{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/section-27.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": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Revocation of standard licences.",
  "text": "(1) A traffic commissioner shall direct that a standard licence be revoked if at any time it appears to him that\n(a) the licence-holder no longer satisfies one or more of the requirements of section 13A, or\n(b) the transport manager designated by the licence-holder no longer satisfies one or more of the requirements set out in paragraph 14A(1) and (2), or (1) and (3), of Schedule 3\n(2) Before giving a direction under subsection (1) in respect of a licence, a traffic commissioner shall give to its holder notice in writing that he is considering giving such a direction.\n(3) A notice under subsection (2) shall state the grounds on which the traffic commissioner is considering giving a direction under subsection (1) and ...—\n(a) shall invite the licence-holder to make written representations with respect to those grounds ..., and\n(b) shall state that any such representations must be received by the commissioner dealing with the matter within 21 days of the date of the notice;\nand a traffic commissioner may not give a direction under subsection (1) without considering any representations duly made under this subsection .\n(3A) A notice under subsection (2) may set a time limit... for the licence-holder to rectify the situation.\n(3AA) The time limit set under subsection (3A) may not exceed, beginning with the day after the date of the notice—\n(a) 6 months, or\n(b) 9 months if the licence-holder ceases to have a suitable number of individuals designated under section 13A(3)(a)(ii) or (b) because—\n(i) a transport manager is physically incapacitated or deceased, and\n(ii) more than 6 months is required to recruit a replacement transport manager.\n(3B) If the licence-holder rectifies the situation within the time limit set under subsection (3A), the traffic commissioner must not make the direction under subsection (1).\n(4) This section has effect subject to section 29 (and, in particular, nothing in subsections (3) to (3B) above shall be taken to affect a person’s right under section 29(1) to require the holding of an inquiry).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632) , reg. 1(1) , Sch. 2 para. 10(2) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2 )"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1)(a) inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 43(1)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 27(1)(a) substituted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 43(1)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1)(b) substituted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 43(1)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1)(b) inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 43(1)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1)(b) substituted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 43(1)(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(2) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(3) omitted (3.7.2013) by virtue of The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(3)(a) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(3)(a) omitted (3.7.2013) by virtue of The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(3)(b) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(3)(b) inserted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(3) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "S. 27(3A)(3B) inserted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632) , reg. 1(1) , Sch. 2 para. 10(3) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2 )"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(3A) omitted (17.3.2022) by virtue of The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 43(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "S. 27(3AA) inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 43(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(4) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632) , reg. 1(1) , Sch. 2 para. 10(4) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2 )"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 27(1) applied by S.I. 1995/2869, reg. 29(7) (as amended (5.10.2017) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/874), regs. 1(1), 6(d))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/23/section/27",
    "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."
}