SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 5TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Section 59A

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Amendments (Textual)

Provisions relating to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

F21Interpretation for paragraphs 2 and 3

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2Existing operator’s licence to be treated as heavy goods vehicle licence

For the purposes of this Act, beginning with F317th March 2022 —

a

any application for an operator’s licence made to the Department under section 7 before F417th March 2022 is to be treated by the Department as an application for a heavy goods vehicle licence;

b

any objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for an operator’s licence made to the Department under section 11 before F417th March 2022 is to be treated by the Department as an objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a heavy goods vehicle licence;

c

an operator’s licence issued under section 14 before F417th March 2022 is to be treated as a heavy goods vehicle licence;

d

any application for a variation of an operator’s licence made to the Department under section 16 before F417th March 2022 is to be treated by the Department as an application for a variation of a heavy goods vehicle licence;

e

any objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a variation of an operator’s licence made to the Department under section 18 before F417th March 2022 is to be treated by the Department as an objection to, or representations against, the grant of an application for a variation of a heavy goods vehicle licence;

f

any request for an interim operator’s licence made to the Department under section 21 before F417th March 2022 is to be treated by the Department as a request for an interim heavy goods vehicle licence; and

g

any interim operator’s licence issued under section 21 before F417th March 2022 is to be treated as an interim heavy goods vehicle licence.

3Transport manager to continue under Act F5... as amended

For the purposes of this Act F6..., an individual who before F717th March 2022 was designated a transport manager under section 12A(3)—

a

in accordance with Article 4(1) of the 2009 Regulation is, beginning with that date, to be treated by the Department as an individual designated under section 12A(3)(a)(ii) F8..., or

b

in accordance with Article 4(2) of the 2009 Regulation is, beginning with that date, to be treated by the Department as an individual designated under section 12A(3)(b) F9....