TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 28A Refusal of operators' licences in certain cases.

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 28A

Refusal of operators' licences in certain cases.

28A.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Department
shall refuse to grant to an applicant an operator's licence unless, having
regard, in addition to the matters specified in section 28, to the information
given to it in pursuance of section 15(1)(f) to (h), it is satisfied that the
applicant is

(a)of good repute,

(b)of appropriate financial standing, and

(c)professionally competent.

(2) In the case of an applicant being a body corporate the requirements of
subsection (1)(a) and (c) shall be satisfied by one of the persons in the
full-time employment of the applicant who is to be [continuously and
effectively responsible] for the operation of the goods vehicles to be used
under the licence and who is specified in the application.

(3) In the case of an applicant not being a body corporate, the requirements
of subsection (1)(c) may also be regarded as satisfied where there is
specified in the application a person in the full-time employment of the
applicant who is to be [continuously and effectively responsible] for the
operation of the goods vehicles to be used under the licence and who, the
Department is satisfied, is of good repute and professionally competent.

(4) The Department shall not be required by subsection (1) to refuse to grant
an operator's licence on a ground mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) if the
applicant satisfies the Department that he is an exempt person.

(5) There shall be specified in a licence granted by the Department in
pursuance of an application to which either subsection (2) or (3) applies, the
person who is to be [continuously and effectively responsible] for the
operation of the goods vehicles to be used under the licence and who is
specified in the application.]

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 28A