Spent convictions
Private hire and hackney carriage drivers are exempted occupations for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 2002, and convictions are, therefore, never spent.
The Council will consider spent convictions if they appear to be relevant in deciding whether the applicant is a 'fit and proper person', taking into account the nature of the offence(s), the history or pattern of offending, the lapse of time and whether all the convictions have previously been considered.