Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Transport Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 4th February 2002.

Interpretation

2. In these Rules, a reference to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Transport Tribunal Rules 2000( 3 ).

Amendments to the Transport Tribunal Rules 2000

3. The following shall be inserted after rule 11(1)(f):

“ and

(g) the Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations 2001, regulation 13 ( 4 ) . ” .

4. —(1) The following shall be substituted for rule 13(1):

“ 13. —(1) The secretary shall acknowledge receipt of any notice served under rule 12(1), and shall serve a copy on:

(a) the traffic commissioner; and

(b) the appropriate national authority.

(1A) Upon receipt of the details to be provided under rule 15(1)(d), the secretary shall serve a copy of any notice served under rule 12(1) on:

(a) in the case of an appeal by an applicant for, or for the variation of, an operator’s licence, every person who made an objection to the application;

(b) in the case of an appeal by a person who made an objection to an application for, or (in the case of a goods vehicles operator’s licence) for the variation of, an operator’s licence, the applicant and every other person who made an objection to the application; and

(c) in the case of an appeal under section 37(5) of the 1995 Act, every representor. ” .

(2) In rule 13(2), “paragraphs (1)(b), (1A)(a) or (1A)(b)” shall be substituted for “paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d)” each time it occurs.

(3) In rule 13(3), “paragraph (1A)(c)” shall be substituted for “paragraph (1)(e)” each time it occurs.

5. In rule 14(2)(b), “rule 13(1)(b), (1A)(a) or (1A)(b)” shall be substituted for “rule 13(1)(b), (c) or (d)”.