[F19.E+W+SFor the purposes of this Act, beginning with [F217th March 2022] —
(a)any application for an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 8 before [F317th March 2022] is to be treated by the commissioner as an application for a heavy goods vehicle licence;
(b)any objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 12 before [F317th March 2022] is to be treated by the commissioner as an objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a heavy goods vehicle licence;
(c)an operator’s licence issued under section 15 before [F317th March 2022] is to be treated as a heavy goods vehicle licence;
(d)any application for a variation of an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 17 before [F317th March 2022] is to be treated by the commissioner as an application for a variation of a heavy goods vehicle licence;
(e)any objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a variation of an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 19 before [F317th March 2022] is to be treated by the commissioner as an objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a variation of a heavy goods vehicle licence;
(f)any request for an interim operator’s licence made under section 24 before [F317th March 2022] is to be treated as a request for an interim heavy goods vehicle licence;
(g)any interim operator’s licence issued under section 24 before [F317th March 2022] is to be treated as an interim heavy goods vehicle licence.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 paras. 8-19 and cross-heading inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 56
F2Words in Sch. 6 para. 9 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/727), regs. 1(b), 7(b)(i)
F3Words in Sch. 6 paras. 9(a)-(g) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/727), regs. 1(b), 7(b)(ii)