Section 21 Conditions attached to heavy goods vehicle licences for securing road safety.F9

On issuing F1a heavy goods vehicle licence, or on varying such a licence under section 17, a traffic commissioner may attach to the licence such conditions as he thinks fit for preventing F2heavy goods vehicles that are authorised to be used under it from causing danger to the public—

On varying F5a heavy goods vehicle licence under section 17 a traffic commissioner may vary or remove any condition attached to the licence under this section.

F6A traffic commissioner shall not—

unless the applicant for the licence or (as the case may be) the licence-holder has first been given an opportunity to make representations to a traffic commissioner with respect to the effect on his business of the proposed condition or variation.

The traffic commissioner shall give special consideration to any representations made under subsection (3) in determining whether to attach the proposed condition or make the proposed variation.

In this section “public road”—

Any person who contravenes any condition attached under this section to a licence of which he is the holder is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.