{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-regulations-1995/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-regulations-1995/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2869",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Notification of decisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and Articles 6.2(a) and 15.1 of the 2009 Regulation, where a traffic commissioner grants or refuses an application, he shall send a written statement of his reasons to—\n(a) the applicant;\n(b) every objector; and\n(c) every person who has made a representation in accordance with sections 12(4), 19(2) or 19(4) and asked a traffic commissioner for such a statement.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where—\n(a) the traffic commissioner grants an application in the terms applied for; and\n(b) no objection or representation has been made in accordance with sections 12(1), 12(4), 19(2) or 19(4).\n(3) Where a traffic commissioner makes a direction under section 31 or 32, he shall send a written statement of his reasons to the licence-holder.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 22(1) inserted (5.10.2017) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/874), regs. 1(1), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 22(1)(c) substituted (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 2, 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 in force at 1.1.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2869/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:53.159459+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."
}