Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010

1. Introductory Text

2. Operators' licences

   1. 1. Operators' licences

   2. 2. “Standard” and “restricted” licences

   3. 3. Temporary exemptions

3. Vehicles authorised to be used under a licence

   1. 4. Vehicles authorised to be used under operator’s licence

   2. 5. Maximum numbers of vehicles

4. Operating centres

   1. 6. Operating centres to be specified in operators' licences

5. Applications for licences

   1. 7. Application for operators' licences

   2. 8. Notification of events subsequent to the making of an application

   3. 9. Publication by Department of notice of application for licence

   4. 10. Publication in locality affected of notice of application for licence

   5. 11. Objections to, and representations against, issue of operators' licences

6. Determination of applications

   1. 12. Determination of applications for operators' licences

   2. 13. Determination where objections etc are made on environmental grounds

   3. 14. Issue of operators' licences

   4. 15. Duration of operators' licences

7. Variation of licences

   1. 16. Variation of operators' licences

   2. 17. Publication of notice of applications for variation in any locality affected

   3. 18. Objection to, and refusal of, applications to vary operators' licences on environmental grounds

   4. 19. Variation of licences: further provisions

8. Conditions of licences

   1. 20. Conditions of licences

9. Interim licences and interim variations

   1. 21. Interim operators' licences

   2. 22. Interim variations

10. Revocation etc of operators' licences

    1. 23. Revocation, suspension and curtailment of operators' licences

    2. 24. Revocation of standard licences

    3. 25. Disqualification

    4. 26. Revocation, disqualification, etc: supplementary provisions

11. Review of operating centres

    1. 27. Periods of review for operating centres

    2. 28. Power to remove operating centres on review

    3. 29. Power to attach conditions on review

12. Transfer of operating centres

    1. 30. Transfer of operating centres

13. Environmental matters

    1. 31. Determinations as to environmental matters

14. Inquiries and assessors

    1. 32. Power of Department to hold inquiries

    2. 33. Power of Department to appoint assessors

15. Review of decisions and appeals

    1. 34. Review of decisions

    2. 35. Rights of appeal in connection with operators' licences

16. Forgery, false statements, etc

    1. 36. Forgery of documents etc

    2. 37. False statements

17. Enforcement

    1. 38. Powers of entry

    2. 39. Power to seize documents etc

    3. 40. Obtaining of information etc by authorised persons

    4. 41. Obstruction of authorised persons

    5. 42. Exercise of enforcement powers: authorised persons and constables

    6. 43. Evidence by certificate

    7. 44. Detention of vehicle used without operator’s licence

    8. 45. Prosecutions

18. Miscellaneous

    1. 46. Disclosure of information

    2. 47. Fees

    3. 48. Operators' licences not to be transferable

    4. 49. Certificates of qualification

    5. 50. Method of calculating weight of vehicles

    6. 51. Payment of grants

19. Application of this Act: special cases

    1. 52. Application of Act to holding companies and subsidiaries

    2. 53. Application of Act to partnerships

    3. 54. Application of Act to the Crown

    4. 55. Application of Act to harbours

20. Supplementary

    1. 56. Supplementary provision

    2. 57. Regulations

    3. 58. General interpretation

    4. 59. Amendments and repeals

    5. 60. Commencement

    6. 61. Short title

21. SCHEDULES:

    1. Schedule 1

       Transfer of operating centres

    2. Schedule 2

       Detention of vehicles used without operator’s licence

    3. Schedule 3

       Amendments

    4. Schedule 4

       Repeals