Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 (ss. 4-13) excluded (prosp.) by Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 4), ss. 54(2), 59 (with s. 54(3))
C2Pt. II: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 (with art. 9(2))
(1)The Ministry shall, in deciding whether to grant or refuse to grant a [F2bus operator's] licence or to attach conditions to any such licence, F3... in particular F3... have regard (where appropriate) to the following matters:—
F4(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)any previous conduct of the applicant as a person providing facilities for the carriage of passengers for reward;
(d)the revocation or suspension of any [F5bus operator's] licence held at any time by the applicant or where the applicant has or had a controlling interest in a body corporate to any refusal to grant a [F5bus operator's] licence to, or revocation or suspension of a [F5bus operator's] licence held by, that body corporate;
(e)where the applicant is an agent or nominee of any other person, any previous conduct of that person as a person providing facilities for the carriage of passengers for reward;
(f)where the applicant is an agent or nominee of any other person, the revocation or suspension of any [F6bus operator's] licence held at any time by that other person;
(g)where the applicant is a body corporate, the refusal to grant a [F7bus operator's] licence to, or the revocation or suspension of any [F7bus operator's] licence held at any time by—
(i)any other body corporate having at the time of the application any controlling interest in the body corporate applying for the licence or in which the body corporate applying for the licence has any controlling interest;
(ii)any director of, or any shareholder having a controlling interest in, the body corporate which is applying for the licence or in such other body corporate as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);
F8(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F9(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F9(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1mod. by SR 1981/199; 1987/187,383
F2Words in s. 6(1) substituted (5.10.2015) by Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 11), s. 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(2); S.R. 2015/284, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2)(3))
F3Words in s. 6(1) repealed (5.10.2015) by Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 11), ss. 20(a)(i), 48(2), Sch. 2; S.R. 2015/284, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2)(3))
F4S. 6(1)(a)(b) repealed (5.10.2015) by Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 11), ss. 20(a)(ii), 48(2), Sch. 2; S.R. 2015/284, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2)(3))
F5Words in s. 6(1)(d) substituted (5.10.2015) by Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 11), s. 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(3); S.R. 2015/284, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2)(3))
F6Words in s. 6(1)(f) substituted (5.10.2015) by Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 11), s. 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(4); S.R. 2015/284, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2)(3))
F7Words in s. 6(1)(g) substituted (5.10.2015) by Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 11), s. 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(5); S.R. 2015/284, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2)(3))
F8S. 6(1)(h)(i) repealed (5.10.2015) by Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 11), ss. 20(a)(ii), 48(2), Sch. 2; S.R. 2015/284, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(2)(3))