Regulation 7 Cancellations of registrations relating to discontinued services

After regulation 9 there shall be inserted the following regulation —

“9A

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), when the traffic commissioner is satisfied that a service is no longer being provided by the person who registered it, he shall cancel the registration of that service.

(2)

The traffic commissioner shall not cancel a registration —

(a)

without first sending by post a notice in writing of his intention to do so to the person mentioned in paragraph (1) at that person’s usual or last known address, or in the case of a company to its registered office; and

(b)

until a period of 28 days beginning with the date on which he sent the notice has elapsed.

(3)

Paragraph (2) shall not apply if it appears to the traffic commissioner that —

(i)

the person mentioned in paragraph (1) has died or no longer holds an unconditional PSV operator’s licence, or

(ii)

in the case of a company or a partnership it has been dissolved.

(4)

The traffic commissioner shall send to every relevant authority notice of the cancellation by him of any registration in accordance with this regulation.”.