What are the proposed changes and what will this mean for you and new applicants?Ī 6 monthly DBS requirement for all drivers. To start with, we are looking at Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) requirements, Overseas Criminal Records checks, additional requirements for Private Hire Operators and Driver Medicals and are proposing the following changes. Taxi and private hire vehicles: licensing guidance | GOV.WALES Statutory & Best Practice Guidance for taxi and PHV licensing authorities ()
We need to look at and make changes to the Council’s “Policy for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Drivers and Operators” because the Welsh Government and the Department for Transport (DfT) have asked all Councils to work to the same standards.
