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Transport Act 1968

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69C Conditions as to the use of operating centres.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a licensing authority may attach such conditions to an operator’s licence as appear to him to be appropriate for the purpose of preventing or minimising any adverse effects on environmental conditions arising from the use for authorised vehicles under the licence in the area of the authority. (2) The conditions which may be attached to a licence under this section shall be of such description as may be prescribed; and, without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provision, the descriptions which may be prescribed include conditions regulating— (a) the number, type and size of motor vehicles or trailers which may at any operating centre of the holder of the licence in the area of the authority for any prescribed purpose; (b) the parking arrangements to be provided at or in the vicinity of any such centre; and (c) the hours at which operations of any prescribed description may be carried on at any such centre. (3) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the licensing authority by whom an operator’s licence was granted may at any time vary or remove any condition attached to the licence under this section. (4) The power to attach a condition to an operator’s licence under this section shall be exercisable by a licensing authority on granting the licence; and that power, and the power to vary or remove any condition so attached, shall also be exersisable in accordance with section 69D of this Act on an application by the holder for variation of the licence. (5) Where a licensing authority is precluded by section 69B(5) of this Act from refusing an application for an operator’s licence, the authority may not attach any condition to the licence under this section without first giving the applicant for the licence an opportunity to make representations to the authority with respect to the effect on his business of any condition the authority proposes to attach; and where the applicant makes any such representations the authority shall give special consideration to those representations in determining whether to attach the proposed condition on granting the licence. (6) Any person who contravenes any condition attached under this section to a licence of which he is the holder shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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69C Conditions as to the use of operating centres.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a licensing authority may attach such conditions to an operator’s licence as appear to him to be appropriate for the purpose of preventing or minimising any adverse effects on environmental conditions arising from the use for authorised vehicles under the licence in the area of the authority. (2) The conditions which may be attached to a licence under this section shall be of such description as may be prescribed; and, without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provision, the descriptions which may be prescribed include conditions regulating— (a) the number, type and size of motor vehicles or trailers which may at any operating centre of the holder of the licence in the area of the authority for any prescribed purpose; (b) the parking arrangements to be provided at or in the vicinity of any such centre; and (c) the hours at which operations of any prescribed description may be carried on at any such centre. (3) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the licensing authority by whom an operator’s licence was granted may at any time vary or remove any condition attached to the licence under this section. (4) The power to attach a condition to an operator’s licence under this section shall be exercisable by a licensing authority on granting the licence; and that power, and the power to vary or remove any condition so attached, shall also be exersisable in accordance with section 69D of this Act on an application by the holder for variation of the licence. (5) Where a licensing authority is precluded by section 69B(5) of this Act from refusing an application for an operator’s licence, the authority may not attach any condition to the licence under this section without first giving the applicant for the licence an opportunity to make representations to the authority with respect to the effect on his business of any condition the authority proposes to attach; and where the applicant makes any such representations the authority shall give special consideration to those representations in determining whether to attach the proposed condition on granting the licence. (6) Any person who contravenes any condition attached under this section to a licence of which he is the holder shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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