111Licensing authority, and applications, for HGV drivers' licences
(1)The traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 [1981 c. 14.] shall exercise the function of granting licences under this Part of this Act (in this Part of this Act referred to as “heavy goods vehicle drivers' licences”) and is in this Part of this Act referred to as “the licensing authority”.
(2)An application for a heavy goods vehicle driver’s licence shall be made to the licensing authority of the traffic area in which the applicant for the licence resides.