Section 14A Objections to application for PSV operator’s licence.C1F1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where an application is made for the grant of a PSV operator’s licence under this Act, any chief officer of police or local authority may object to the grant of the licence on the ground that one or more of the requirements mentioned in F2sections 14ZA to 14ZC of this Act are not satisfied in relation to the application.
An objection under this section shall be made within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner and shall contain particulars of the ground on which it is made.
Where F4a traffic commissioner considers there to be exceptional circumstances that justify his doing so, he may direct that an objection be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as duly made under this section, notwithstanding that it was not made within the prescribed time or in the prescribed manner.
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In this section “local authority” means—
in England and Wales, the council of a county, district or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London or a Passenger Transport Executive; and
in Scotland, a F6council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
This section does not apply in relation to any application for a special licence (within the meaning of section 12 of the Transport Act 1985).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 14A inserted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 25
- F2
Words in s. 14A(1) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
- F3
S. 14A(2A) inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 60; S.I. 1994/3188, art. 4
- F4
Words in s. 14A(2A) 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)
- F5
S. 14A(3) repealed (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40 ss. 68, 81, Sch. 14 para. 3, Sch. 17; S.I. 1994/3188, art. 3
- F6
Words in s. 14A(4)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 121(3) (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 2
Modifications
- C1
S. 14A excluded by S.I. 1986/1794, art. 4
Notes on Part II
Modifications
- C1
Pt. II (ss. 6–29) amended by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52, SIF 107:1), s. 187(3)