Bograt58 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hackney Plate For Sale - Malew and Southern , £18000 Phone 483040 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manxman8180 387 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Aren't they de-regulating local plates soon? Making these effectively worthless? Just a thought to anyone thinking of parting with 18 grand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lonan3 1,790 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 The proposal is actually to delimit rather than deregulate - but the effect is likely to be much as you describe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ian rush 157 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Isn't the Licence issued as a privilege by the regulating authority rather than being given as personal property? If so, shouldn't it be returned to the Licencing Authority? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bograt58 0 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 The proposal to Delimit Hackney licences will mean that any Taxi on the island can work in any area , as the current value of a douglas plate is in the region of £42,000 it is more likely that the eventual price once the market settles down will be somewhere in the middle . Yes the plate is the property of the RTLC the price is a reflection of the earning potential , and is in effect the price of the current holders signiture on the transfer document . as for returning the plate to the licencing authority , ask any douglas plate holder some of whom have paid in excess of £50,000 per plate if they want to just hand them in . Bograt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Ayres 4 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Last week an ad for a Mercedes with plate, £13000 Now this one for £18000. Do I spot a trend? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sidney 10 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Isn't the Licence issued as a privilege by the regulating authority rather than being given as personal property? If so, shouldn't it be returned to the Licencing Authority? Correct. To accept cash or goods to the value of in exchange for a hackney plate is illegal, though this is common practice throughout the British Isles and has been for many years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lonan3 1,790 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 The proposal to Delimit Hackney licences will mean that any Taxi on the island can work in any area It will also mean that anyone who qualifies on the three points mentioned in Section 10 of the Transport Act 2001, i.e. Professionally competent Financially sound Of good repute Will be entitled to apply for their own plate. As the Act states that the RTLC shall hear all such applications and, if suitably qualified, shall allow a plate to be issued, it means that virtually anyone will be able to have their own plate. The value of them, when/if that goes ahead will be zero. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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