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PART IIE+W+S APPLICATIONS
Manner of making applicationsE+W+S
4. Every application shall—
(a)be made on a form supplied by [F1a traffic commissioner] and contain the information required by that form;
(b)be signed—
(i)if made by an individual, by that person,
(ii)if made by a firm, by all of the partners of that firm or by one of them with the authority of the others, and
(iii)if made by any other body or group of persons, by one or more individual persons authorised for that purpose by the body or group;
(c)if made for the issue of a licence, state whether it relates to a standard licence or to a restricted licence and, if it relates to a standard licence, state whether the licence is to cover—
(i)both national and international transport operations, or
(ii)national transport operations only.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 4(a) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1
Time of applicationsE+W+S
5. Every application shall be sent to [F2a traffic commissioner] so as to reach him not less than 9 weeks before the time at which the applicant desires the licence or variation applied for to take effect.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in reg. 5 substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 5 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1
Dispensations as to applicationsE+W+S
6. [F3A traffic commissioner] may consider an application notwithstanding that the requirement specified in regulation 5 has not been complied with.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in reg. 6 substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 6 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1
Notice of applicationsE+W+S
7.—(1) The prescribed manner in which a notice of any application for a licence as mentioned in section 10 or for a variation as mentioned in section 17 is published by [F4a traffic commissioner] is that a summary of the application which adequately specifies the subject-matter of the application shall be published in Applications and Decisions as mentioned in regulation 21.
(2) The notice of an application to be published in accordance with section 11 or section 18 shall give the information specified in Schedule 1.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in reg. 7(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. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 7 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1
Restrictions on applicationsE+W+S
8.—(1) [F5A traffic commissioner] may decline to proceed with an application for a licence if it appears to him that the grant of that application would lead to a contravention of section 8(2).
(2) [F5A traffic commissioner] may decline to proceed with an application if and so long as it appears to him that the application relates to any motor vehicle which is specified in an existing licence, and the grant of that application would lead to a contravention of section 5(8).
Textual Amendments
F5Words in reg. 8(1)(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. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
Commencement Information
I5Reg. 8 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1
Inspection of applicationsE+W+S
9.—(1) [F6Until an application has been determined, a traffic commissioner shall make available for inspection]—
(a)to any person authorised to make the inspection by a local authority, a planning authority, chief officer of police or trade union or association specified in regulation 10, such part of the application (or the whole of it) as any such person in writing requests to see; and
(b)to any person who is, by virtue of section 12(4) or 19(2)(b) entitled to make representations in respect of the application, or a person authorised by such a person to make the inspection on his behalf, such part of the application as is, in the opinion of the traffic commissioner, relevant to the representation.
(2) A traffic commissioner F7... shall, during the currency of [F8a licence], make a copy of it available for inspection by any person who appears to the traffic commissioner to have reasonable grounds for making such an inspection.
(3) A traffic commissioner shall satisfy his obligation under paragraph (1) by—
(a)making the application or, as the case may be, part of it, available for inspection at [F9an office provided for the use of a traffic commissioner in relation to the traffic area to which the application relates]; or
(b)on prior receipt of his expenses in that behalf, by posting a copy of the application or, as the case may be, part of it, to the address given for that purpose by the person wanting to make the inspection.
(4) A traffic commissioner shall satisfy his obligation under paragraph (2) by—
(a)making a copy of the licence or, as the case may require, part of it, available for inspection at [F10an office provided for the use of a traffic commissioner in relation to the traffic area to which the licence relates]; or
(b)on prior receipt of his expenses in that behalf, by posting a copy of the licence or, as the case may require, part of it, to the address given for that purpose by the person requesting to make the inspection.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in reg. 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. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
F7Words in reg. 9(2) omitted (3.7.2013) by virtue of The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
F8Words in reg. 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. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
F9Words in reg. 9(3)(a) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
F10Words in reg. 9(4)(a) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)
Commencement Information
I6Reg. 9 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1
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