# The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 1984, Regulation 18: Withdrawal of regular, special regular and shuttle service authorisations


(1) If the Secretary of State is at any time satisfied that a holder of a regular, special regular or shuttle service authorisation issued by him—
(a) has failed to comply with the relevant Council Regulation, with the authorisation or any conditions specified therein; or
(b) has failed to operate, or is no longer operating, a service under the authorisation,
he may, by notice in writing to the holder, withdraw the authorisation.
(2) Where the Secretary of State decides to withdraw an authorisation in exercise of his powers under Council Regulation No. 516/72 or Council Regulation No. 517/72 he may do so by notice in writing to the holder of the authorisation.
(3) The withdrawal of an authorisation in accordance with this Regulation shall take effect on the date specified in the notice which shall be not earlier than 28 days after the date of the notice.
(4) Where an authorisation is withdrawn in accordance with this Regulation it shall be of no effect and the holder shall forthwith surrender the authorisation to the Secretary of State.
(5) At any time that is reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the case, an examiner may, on production if so required of his authority, enter any premises of the holder of an authorisation which has been withdrawn in accordance with this Regulation and may require the holder to produce the authorisation and, on its being produced, may seize it and deliver it to the Secretary of State.
(6) Where it appears to an examiner that a document produced to him in pursuance of Regulation 16 is an authorisation which has been withdrawn in accordance with this Regulation he may seize it and deliver it to the Secretary of State.
(7) In paragraph (1) of this Regulation “relevant Council Regulation” means in the case of a regular or special regular service authorisation Council Regulation No. 517/72 and in the case of a shuttle service authorisation Council Regulation No. 516/72.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/748/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-international-passenger-services-regulations-1984/regulation-18
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.