Members considered a report that detailed a request from the Torbay Licensed Taxi Association to increase the applicable fare tariff in respect of all Hackney Carriages in Torbay.  Members were advised that before any change to the fare tariff could be made a public advertisement had to be placed for 14 days, should objections be received, these responses must be considered by a Licensing Sub-Committee before any increase can take effect.

Resolved:

i)       that the appropriate Public Notices are placed to advertise the requested increase in the Hackney Carriage Fare Scale, as set out in appendix 1 to the submitted report;

ii)      that any responses to the Public Notice be considered by a Licensing Sub-Committee; and

iii)     in the event that no objections are received, the new tariff will take effect from the 1 July 2016.