How licensing authorities share information about revoked and refused taxi and private hire licences.
We provide information to the National Register of Taxi Licence Refusals and Revocations (NR3).
This is a way for licensing authorities to share details of people who have had a taxi (hackney carriage) or private hire vehicle (PHV) licence revoked, or an application for one refused.
This is necessary for assessing whether someone is a fit and proper person to hold a licence.
Where a hackney carriage or PHV licence is revoked, or an application for one refused, we will automatically record this decision on NR3.
All applications for a new licence or licence renewal will automatically be checked on NR3. If a search of NR3 indicates a match with an applicant, we will seek further information about the entry on the register from the authority which recorded it.
Any information received as a result of an NR3 search will only be used in respect of the specific licence application. We will keep it beyond the determination of that application.
The information recorded on NR3 itself will be limited to:
Information will be retained on the NR3 for a period of 25 years.
Checking the register is a mandatory part of applying for and being granted a hackney carriage or PHV driver licence. We have published policy about how we approach other local authorities for additional information on existing NR3 entries and how we will use the information provided.
National register of taxi licence refusals and revocations policy (PDF, 576.93 KB)Information will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act (DPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Any searches, provision or receipt of information of or under NR3 are necessary to meet our statutory licensing functions of ensuring that all drivers are fit and proper to hold the applicable licence. It is not intended that any NR3 data will be transferred out of the United Kingdom.
If you wish to raise an issue or issues related to the data protection, you can do so by emailing our Data Protection Officer.
Email: dataprotectionofficer@woking.gov.uk
Read more about data protection.
You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Read more about how to complain to the ICO.
