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The
Committee AGREED that in the exceptional circumstances,
where no Council-appointed garage exists to issue certificates of
compliance to hackney carriages and private hire vehicles, the
Licensing Committee permits a deviation from the Council’s
Policy until its September/October meeting or a garage is appointed
by the Council, whichever is sooner, by allowing the submission of
a standard M.O.T. certificate issued by a DVSA-approved garage in
place of a certificate of compliance in the following
circumstances:
·        
With an application to license a new vehicle that is
older than one year, provided that the M.O.T. certificate was
issued in the month prior to the application for the licence being
submitted to the Council, and then subsequently prior to the expiry
date of the M.O.T. certificate;
·        
Prior to the first anniversary of the date of first
registration of any licensed vehicle that is less than one year
old, and then subsequently prior to the expiry date of the M.O.T.
certificate;
·        
Prior to the expiry of any current certificate of
compliance, and then subsequently prior to the expiry date of the
M.O.T. certificate; and
·        
Prior to a licence being reinstated after it has
been suspended due to concerns about its fitness or the vehicle
becoming temporarily unlicensed due to involvement in an accident,
where the M.O.T. certificate must have been issued after the date
of the suspension or accident, as applicable.