{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-qualifications-of-operators-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-qualifications-of-operators-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Qualifications of Operators) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-qualifications-of-operators-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Further provisions for the purposes of regulations 5 to 8",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of regulations 5 to 8—\n(a) convictions which are spent for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall be disregarded; and\n(b) the Department may also disregard an offence—\n(i) if such time as the Department thinks appropriate has elapsed since the date of the conviction; or\n(ii) if the Department, having considered the number of offences committed by a person, determines that due to specific circumstances a negative determination of good repute for the person would constitute a disproportionate response.\n(2) In determining the good repute of a transport manager under regulation 13A(1)(b) regulations 5 to 9 shall apply as they apply to an individual with the omission of the words “or any other relevant person”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 renumbered as reg. 9(1)(17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 114(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 9(1)(b) substituted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 114(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 9(2) inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 114(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1908 (N.I. 27)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/257/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:05.007711+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."
}