Operators’ licencesE+W+S

[F13ATemporary exemptions for international operatorsE+W+S

(1)The Secretary of State may grant an international operator a temporary exemption from any requirement to hold a standard licence which would otherwise be imposed by sections 2 and 3, for the purpose of—

(a)enabling an emergency to be dealt with, or

(b)enabling some other special need to be met.

(2)A temporary exemption under subsection (1) may be granted—

(a)by giving a notice in writing to the operator to whom it relates, or

(b)by publishing a notice specifying the class of operators to whom it relates.

(3)A notice under subsection (2) must specify—

(a)the vehicle or class of vehicles to which it relates;

(b)the transport operations to which it relates, or that it relates to all transport operations.

(4)A temporary exemption under subsection (1) permits the person to whom it relates to use the specified vehicle or (as the case may be) any vehicle of the specified class for the carriage of goods for the purposes of the transport operations to which it relates.

(5)Accordingly, sections 2(1) and 3(6) do not to that extent apply to that person’s use of goods vehicles.

(6)In this section “international operator” means a person who [F2has an effective and stable establishment in a country or territory other than the United Kingdom that is comparable to an effective and stable establishment in Great Britain (as determined in accordance with paragraph A1 of Schedule 3)].

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