{"content":[{"text":"3.","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.05936,"width":0.016888,"height":0.015923}},{"text":"Background","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.05936,"width":0.11773499999999998,"height":0.015923}},{"text":"3.1","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.092143,"width":0.028143,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"The Highland Council has resolved that in terms of the Civic Government (Scotland) \n Act 1982 (the “Act”) a licence will be required for the driving of a taxi. A licence for the \n same is issued by the Highland Council and is valid for the whole Council area.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.092143,"width":0.7678510000000001,"height":0.048705}},{"text":"4.","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.157707,"width":0.016888,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"Application","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.157707,"width":0.10967199999999999,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"4.1","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.190489,"width":0.028143,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"Mr Duncan Maxwell applied for the grant of a taxi driver’s licence on 14 August 2019.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.190489,"width":0.757666,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"4.2","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.223271,"width":0.028143,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"The application was circulated \n Standards Service.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.223271,"width":0.284343,"height":0.03231499999999998}},{"text":"to","bbox":{"left":0.445678,"top":0.223271,"width":0.01685500000000001,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"both","bbox":{"left":0.472689,"top":0.223271,"width":0.03922899999999996,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"Police","bbox":{"left":0.522276,"top":0.223271,"width":0.054749999999999965,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"Scotland","bbox":{"left":0.587384,"top":0.223271,"width":0.07853600000000005,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"and the Council’s","bbox":{"left":0.676275,"top":0.223271,"width":0.16387799999999997,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"Trading","bbox":{"left":0.850434,"top":0.223271,"width":0.06845699999999999,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"4.3","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.272445,"width":0.028143,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"There have been no objections received in relation to the application.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.272445,"width":0.615356,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"4.4","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.305227,"width":0.028143,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"In terms of the abovementioned Act the Licensing Authority have twelve months from \n receipt of the application to determine the same, therefore this application must be \n determined by 13 August 2020. Failure to determine the application by this time would \n result in the application being subject of a `deemed grant’ which means that a licence \n would require to be issued to Mr Maxwell for a period of 1 year. The application is \n before this Committee as this is the last meeting before the determination date expires.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.305227,"width":0.7679499999999999,"height":0.09787800000000002}},{"text":"5.","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.419965,"width":0.016888,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Immigration Act - Right to work check","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.419965,"width":0.36295399999999994,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"5.1","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.452747,"width":0.028143,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Mr Maxwell currently holds a private hire car drivers licence and underwent a right to \n work check as part of the process of that licence being granted.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.452747,"width":0.7679119999999999,"height":0.03231400000000001}},{"text":"6.0","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.50192,"width":0.028143,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Taxi driver’s knowledge test","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.50192,"width":0.270168,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"6.1","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.534702,"width":0.028143,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Mr Maxwell has sat the Council’s taxi driver’s knowledge test passing the Highland \n section with 75% but failing the local section with 68%. Mr Maxwell has not yet re-sat \n the local section.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.534702,"width":0.7677450000000001,"height":0.04870600000000003}},{"text":"6.2","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.600267,"width":0.028143,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Due to the current restrictions relating to Covid-19 staff have not been able to arrange \n for Mr Maxwell to re-sit the knowledge test.","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.600267,"width":0.767711,"height":0.032314000000000065}},{"text":"7.","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.64944,"width":0.016888,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Determining issues","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.64944,"width":0.18617499999999998,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"7.1","bbox":{"left":0.067527,"top":0.682222,"width":0.028143,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 states that \n a licensing authority may refuse an application to grant or renew a licence where:","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.682222,"width":0.7677449999999999,"height":0.03231499999999998}},{"text":"(a) the applicant or anyone else detailed on the application is not a fit and proper person;","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.731396,"width":0.7679480000000001,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"(b) the activity would be carried out by a person other than the applicant who, if he had \n made the application himself, would have been refused;","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.764178,"width":0.7677100000000001,"height":0.032313999999999954}},{"text":"(c) where the licence applied for relates to an activity consisting of or including the use \n of premises or a vehicle or vessel, those premises are not or, as the case may be, \n that vehicle or vessel is not suitable or convenient for the conduct of the activity \n having regard to","bbox":{"left":0.150978,"top":0.813351,"width":0.767919,"height":0.06509699999999996}},{"text":"(i) the location, character or condition of premises or the character or condition \n of the vehicle or vessel, \n (ii) the nature and extent of the proposed activity,","bbox":{"left":0.211449,"top":0.895307,"width":0.707242,"height":0.04870500000000011}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}