(1)Section 28 of the [1985 c. 67.] Transport Act 1985 (power to disqualify PSV operators) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2) (so long as a person is disqualified, no licence shall be granted to him and any obtained by him shall be of no effect) for the words from “no PSV” to the end there shall be substituted—
“(a)any PSV operator’s licence held by him at the date of the making of the order under subsection (1) above (other than the licence revoked) shall be suspended (that is, shall remain in force subject to the limitation that no vehicles are authorised to be used under it); and
(b)notwithstanding section 14(4) of the 1981 Act, no PSV operator’s licence may be granted to him.”
(3)After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
“(2A)If a person obtains a PSV operator’s licence while he is disqualified under subsection (1) above, the licence shall be void.”
(4)At the end of subsection (5) (the traffic commissioner may exercise his powers under section 28 in relation to officers of corporate licence-holders and partners of licence-holders) there shall be added—
“( )and any reference in subsection (6A) below to subsection (1) above or to subsection (4) above includes that subsection as it applies by virtue of this subsection.”
(5)After subsection (6) there shall be inserted—
“(6A)The traffic commissioner by whom any order disqualifying a person was made under subsection (1) above may at any time—
(a)cancel that order together with any direction that was given under subsection (4) above when the order was made;
(b)cancel any such direction; or
(c)with the consent of the person disqualified, vary the order or any such direction (or both the order and any such direction).”