Section 75 Duty to report concerns about drivers licensed in other areasI1

The Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act 2022 is amended in accordance with this section.

Section 5 (duty to report concerns about drivers licensed in other areas) is amended in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).

In subsection (1), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

an English licensing authority (“the first authority”) becomes aware of—

(i)

relevant information, or

(ii)

information about a breach of a national standard,

(b)

the information relates to a person who has driven in the first authority’s area in reliance on a driver’s licence or a relevant licence granted by another licensing authority or a relevant authority (“the second authority”),”.

In subsection (2)—

After section 6 insert—

“Production and publication of collated data

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(1)

The Secretary of State may, by regulations made by statutory instrument—

(a)

specify descriptions of relevant collated data, and

(b)

require English licensing authorities to produce and publish that collated data.

(2)

In this section “relevant collated data” means—

(a)

data derived from information provided in accordance with section 5, and

(b)

data derived from information about actions taken in accordance with section 6.

(3)

Regulations under this section may make different provision for different purposes.

(4)

A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”