23 hours ago, Ttaskmaster said:

Except that in the Wiltshire regulations that you posted, it states a private hire vehicle remains a licenced vehicle 24 hours a day, regardless of use, and can only be driven by the holder of an appropriate licence.

I did find some regs for a council in Norfolk that expressly states they permit spouses and certain other parties to drive PH vehicles, while others expressly forbid it just like Wiltshire.

 

The conclusion then seems that it varies from council to council, and the 2014 amendments posted by Toot were not universally adopted, at least by 2018.

So I would surmise the OP's mechanic works under a LA that does not permit such access.

 

@Brian15 - Any further development on this one, fella?

The Briskoda Armchair Lawyers Guild are keen to know!

I took it elsewhere , I asked in advance if they were happy to work on a private hire vehicle 

Can you tell us what town the first garage was in?

The North West of England is such a long way south of the North West of the UK, it does confuse some, like me, just like when people say North East 

21 minutes ago, toot said:

The North West of England is such a long way south of the North West of the UK, it does confuse some, like me, just like when people say North East 

 

Yeah, I'm told Scots are easily confused...

27 minutes ago, toot said:

The North West of England is such a long way south of the North West of the UK, it does confuse some, like me, just like when people say North East 

 

I know what you mean there. I've got a friend who refers to Edinburgh as "down south" 😆

 

 

Those in the North West of Scotland with Private Hire cars will not have a big choice of garages that can service cars but the mechanic or garage owner might well have a Private Hire or Taxi licence at the places there are.

On 09/06/2023 at 15:18, Ttaskmaster said:

Can you tell us what town the first garage was in?

Salford

On 10/06/2023 at 15:24, Brian15 said:

Salford

 

Salford City Council are quite vague on this particular poiont.

 

The closest I found was, "The operator must ensure that any person who drives a private hire vehicle operated by them is licensed by Salford City Council as a private hire driver. The operator should retain the licence of the driver, and on leaving the driver shall be
entitled to the return of the licence immediately".

https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/387356/taxi_licensing_policy.pdf

 

However, it seems that sometimes Salford comes under Man City or Greater Manchester local authority.

In that instance, Man City LA policy states, "Only drivers with a valid Private Hire Driver’s Licence issued by Manchester City Council can drive
a Manchester private hire vehicle at any time".

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiXlc-Bsr3_AhWHJ8AKHcKABPYQFnoECA8QAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchester.gov.uk%2Fdownload%2Fdownloads%2Fid%2F15822%2Fphv_-_guidance.pdf&usg=AOvVaw04HSIfsaUSfKjOrwYWzvi6