{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Certificates of qualification.",
  "text": "(1) A person who wishes to do either of the following things in a member State or in Northern Ireland, namely to carry on a road passenger transport business or to be the transport manager of such a business, may apply to a traffic commissioner for a certificate as to the applicant’s repute and professional competence and, where relevant, his financial standing.\n(2) A person applying for a certificate under subsection (1) above shall give to the traffic commissioner dealing with the application such information as he or another traffic commissioner may reasonably require for the discharge of duties of a traffic commissioner in relation to the application.\n(3) The traffic commissioner dealing with an application under subsection (1) above shall certify such matters relating to the applicant as—\n(a) he is satisfied he may properly certify, and\n(b) appear to the commissioner to be of assistance to the applicant in satisfying the requirements of the law of the ... member State in which he wishes to carry on business or to work or, as the case may be, the requirements of the law of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 21(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(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": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(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": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(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": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3(5), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 4(12)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 21(3)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:23.739394+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."
}