Private hire and Hackney carriage information and licence conditions - Conditions attached to the grant of a licence to drive a private hire/Hackney carriage vehicle

The licence to drive a Private Hire/Hackney Carriage Vehicle is granted, subject to the licensed driver complying with the following conditions and any law pertaining to the driving of Private Hire/Hackney Carriage Vehicles. Failure to comply with any of the conditions or the law may lead to prosecution and revocation or suspension of the licence to drive Private Hire/Hackney Carriage Vehicles. 

Private Hire/Hackney Carriage Driver is now an exempted profession under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, and therefore no conviction is considered as spent if relevant to the application. You may have to appear before the Licensing Committee if you have been convicted of any offence. In such cases you will be informed by the Licensing Office.

The licence holder will submit to a DBS check every three years. This disclosure must then be produced to the licensing unit upon receipt.

The licence holder will submit to a DVLA Mandate check every three years. 

The licence holder will submit to prescribed medical assessment completed by their own GP every 5 years. Licence holders 65 or over will have such an assessment on an annual basis.