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56(1)Section 73 of that Act (provisions supplementary to sections 69 to 72) shall be amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)For subsection (1) there shall be substituted—

(1)Where it appears to a person giving a notice under section 69(6) or 70(2) of this Act that the vehicle concerned is an authorised vehicle, he must as soon as practicable take steps to bring the contents of the notice to the attention of—

(a)the traffic commissioner by whom the operator’s licence was granted for the vehicle, and

(b)the holder of the licence if he is not in charge of the vehicle at the time when the notice is given.

(1A)Where it appears to a person giving a notice under section 69(6) or 70(2) of this Act that the vehicle concerned is used under a PSV operator’s licence, he must as soon as practicable take steps to bring the contents of the notice to the attention of—

(a)the traffic commissioner by whom the PSV operator’s licence was granted for the vehicle, and

(b)the holder of the licence if he is not in charge of the vehicle at the time when the notice is given.

(1B)In a case not within subsection (1) or subsection (1A) above, a person giving a notice under section 69(6) or 70(2) of this Act must as soon as practicable take steps to bring the contents of the notice to the attention of the owner of the vehicle if he is not in charge of it at the time when the notice is given.

(1C)A person giving a notice to the owner of a vehicle under section 72(7) of this Act must as soon as practicable take steps to bring the contents of the notice to the attention of any other person—

(a)who was the person to whom the previous notice under section 69(6) or 70(2) was given and was then the owner of the vehicle, or

(b)to whose attention the contents of the previous notice were brought under this section.

(3)Subsection (2) shall be omitted.

(4)In subsection (4) at the end there shall be added the words “ ; and “PSV operator’s licence” has the same meaning as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 56 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.

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