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The Goods Vehicle Operators (Qualifications)Regulations 1999

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2.—(1) For paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act (qualifications for standard licence) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

2.  Without prejudice to the generality of a traffic commissioner’s power under paragraph 1 to determine that a person is not of good repute, a commissioner shall determine that an individual is not of good repute if that individual has—

(a)more than one conviction of a serious offence; or

(b)been convicted of road transport offences.

(2) For paragraph 4 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

4.  “Road transport offence" means—

(a)an offence under the law of any part of the United Kingdom relating to road transport including, in particular—

(i)an offence relating to drivers’ hours of work or rest periods, the weights or dimensions of commercial vehicles, road or vehicle safety or the protection of the environment; and

(ii)any other offence concerning professional liability; or

(b)any corresponding offence under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

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