Part I Deregulation

CHAPTER IV Public Service Vehicle Operator Licensing etc.

62 Suspension of licences.

1

Section 17 of the 1981 Act (revocation, suspension etc. of licences) shall be amended as follows.

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After subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

5A

Where a licence is suspended under this section, it remains in force during the time of its suspension subject to the limitation that no vehicles are authorised to be used under it.

5B

A traffic commissioner who has suspended a licence under this section may at any time—

a

cancel the suspension; or

b

with the consent of the holder of the licence, vary the period for which it is suspended.