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 April 2022.  The fares were last reviewed by Members on 17 June 2020 and took effect on 22 October 2020.  

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 an increase of 15% to the maximum fares for each tariff in respect of the initial charge and subsequent charges and that this take effect from 22 April 2022;

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 23 March 2022; 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 dated December 2021, submitted)