PART II E+W+S General Provisions Relating to Public Service Vehicles

Public service vehicle operators’ licencesE+W+S

[F114A Objections to application for PSV operator’s licence. E+W+S

(1)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.

(2)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.

[F3(2A)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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(4)In this section “local authority” means—

(a)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

(b)in Scotland, a [F6council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994].

(5)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).]