Official-source evidence
Verified facts below come from the cited legislation, council pages and official guidance. This evidence covers vehicle licensing, licence-holder/operator duties and booking offices; it does not replace the separate driver-licence route.
Dataset checked 2026-09-09 · 21 source-backed claims · 18 unresolved or bounded items
The licence is for operation of the vehicle and does not replace the separate driver licence.
Highland's guidance expressly calls the vehicle licence the operator licence and separates it from the driver licence.
The Council may approve an exception to the stated vehicle-age limits; the remaining listed characteristics are presented as baseline requirements.
The conditions also require production for inspection on written notice from the Council.
The current forms cover grant and renewal; successful issue still depends on inspection and the Council's determination.
The 28-day statement is a normal minimum timeline, not a guaranteed completion date; objections can extend determination.
The live page still presents this as the applicable schedule on the checked date, although its effective date remains 1 April 2025.
The inspection amounts contain VAT breakdowns; the MOT portions shown by the Council are non-VAT.
The fee schedule's 14-day window conflicts with the guidance's 10-working-day window and is therefore paired with a conflict gap.
The guidance states that inspection and meter-test charges are additional to the operator licence fee.
This is a local vehicle-operator condition set and does not establish that the licence holder personally holds a driver licence.
A private hire car may use a meter, but the conditions require Council testing and approval if one is fitted.
Only the public entry page was checked; no account, form data, upload, payment or submission was attempted.
The premises licence is separate from the individual section 10 vehicle licences and driver licences.
The £404 fee is current-page evidence; the temporary percentage and non-refund rule come from current-linked council documents.
A reference to telephone or radio booking hours is an application field, not evidence of a commercial radio provider or account.
The current-linked local conditions state a £5 million minimum liability indemnity where the public can access the premises or waiting area.
This process description is retained only as dated, still-linked council guidance and requires current confirmation before operational use.
The current national guidance conflicts with narrower and partly obsolete evidence wording in Highland's linked booking application and 2020 guidance.
These are official public routes; they are not commercial provider contacts or endorsements.
The register is a designated accessibility subset and must not be treated as a complete vehicle or operator register.
These points are deliberately not inferred. Open the list to see exactly what still needs current source confirmation.
Radio/dispatch supplier terms are not presented as council licensing requirements.