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Renfrewshire Council · 7 September 2023
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29/08/2023 
Notice of Meeting and Agenda
Regulatory Functions Board 
Date Time Venue
Thursday, 07 September
2023
10:00 Remotely by MS Teams, 
Membership 
Councillor John McNaughtan (Convener):     Councillor Cathy McEwan (Depute Convener):    
Councillor Audrey Doig:  Councillor Neill Graham:  Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes:  Councillor
Janis McDonald:  Councillor Kevin Montgomery:  Councillor Sam Mullin:  Councillor Emma
Rodden:  Councillor Andy Steel:   
Further Information - online meetings only
This meeting is on-line only but is a meeting which is open to members of the public by prior
arrangement. A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection
prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley
and online at http://renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx 
For further information, please email democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk 
Members of the Press and Public - contact details
Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should contact democratic-
services@renfrewshire.gov.uk to allow the necessary arrangements to be made.   
Recording of Meeting
This meeting will be recorded for subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site. If you
have any queries regarding this please contact committee services on democratic-
services@renfrewshire.gov.uk  
To find the recording please follow the link which will be attached to this agenda once the
meeting has concluded.
MARK CONAGHAN
Head of Corporate Governance

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Recording Link
https://youtu.be/z0CyVnzdlVA

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Items of business      
Apologies
Apologies from members. 
Declarations of Interest and Transparancy Statements
Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency
statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief
explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement. 
1 Grant of Late Hours Catering Licence - Personal
Appearance
Submit the undernoted application for grant of a Late Hours Catering
Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally for the first
time:- 
Applicant: PTLL Limited
Premises: Tesco Rockfield, 125 Renfrew Road, Paisley
Activity: supermarket
Operating hours: Monday to Sunday - 11.00 pm to 5.00 am 
2 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operator's Licence
Submit the undernoted application for the surrender and re-issue of a
Taxi Operator’s Licence:- 
Present operator: Malcolm Mearns
Proposed operator: Calum Anderson
Licence no.: TX071   
3 Renewal of Private Hire Car Operator's Licence - Personal
Appearance
Submit the undernoted application for renewal of a Private Hire Car
Operator’s Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally
for the first time:- 
Applicant: Paul Hepburn
Licence no.: PH0617

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EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
The Board may by resolution exclude the press and public from the
meeting during consideration of the following items of business as
it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted,
that if members of the press and public are present, there could be
disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3
of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act
1973.   
4 Grant of Private Hire Car Operators' Licences - Personal
Appearances
Submit the undernoted applications for grant of Private Hire Car
Operators’ Licences. The applicant has been asked to appear personally
for the first time:- 
John Sutherland – 2 applications   
5 Surrender and Re-issue of Taxi Operator's Licence -
Personal Appearances
Submit the undernoted application for the surrender and re-issue of a
Taxi Operator’s Licence. The applicants have been asked to appear
personally for the first time:- 
Present operator: John Heron
Proposed operator: James Smith
Licence no.: TX165   
6 Grant of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences - Personal
Appearances
Submit applications (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) for grant of Private Hire
Car Drivers’ Licences and resume consideration of application (g) for
grant of a Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. Applicants (a), (b), (c), (d),
(e) and (f) have been asked to appear personally for the first time and
applicant (g) has been asked to appear personally for the second time
together with Police Scotland who has submitted objections to
applications (e) and (f) and an objection to application (g) together with a
supplementary letter which was received outwith the statutory timescale
to the application:- 
(a) Alaa Alkawaldeh
(b) Matiullah Wafa
(c) Abdulhakim Isa
(d) Chaltu Aliyi
(e) Abdul Wajid Mian

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(f) Anas Khawaldah
(g) Mohammed Akram    
Adjournment
The meeting will adjourn following consideration of item 6(g) and
reconvene at 1.30 pm.   
7 Grant of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal
Appearance
Submit the undernoted application for grant of a Private Hire Car
Driver’s Licence. The applicant has been asked to appear personally for
the first time together with Police Scotland who has submitted an
objection received outwith the statutory timescale to the application:- 
Mohammed Adail   
8 Renewal of Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences - Personal
Appearances
Submit the undernoted applications for renewal of Private Hire Car
Drivers’ Licences. The applicants have been asked to appear personally
for the first time together with Police Scotland who has submitted a
representation to application (a), an objection to application (b) and an
objection and a supplementary objection to application (c), both received
outwith the statutory timescale to the application:- 
(a) Applicant: Michelle Fulton
Licence no.: P0772 
(b) Applicant: Atif Akram
Licence no.: P0777 
(c) Applicant: Hamid Mahmood
Licence no.: P0069 
(d) Applicant: Usman Nazir
Licence no.: P0058

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9 Exemption from Drivers' Duties under Section 166 of the
Equality Act 2010 - Personal Appearance
Submit the undernoted application for exemption from driver’s duties to
provide mobility assistance under the Equality Act 2010. The applicant
has been asked to appear personally for the first time:- 
Applicant: James Liddell
Licence no.: T0481   
10  Hearing into Possible Suspension or Revocation of
Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance
Consider the possible suspension or revocation of the undernoted
licence. The licence holder has been asked to appear personally for the
first time together with Police Scotland:- 
Licence holder: Adam Bryson
Licence no.: P0709