Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support

In terms of Section 17 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, the Local Authority requires to fix maximum fares and other charges in connection with the hire of taxis operating in their area and to review the scales for taxi fares and other charges on a regular basis.  The new fare structure requires to come into force by 22 October 2020.  The fares were last reviewed by Members on 24 October 2018 and took effect on 22 April 2019.  Consideration was given to a report advising the Committee they were now required to carry out a further review of taxi fares and other charges.

Decision

The Committee agreed:

1.    to propose that there be no change to the existing scales and that this take effect from 22 October 2020;

2.    to authorise the Head of Legal and Regulatory Support to advertise this proposal and to invite any responses within one month of the advertisement and report back to Members at their meeting on 19 August 2020; and

3.    should no objections or representations be received in relation to the proposal, to delegate to the Head of Legal and Regulatory Support, in consultation with the Chair of the PPSL Committee to conclude the review without the requirement for the Committee to consider a further report on the review.

(Reference: Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support, submitted)