{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/23",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this paragraph have effect in relation to any application for a heavy goods vehicle licence in respect of which a direction has been given under paragraph 1.\n(2) The notice published under section 10(1) shall state that the direction has been given.\n(3) The following provisions of this Act shall not apply—\nsection 11;\nsection 12(1)(b) and (4);\nsection 13C(5) so far as relating to the suitability of any place specified in the licence for use as an operating centre of the licence-holder;\nsection 14; and\nsection 15(3)(f).\n(4) Notwithstanding anything in section 13(6) the traffic commissioner may refuse the application if—\n(a) any statement of fact made by the applicant (or procured by him to be made) for the purposes of the request for the direction under paragraph 1 was false, whether to his knowledge or not; or\n(b) any undertaking given or statement of expectation made by the applicant (or procured by him to be given or made) for those purposes has not been fulfilled.\n(5) If the application is granted, the traffic commissioner—\n(a) shall attach to the licence issued to the applicant any conditions in respect of which the applicant has consented under paragraph 1(4); and\n(b) shall not attach any other conditions to the licence under section 21 or 23.\n(6) If the application is granted, the traffic commissioner shall record in the licence—\n(a) any undertakings given or procured to be given under paragraph 1(5); and\n(b) any other undertakings given by the applicant (or procured by him to be given), whether for the purposes of the application or for the purposes of the request for the direction under paragraph 1, that the traffic commissioner considers to be material to his decision to give the direction (and that would not otherwise be required by section 15(4) to be recorded in the licence).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1) substituted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 55(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(3) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 21(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(4) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 21(b) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/23/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:04.608535+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}