Road Traffic Act 1960

170 Short-term carriers' licences

(1) With a view to enabling goods vehicles to be used temporarily—

(a) for the purposes of a seasonal business,

(b) for the purposes of the execution of a particular piece of work, or

(c) for any other purpose of limited duration,

a carrier's licence of any class may be granted for a period not exceeding three months.

(2) Where an application has been made for a carrier's licence having a duration determined by the last foregoing section, the licensing authority, if for administrative reasons he deems it desirable so to do, may, pending the determination of the application, grant to the applicant a carrier's licence for a period not exceeding—

(a) in the case of a first application for an A licence, twelve months;

(b) in the case of a first application for a B licence, six months; and

(c) in any other case, three months.

(3) If, in a case where an application has been made for a carrier's licence, the licensing authority has granted a licence under the last foregoing subsection, that licence shall cease to have effect on the commencement date of a licence granted on that application and having a duration determined by the last foregoing section.

(4) A licence granted under this section is hereafter in this Part of this Act referred to as a " short-term licence ".

(5) Subsections (2) to (4) of the last foregoing section shall not apply to short-term licences.