TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 28



28. The Ministry shall, in deciding whether to grant or refuse to grant an
operator's licence or a vehicle licence, have regard to the interests of
persons requiring facilities for the carriage of goods and those of persons
providing such facilities, and in particular shall have regard to the
following matters:

(a)any previous conduct of the applicant as a person providing facilities for
the carriage of goods for reward;

(b)the suspension or revocation of any operator's licence or vehicle licence
held at any time by the applicant or where the applicant has or had a
controlling interest in a body corporate to any refusal to grant a licence to,
or revocation or suspension of a licence held by, that body corporate;

(c)where the applicant is an agent or nominee of any other person, any
previous conduct of that person as a person providing facilities for the
carriage of goods for reward;

(d)where the applicant is an agent or nominee of any other person, the
suspension or revocation of any operator's licence or vehicle licence held at
any time by that other person;

(e)where the applicant is a body corporate, the refusal to grant an operator's
licence or a vehicle licence to, or the revocation or suspension of any such
licence held at any time by

(i)any other body corporate having at the time of the application any
controlling interest in the body corporate applying for the licence or in
which the body corporate applying for the licence has any controlling
interest;

(ii)any director of, or any shareholder having a controlling interest in, the
body corporate which is applying for the licence or in such other body
corporate as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);

(f)the general effect which the grant of a licence would be expected to have
on the holders of other operators' licences and on the facilities being
provided in Northern Ireland for the carriage of goods by road for reward;

(g)the need for ensuring fair competition among persons providing facilities
in Northern Ireland for the carriage of goods by road for reward.[

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 28