Road Safety Act 2006

7 Public passenger vehicle licensing U.K.

(1) The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 19 (duty of applicant for PSV operator's licence to inform traffic commissioners of relevant convictions etc.), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above the issue to a person of a fixed penalty notice or conditional offer under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 in respect of an offence prescribed for the purposes of this Act is to be treated as if it were a relevant conviction of him.”

(3) In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (supplementary provisions as to qualifications for PSV operator's licence), before the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) relevant fixed penalty notices issued to him and to his employees and agents;”.

(4) In sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph, before the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) relevant fixed penalty notices issued to the company's officers, employees and agents;”.

(5) After that sub-paragraph insert—

“(2A) In sub-paragraphs (1)(aa) and (2)(aa) above “relevant fixed penalty notice” means a fixed penalty notice or conditional offer issued under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 in respect of an offence prescribed for the purposes of this Act.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 7 in force at 31.3.2009 by S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(c)