Publication - Advice and guidance

Private hire car licensing: guidance on power to refuse on grounds of overprovision

Published: 24 October 2019
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Transport
ISBN: 9781839602429

This non-statutory guidance relates to the discretionary power of local licensing authorities to refuse to grant private hire car vehicle licences on the grounds of overprovision as provided for in section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.

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Footnotes

1. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/contents

2. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/10/section/63

3. http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781839602405

4. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-hire-and-hackney-carriage-licensing-open-letter-to-local-authorities

5. Please note that the CMA guidance was produced for licensing authorities in England and Wales, which operate under a similar but different regulatory regime.

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Email: Licensing.Consultation@gov.scot

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