Uber have been given a two week extension to their current expired extension, as part of the 21 days to appeal process.
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Yes, you read that right....as someone once said..."you couldn't make it up!"
It appears the only noises being made publicly, from our amazing saviours about this continuing saga -the one with the million pound war chest- are, "it was all our work"...
Should go down well at the next meeting of the New United Trade (NUT) group.
As most are aware, Uber were already given a four month licence extension to operate which expired at midnight earlier today.
They had four months to get their house in order, but apparently, did little to change their modus operandi.
No operator can operate without a current licence, which would makes every job dispatched to a Uber drivers illegal and therefore uninsured.
The fact that Uber have appealed.... counts for nothing as laid out in the private hire act 1998 sec 26(1), and as previously stated its illegal to operate without a licence.
So, the nice friendly people at TfL, behind close doors -presumably- and without prior announcement to the Private Hire or Taxi trade, have extended Uber's current extension by another fortnight, which flys in the face of the 1998 act?
TfL will probably continue to issue further extensions, until the legal appeal has been heard, however long that may be.
So if your licence was held up in the renewal stage, and you were told you couldn't work, it may be a good idea to seek compensation through the court as it looks like you were discriminated against. The Prime Minister herself said she wants to see a level playing field, so if it's level for Uber to carry on with unlimited numbers of temporary extensions, then surely it's leve for us to expect the same.
Even if you didn't have you're DBS certificate back to pass on, this shouldn't matter as currently Uber have 13,000 drivers with fake DBS certificates that TfL have known about since January and they have been allowed to carry on working as Minicab drivers on the Uber platform.
This appeared on the TfL website earlier.
Taxi Leaks Extra Comment:
From Carlo (Carol) Hannah
Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, Section 26 (2)
Effect of appeal on decision appealed against.
26.—( 1) If any decision of the Secretary of State against which a right
of appeal is conferred by this Act—
(a) involves the execution of any work or the taking of any action;
(b) makes it unlawful for any person to carry on a business which he
was lawfully carrying on at the time of the decision,
the decision shall not take effect until the time for appealing has expired or
(where an appeal is brought) until the appeal is disposed of or withdrawn.
(2) This section does not apply in relation to a decision to suspend,
vary or revoke a licence if the notice of suspension, variation or
revocation directs that, in the interests of public safety, the decision is to have immediate effect.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/34/pdfs/ukpga_19980034_en.pdf
Why is this being ignored?
