London Service Permits (Appeals) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 614

LONDON GOVERNMENT

PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT

London Service Permits (Appeals) Regulations 2002

Made

10th March 2002

Laid before Parliament

11th March 2002

Coming into force

1st April 2002

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 189(5) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999(1) hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the London Service Permits (Appeals) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“appeal” means an appeal under section 189 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;

“the Panel” means the appeal panel appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 189 of that Act.

Making of appeal

3.—(1) An appeal shall be made by serving notice of appeal in writing on the Panel.

(2) The notice of appeal shall be signed and dated by or on behalf of the appellant and shall state:

(a) the name and address for service of the appellant;

(b) the details of the decision against which the appeal is brought; and

(c) the grounds for the appeal.

(3) At the same time as the appellant serves notice of appeal on the Panel he shall send a copy to Transport for London.

Service of documents

4.—(1) The notice of appeal and the copy of that notice, may be served by being—

(a) delivered by hand to the proper address of the recipient;

(b) sent by post to that address; or

(c) sent in such other manner as the Panel may accept.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the proper address of the Panel or Transport for London is—

(a) their principal office, or

(b) (if different) the address which they have specified to the applicant as being the address at which they will accept service for the purpose of these Regulations.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

10th March 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Greater London Authority Act 1999 prohibits any person from operating a London local service, where that service will not be part of the London bus network, unless they have been granted a London service permit by Transport for London. Section 189 of the Act provides for an Appeal Panel to determine appeals brought by applicants for permits who have had their applications refused or granted subject to conditions or who have had a permit revoked or suspended. These Regulations prescribe the procedure for making an appeal.

(1)

1999 c. 29. Section 189 was amended by the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), section 267; see also section 420(7) as amended by section 267(8) of the Transport Act 2000.