# The Community Bus Regulations 2009, Regulation 12: Revocation of permits granted before 6th April 2009 which are lost or destroyed


(1) If a permit granted before 6th April 2009, or a corresponding disc, is lost or destroyed the holder must immediately give notice of that fact to the traffic commissioner who granted the permit or issued the disc.
(2) When giving notice under paragraph (1) the holder must—
(a) surrender to the traffic commissioner any corresponding disc or corresponding permit which has not been lost or destroyed; and
(b) indicate whether the holder wishes the traffic commissioner to grant a new permit.
(3) Where notice is given under paragraph (1) and the traffic commissioner is satisfied that the permit or disc has been lost or destroyed, the traffic commissioner may, if requested to do so under paragraph (2)(b), grant a new permit and issue a corresponding disc.
(4) Where the holder requests a new permit under paragraph (2)(b), the revocation date of the permit which has been lost, destroyed, or surrendered to the traffic commissioner is either—
(a) the date on which the traffic commissioner grants a new permit and issues a corresponding disc; or
(b) the date on which the traffic commissioner notifies the holder of the decision not to grant a new permit.
(5) Where the holder does not request a new permit under paragraph (2)(b), the revocation date of the permit which has been lost, destroyed, or surrendered to the traffic commissioner is the date on which the notice given under paragraph (1) is received by the traffic commissioner.
(6) A new permit granted by virtue of paragraph (3) must comply with regulation 9, and the corresponding disc must comply with regulation 10.
(7) If, at any time after notice has been given under paragraph (1), the permit or disc notified as having been lost or destroyed comes into the possession of the holder, the holder must immediately return that permit or disc to the traffic commissioner who granted or issued it.
(8) In this regulation the “revocation date” is the revocation date for the purposes of section 60(2) of the Local Transport Act 2008.
(9) Regulation 8 does not apply to a new permit granted under paragraph (3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/366/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-bus-regulations-2009/regulation-12
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