Smoking costs cab driver £200
Smoking a cigarette in his cab has cost a Carmarthen taxi driver £200.
James Cook, of Richmond Cottages, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen, was convicted in his absence at Ammanford Magistrates Court of an offence under Section 7 of the Health Act, 2006.
The court was told that at about 8.30am on Friday August 27 last year a licensing officer saw Cook driving a cab for Steve’s Taxis, Carmarthen, on Coracle Way, Carmarthen. Whilst Cook was stationary at the lights, he could clearly see him smoking a cigarette inside the vehicle.
On the same day he served a Fixed Penalty Notice under the Health Act 2006 Section 7 (Offence of smoking in a smoke free place). Cook failed to pay the fixed penalty within 29 days of it being served, and was therefore prosecuted.
The fixed penalty is for £50, however if paid within the first 15 days of the notice being served, this is discounted to £30.
Cook was fined was fined £100 and ordered to pay £100 towards prosecution costs.
Executive board member for public protection Cllr Pam Palmer said: “Taxis are vehicles which the public use regularly and must be kept smoke-free. The driver has learned a very hard and expensive lesson and I am sure the message will soon circulate among the rest of the trade.”
James Cook, of Richmond Cottages, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen, was convicted in his absence at Ammanford Magistrates Court of an offence under Section 7 of the Health Act, 2006.
The court was told that at about 8.30am on Friday August 27 last year a licensing officer saw Cook driving a cab for Steve’s Taxis, Carmarthen, on Coracle Way, Carmarthen. Whilst Cook was stationary at the lights, he could clearly see him smoking a cigarette inside the vehicle.
On the same day he served a Fixed Penalty Notice under the Health Act 2006 Section 7 (Offence of smoking in a smoke free place). Cook failed to pay the fixed penalty within 29 days of it being served, and was therefore prosecuted.
The fixed penalty is for £50, however if paid within the first 15 days of the notice being served, this is discounted to £30.
Cook was fined was fined £100 and ordered to pay £100 towards prosecution costs.
Executive board member for public protection Cllr Pam Palmer said: “Taxis are vehicles which the public use regularly and must be kept smoke-free. The driver has learned a very hard and expensive lesson and I am sure the message will soon circulate among the rest of the trade.”
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