Road Traffic Act 1960

144 Drivers' and conductors' licences

(1) A person shall not drive, or act as conductor of, a public service vehicle on a road unless he is licensed for the purpose under this section, and a person shall not employ a person who is not so licensed to drive, or act as conductor of, a public service vehicle on a road.

(2) The authority having power to grant under this section a licence to a person to drive, or act as conductor of, a public service vehicle shall be—

(a) where the person seeking the grant of the licence is, at the time of application therefor, resident in a traffic area other than the Metropolitan Traffic Area, the traffic commissioners for the traffic area in which he then resides;

(b) where the person seeking the grant of the licence is, at the time aforesaid, resident in the Metropolitan Traffic Area, the commissioner of police of the metropolis.

(3) A person shall be disqualified for obtaining a licence to drive a public service vehicle unless he is over the age of twenty-one, and for obtaining a licence to act as conductor of a public service vehicle unless he is over the age of eighteen, and a person shall be disqualified from obtaining either such licence unless he fulfils such other conditions as may be prescribed.

(4) A licence to drive a public service vehicle may be limited to such type or types of vehicle as may be specified in the licence.

(5) A licence to drive, or act as conductor of, a public service vehicle may at any time be suspended or revoked by the authority by whom it was granted upon the ground that, by reason of his conduct or physical disability, the holder is not a fit person to hold such a licence; and a licence suspended under this subsection shall during the time of suspension be of no effect.

(6) A licence to drive, or act as conductor of, a public service vehicle shall, unless previously revoked, continue in force for three years from the date on which it is expressed to take effect.

(7) A licence granted under this section to a person resident in any traffic area shall be valid in every other traffic area.

(8) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.