C3C2Part 5Operating Licences

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General

126F1Interpretation

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In this Part—

  • conviction”—

    1. a

      has the meaning given by section 1(4) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and

    2. b

      includes, to the extent required by section 125, a spent conviction within the meaning of that Act,

  • holder”, in relation to an operating licence, means the person to whom the licence is issued,

  • the licensed activities” in relation to an operating licence means the activities which it authorises, and

  • licensee”, in relation to an operating licence, means the person to whom the licence is issued.

2

In this Act “relevant offence” means—

a

an offence listed in Schedule 7, and

b

an offence under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom (a “foreign offence”) which prohibits a kind of activity prohibited by an offence listed in that Schedule (a “domestic offence”).

3

For the purpose of subsection (2)(b) it is immaterial—

a

whether or not the foreign offence prohibits all the kinds of activity prohibited by the domestic offence, and

b

whether or not the foreign offence prohibits kinds of activity not prohibited by the domestic offence.