BOLTON DRIVER SUSPENDED AFTER COURT FINE FOR UNINSURED VEHICLE

A Bolton private hire driver has had his licence suspended for eight weeks after being convicted of keeping a vehicle without insurance.

Bolton Council’s licensing committee took action following his January 22, 2025 court conviction, noting that the driver’s actions breached the strict conditions required to hold a private hire licence which gave reasonable cause to suspend him.

The driver was handed a £200 fine by the court, a penalty the committee described as being “at the higher end of the fines level.”

Under UK law, motorists can be convicted and fined for keeping an uninsured or untaxed car unless they officially declare it off the road via a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN), even if the vehicle is kept on private land.

The decision to suspend the driver was made during a private council meeting closed to the press and public. Although the driver failed to attend, he did send an email “explaining the reason for his non-attendance.”

Because he did not ask for a delay, the committee decided to go ahead without him, ruling there was “reasonable cause to suspend him” to protect the public.

While his personal private hire licence has been shelved for two months, the committee chose not to take any action against his vehicle licence.

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