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Taxi driver medical in West Dunbartonshire

Which doctor West Dunbartonshire will accept, how often you have to repeat it and which form they want. Councils disagree with each other on every one of those, so this is West Dunbartonshire’s answer and nobody else’s.

What West Dunbartonshire requires

• “Applicants must pass a knowledge test for the area in which they intend to drive before an application form will be accepted”
• How often: West Dunbartonshire publishes NO medical requirement. We checked all six of its taxi pages, including the driver licence page and the guidance for taxi drivers, and the word medical appears on none of them. IMPORTANT: this means the council does not PUBLISH a medical requirement - it does not mean no medical can ever be asked for. Scottish taxi licensing runs under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, which lets a licensing authority satisfy itself that an applicant is a fit and proper person, and councils can and do ask for evidence of fitness to drive. Ring licensing before you assume you do not need one

Taken from Licences - Taxi / Private Hire Car Drivers Licence - the conditions, the two zones and the fees. Rules change and councils rewrite their pages without notice, so confirm before you book and pay. If something here is wrong please say and I will check it against the council and fix it.

How West Dunbartonshire compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, West Dunbartonshire is one of 35 that publish nothing on who may carry it out.

Who may sign it in nearby areas

Neighbouring authorities do not follow each other on this, and a certificate accepted in one is regularly refused in the next. Check the area whose badge you actually hold.

Licensing area	Who can carry out the medical
Renfrewshire	The council does not say
Inverclyde	The council does it themselves
East Dunbartonshire	Your own GP only
Glasgow	Only a provider the council names
East Renfrewshire	The council does not say
Stirling	Your own GP only
North Ayrshire	The council does not say
North Lanarkshire	The council does not say
Falkirk	The council does it themselves
Argyll and Bute	The council does it themselves
Perth and Kinross	The council does it themselves
Na h-Eileanan Siar	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in West Dunbartonshire

The medical is one bill among several. See what West Dunbartonshire charges for the driver, vehicle and operator licences, taken from the same published sources.

Every line above is taken from West Dunbartonshire’s own published guidance and read by hand against that source. Nothing here is from trade press, a forum or an estimate. This is not medical or legal advice.

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