{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-9.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/6/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Act, beginning with 17th March 2022 —\n(a) any application for an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 8 before 17th March 2022 is to be treated by the commissioner as an application for a heavy goods vehicle licence;\n(b) any objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 12 before 17th March 2022 is to be treated by the commissioner as an objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a heavy goods vehicle licence;\n(c) an operator’s licence issued under section 15 before 17th March 2022 is to be treated as a heavy goods vehicle licence;\n(d) any application for a variation of an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 17 before 17th March 2022 is to be treated by the commissioner as an application for a variation of a heavy goods vehicle licence;\n(e) any objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a variation of an operator’s licence made to a traffic commissioner under section 19 before 17th March 2022 is to be treated by the commissioner as an objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a variation of a heavy goods vehicle licence;\n(f) any request for an interim operator’s licence made under section 24 before 17th March 2022 is to be treated as a request for an interim heavy goods vehicle licence;\n(g) any interim operator’s licence issued under section 24 before 17th March 2022 is to be treated as an interim heavy goods vehicle licence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 paras. 8-19 and cross-heading inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 56"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 9 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/727), regs. 1(b), 7(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 paras. 9(a)-(g) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/727), regs. 1(b), 7(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/23/schedule/6/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}