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RESOLVED that members note
the contents of the report and authorise officers to instigate a consultation
exercise with all interested parties on the following options and report back
to a future meeting on the results of the consultation –

 

(a)      make no amendments to the current licensing
requirements for WAVs meaning that they were licensed on the same basis as a
“regular” vehicle;

 

(b)      consider removing the current age
requirements for WAVs and replacing it with all WAVs must meet Euro 6 emission
standards with an additional compliance test per year once the vehicle reached
12 years old and each year it was licensed thereafter, i.e., 3 tests a year at
4 monthly intervals;

 

(c)      consider (b) above without any additional
compliance testing, and

 

(d)      consider that all new applications for a Hackney
Carriage Vehicle Licence be wheelchair accessible.