Comments on: Northumberland Hackney Carriage Intention of use

By: John Dodds

John Dodds — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:56:13 +0000

In answer to the above comment,do northumberland plated cars have door stickers,i honestly have no idea,ive not even seen a northumberland plate yet,however as you state this was at the airport,then all i can say is that he` either dropped off there or maybe he`s a `brief` in which case may well be a replated morpeth or tynedale,as both are now northumberland.

By: Stephen (FKA Central Enth.)

Stephen (FKA Central Enth.) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:17:58 +0000

YOU WILL LOVE THIS!
A mate of mine had a Berwick Badge up until February, but let it run out and just used his Toon Badge, anyway sick of paying for a Company Car, he thought about putting his own Car on a Berwick Plate, as it did’nt meet the Spec of Newcastle’s Test.
So he telephoned our mates 70 miles up the road and enquired if he could renew his badge, he was told he would have do it all again????, a Medical and CRB?.
He asked, can I not just pay for a new Badge and on-going CRB?, NO!, he was told!
“we don’t just License anyone Helen Wilson told him“
WELL IF THAT’S THE CASE, WHAT THE F##K HAVE BERWICK COUNCIL BEING DOING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS?

By: hack man

hack man — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:54:40 +0000

and i bet there is some sort of loophole he can use to his benifit ,we are seeing more and more of the new northumberland plates knocking about the city centre . im pretty sure i have seen new plated cars too,ive a funny feeling there not gonna go away ,and deep down i bet they (the berwick plated vehicles)know this .

By: john

john — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:49:38 +0000

word on the Blue Line grape vine is shanksy is going to the European court to challenge this!

By: jimmy d

jimmy d — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:49:21 +0000

no one unified door crests as yet, we have northunberland plate in blue same colour as our tynedale plate,the one difference is we now have TD in front of plate number to denote we work tynedale zone,been told by our enforcement officer that jan 2010 their will be no zones ,just one plate to cover all of northumberland, not sure this will happen,sure northumberland will tell us whats best for us sooner or later,probably later!

By: Am133

Am133 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:23:29 +0000

Do the new northumberland plated hacks have door crests just am sure a seen one at the airport this morning

By: Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:49:48 +0000

then it’s simple, no one in there right mind is going to pay an office £110.00 per week and then only use it on a LESS than part time basis!

By: david fife

david fife — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:29:43 +0000

look for the berwick plates without a expiry date

By: Admin

Admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:43:47 +0000

@hack man, As from 1st July Northumberland will endeavour to enforce the following: The scheme of the legislation is to provide a local control over hackney carriages and their drivers, for the protection of the public. This implies that in general the licensing system should operate in such a way that the authority licensing hackney carriages is the authority for the area in which those vehicles are principally used.

A licensing authority is obliged to have regard to whether an applicant for a licence intends that the hackney carriage if licensed will be used to ply for hire within the area of that authority. It would be a lawful exercise of the authority’s discretion to refuse to grant a licence to an applicant who does not so intend.
It is generally desirable therefore that a licensing authority should only licence hackney carriages which it is intended will ply for hire within the area of that authority and should refuse licences to hackney carriages that do not intend to ply for hire, to a material extent, in the area.
Applicants for new licences will be expected to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Council a bona fide intention to ply to a material extent for hire within the relevant hackney carriage licensing zone under the terms of the licence for which application is being made. All applicants will be required to complete and submit a “Request for information – intended usage of a hackney carriage” form ((Appendix A)
(ii) There will be a presumption that applicants who do not intend to predominantly, or entirely ply for hire within the relevant hackney carriage licensing zone will not be granted a hackney carriage licence authorising them to do so. Whether or not this happens is yet to be seen!

By: hack man

hack man — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:23:00 +0000

is it really all cut and dryed? ive noticed quite a few of the new northumberland plates in and about town working for local private hire offices only this afternoon i was ask by a gateshead central driver(new northumberland plate) where a certain place was .

By: jonny x

jonny x — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:19:44 +0000

so much for going to berwick to save a paltry few quid.. hope you fools who bought black cars and now need to transfer to ncle lose a good few quid ha ha ha ha ha .. and ha ha ha again goodbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

By: One in the eye

One in the eye — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:27:01 +0000

SO what are the Bandits going to do now LOL

By: richie b

richie b — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:29:34 +0000

SO DOES THIS MEAN NO MORE BANDITS …??PUT IT IN ENGLISH!!

ONE OF NEWCASTLES…BIG P.H. COMPANIES …

CANNOT GET A PHONE ANSWERD IN BERWICK (NORTHUMBERLAND)….AND IS SAID TO HAVE LOST “8″ BANDIT PLATES IN THE LAST WEEK !!!