The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Discontinued services

10.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), when the traffic commissioner is satisfied that a service is no longer being provided by the person who registered it, the commissioner shall cancel the registration of that service.

(2) The traffic commissioner shall not cancel a registration—

(a) without first sending by post a notice in writing of the commissioner’s intention to do so to the person mentioned in paragraph (1) at that person’s usual or last known address, or in the case of a company to its registered office;

(b) without first sending by post a copy of the notice mentioned in subparagraph (a) above to the relevant authority;

(c) until a period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the commissioner sent the notice has elapsed.

(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply if it appears to the traffic commissioner that the person mentioned in paragraph (1) has died (or, in the case of a company or partnership, has been dissolved) or no longer holds an unconditional PSV operator’s licence.

(4) The traffic commissioner shall send to every relevant authority notice of the cancellation of any registration in accordance with this regulation.