C2C1Part 5Operating Licences

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Maintenance

I1101Change of circumstance

1

The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring the holder of an operating licence—

a

to notify the Commission of any change of circumstance of a prescribed kind in relation to him or to a licensed activity, and

b

to give the Commission prescribed details of the change.

2

If a change of circumstance notified under subsection (1) falsifies information contained in the operating licence in accordance with section 66 the notification must be accompanied by—

a

the prescribed fee, and

b

either—

i

the licence, or

ii

an application to the Commission for the issue of a copy of the licence under section 107.

3

Where notification is accompanied by the licence, the Commission shall—

a

make such alteration to the information contained in the licence as appears to it to be required by the change in circumstance, and

b

return the licence to the licensee.

4

Where the notification is accompanied by an application for a copy of the licence, the Commission shall, if it grants the application, issue the copy in a form which appears to the Commission to reflect the change in circumstance.

5

In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this section.

6

The holder of an operating licence commits an offence if he fails without reasonable excuse to comply with regulations under this section.

7

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

8

This section does not prevent the imposition of a requirement to notify the Commission of a specified change of circumstance by way of the attachment of a condition to an operating licence.