Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Gordon Blair, Rory Colville, Audrey Forrest, George Freeman, Roderick McCuish and Sandy Taylor.

There were no declarations of interest.

Report by Head of Legal and Regulatory Support

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.  In line with recent legislation for Civic Government Hearings, the parties (and any representatives) were given the options for participating in the meeting today.  The options available were by Video Call, by Audio Call or by written submission.  For this hearing Police Scotland opted to proceed by way of Audio Call and joined the meeting by telephone. 

The Council’s Senior Solicitor, Mrs MacFadyen advised that the Licence Holder had been given notice of this hearing, which was sent Recorded Delivery on 2 February 2021 and should have been received within 14 days.  On checking today when the notice was received it had been established that the Recorded Delivery notice was not delivered until 5 February 2021.  As the requisite period of notice had not been given Mrs MacFadyen recommended that the Committee continue consideration of this matter to give the Licence Holder the opportunity to attend.

DECISION

The Committee agreed to continue consideration of the request for Suspension of the Taxi Driver’s Licence.

(Reference: Report by Head of Legal and Regulatory Support, submitted)