Variation of old-style licences
6. Section 17 of the 1995 Act (which amongst other things replaces section 68 of the 1968 Act) shall have effect in relation to an old-style licence as if—
(a)for subsection (1)(a) to (f) there were substituted—
“(a)that additional vehicles be specified therein;
(aa)that the maximum number of trailers or of motor vehicles specified in the licence under (or having effect as specified in the licence under) paragraph (b) or (c) of section 5(1) of the 1995 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995) be increased;
(ab)if the licence does not permit the addition of vehicles under paragraph (c) of the said section 5(1) (as so substituted), that it shall so permit and that a maximum be specified under that paragraph accordingly;
(b)that vehicles specified therein be removed therefrom or that any such maximum as is mentioned in paragraph (aa) of this subsection be reduced;”;
(b)for subsection (1)(h), there were substituted—
“(h)that—
(i)any statement of intent which, by virtue of paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 has effect as if it were an undertaking recorded in the licence, cease to have such effect, or
(ii)any undertaking recorded in the licence be varied or removed;”;
(c)in subsection (4), paragraph (a) was omitted.