Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994

7 (1) For section 69C(1) there shall be substituted—

“(1) A licensing authority, on granting an operator’s licence or on varying such a licence on an application of which notice has been published under section 68(4) of this Act, may attach to it such conditions as he thinks fit for preventing or minimising any adverse effects on environmental conditions arising from the use of a place in the area of the authority as an operating centre of the licence-holder.”

(2) For section 69C(3) and (4) there shall be substituted—

“(3) On varying an operator’s licence on an application of which notice has been published under section 68(4) of this Act, the licensing authority may vary or remove any condition attached to the licence under this section.”

(3) For section 69C(5) there shall be substituted—

“(5) The licensing authority shall not—

(a) attach any condition such as is mentioned in this section to an operator’s licence; or

(b) vary in such manner as imposes new or further restrictions or requirements any condition attached to an operator’s licence under this section,

without first giving the applicant for the licence or (as the case may be) the licence-holder an opportunity of making representations to the authority with respect to the effect on his business of the proposed condition or variation.

(5A) The licensing authority shall give special consideration to any representations made under subsection (5) of this section in determining whether to attach the proposed condition or make the proposed variation.”