# The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (2010 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/247 · made 21 June 2012

This Order brings the provisions of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (“the Act”) listed in the Schedule into operation on 22nd June 2012 to enable the Department to make Regulations under the Act.

Made under: Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (Section 60)

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## Introductory text

Road Traffic And Vehicles
Made 21st June 2012
The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(2) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.

## 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (2010 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.

## 2 Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule for the purpose of enabling the Department to make Regulations is 22nd June 2012.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 21st June 2012
L.S.
Iain Greenway
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment

## Provisions coming into operation on 22nd June 2012 for the purposes only of making Regulations

Provisions of the Act
Subject Matter
Section 1
Operators’ licences
Section 4
Vehicles authorised to be used under operator’s licence
Section 7
Application for operators’ licences
Section 8
Notification of events subsequent to the making of an application
Section 9
Publication by Department of notice of application for licence
Section 10
Publication in locality affected of notice of application for licence
Section 11
Objections to, and representations against, issue of operators’ licences
Section 12
Determination of applications for operators’ licences
Section 13
Determination where objections etc are made on environmental grounds
Section 16
Variation of operators’ licences
Section 17
Publication of notice of applications for variation in any locality affected
Section 18
Objection to, and refusal of, applications to vary operators’ licences on environmental grounds
Section 20
Conditions of licences
Section 27
Periods of review for operating centres
Section 28
Power to remove operating centres on review
Section 31
Determinations as to environmental matters
Section 32
Power of Department to hold inquiries
Section 34
Review of decisions
Section 47
Fees
Section 48
Operators’ licences not to be transferable
Section 49
Certificates of qualification
Section 52
Application of Act to holding companies and subsidiaries
Section 53
Application of Act to partnerships
Schedule 1 and section 30 so far as it relates to it
Transfer of operating centres
Schedule 2 and section 44 so far as it relates to it
Detention of vehicle used without operator’s licence

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings the provisions of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (“the Act”) listed in the Schedule into operation on 22nd June 2012 to enable the Department to make Regulations under the Act.

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