(1)A person who has made an application for an operator’s licence shall forthwith notify the traffic commissioner [F1dealing with the application] if, in the interval between the making of the application and the date on which it is disposed of, there occurs a notifiable conviction within the meaning given in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 [F2 or there is issued a notifiable fixed penalty notice within the meaning given in paragraph 7 of that Schedule].
(2)A person who—
(a)has made an application for a standard licence, and
(b)has included in that application particulars of a transport manager,
shall forthwith notify the traffic commissioner [F3dealing with the application] if, in the interval between the making of the application and the date on which it is disposed of, there occurs any event affecting any information about the transport manager given to the commissioner under section 8.
(3)A person is guilty of an offence if he—
(a)knowingly fails to comply with subsection (1), or
(b)knowingly fails to comply with subsection (2) in a case where the event which occurs as mentioned in that subsection is the conviction of the transport manager of an offence such as is mentioned in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 [F4 or the issue to the transport manager of a fixed penalty notice or conditional offer under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 in respect of such an offence];
and a person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (a) or (b) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(4)For the purposes of this section an application shall be taken to be disposed of—
(a)in a case where [F5a traffic commissioner] is required, by virtue of regulations under section 57(2)(a), to cause a statement containing his decision on the application to be issued, on the date on which that statement is issued, and
(b)in any other case, on the date on which the applicant receives notice from [F5a traffic commissioner] of his decision on the application.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 9(1) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
F2Words in s. 9(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 6(2), 61(1), (10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(c)
F3Words in s. 9(2) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
F4Words in s. 9(3)(b) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 6(3), 61(1), (10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(c)
F5Words in s. 9(4)(a)(b) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)