After you submit an application
Once all documents have been accepted by Taxi Licensing and payment has been received a letter will be emailed to you with your test appointment and instructions you will need to follow.
What to take to the Test Centre
You should email your insurance to taxi.licensing@manchester.gov.uk before attending for your test.
You must arrive on time (15 minutes prior to your appointment) and report to Vehicle Reception.
You will find your keys and your pass or fail sheet in your vehicle on the car park after the test.
Once the vehicle has passed or failed its test, you will be given a Vehicle Inspection Sheet – hand this, with the following items, to the Vehicle Reception to collect your licence and disc for your window:
- Original valid certificate of insurance (see below for full insurance requirements) if you have not already emailed it to us.
- Bring a means of payment with you to pay for any items you require from the garage; we do not accept cash.
Insurance
Your insurance policy must cover the use of the vehicle for carrying fare-paying passengers. It should also give the following details:
- You (the applicant) as the policyholder.
- If you do not hold a current Private Hire Driver's Licence, the policy must exclude you from driving the vehicle and have at least one named licensed driver listed, or the wording “any driver with appropriate licence”.
- All vehicles covered by the policy including details of make, model and registration.
- The terms of the cover taken out should also include:
- unlimited indemnity for injury and death to passengers and other third parties;
- indemnity of at least £5,000,000 for damage to third party property - other than that being carried in or on the insured vehicle;
- cover of up to at least £150 for damage to property belonging to persons being carried in the insured vehicle.
- Proprietors with a policy covering multiple vehicles must also provide a schedule of all licensed vehicles in their possession, with a list of named drivers per vehicle.