2012 No. 247 (C. 22)
Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (2010 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made
The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(2) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 20101.

Citation and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (2010 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.

Appointed day2.

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule for the purpose of enabling the Department to make Regulations is 22nd June 2012.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 21st June 2012

Iain Greenway
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment

SCHEDULEProvisions coming into operation on 22nd June 2012 for the purposes only of making Regulations

Article 2

Provisions of the Act

Subject Matter

Section 1

Operators’ licences

Section 4

Vehicles authorised to be used under operator’s licence

Section 7

Application for operators’ licences

Section 8

Notification of events subsequent to the making of an application

Section 9

Publication by Department of notice of application for licence

Section 10

Publication in locality affected of notice of application for licence

Section 11

Objections to, and representations against, issue of operators’ licences

Section 12

Determination of applications for operators’ licences

Section 13

Determination where objections etc are made on environmental grounds

Section 16

Variation of operators’ licences

Section 17

Publication of notice of applications for variation in any locality affected

Section 18

Objection to, and refusal of, applications to vary operators’ licences on environmental grounds

Section 20

Conditions of licences

Section 27

Periods of review for operating centres

Section 28

Power to remove operating centres on review

Section 31

Determinations as to environmental matters

Section 32

Power of Department to hold inquiries

Section 34

Review of decisions

Section 47

Fees

Section 48

Operators’ licences not to be transferable

Section 49

Certificates of qualification

Section 52

Application of Act to holding companies and subsidiaries

Section 53

Application of Act to partnerships

Schedule 1 and section 30 so far as it relates to it

Transfer of operating centres

Schedule 2 and section 44 so far as it relates to it

Detention of vehicle used without operator’s licence

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings the provisions of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (“the Act”) listed in the Schedule into operation on 22nd June 2012 to enable the Department to make Regulations under the Act.