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Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994

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62Suspension of licences

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

(2)In subsection (2)(b) (traffic commissioner’s power to suspend a licence for such period as he directs) the words “(during which time it shall be of no effect)” shall be omitted.

(3)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.”

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