actions whilst out of the UK and had made reasonable
efforts to obtain a certificate of good conduct. |
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Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licensing - Case 2 Minutes: The Licensing Manager provided
the Committee with an overview of the private, circulated report. The Driver was in attendance
and addressed the Committee. Decision: That
after reviewing the private circulated report, hearing all the parties’
representations, and having due regard to the Councils Taxi Licensing Policy,
the Committee agreed that the Driver was not a fit and proper person. Members
resolved that the Driver’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licence
should be REVOKED for “any other reasonable cause” under s.61(1)(b) of
the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, as they no longer
considered the Driver to be a fit and proper person. |