3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a notice must be given in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of receipt of the relevant application(1), and in any event no more than 14 days after that date.
(2) For the purposes of section 6A(3)(b) of the 1985 Act(2), a notice must include all of the following—
(a)a copy of the relevant application to which the notice relates;
(b)information about the procedure prescribed in regulation 4 for relevant authorities and relevant operators to make relevant representations to the traffic commissioner;
(c)the address to which relevant representations should be sent;
(d)where the service of relevant representations in electronic format is accepted, the fax number, e-mail address or other electronic address to which relevant representations may be sent;
(e)the date by which relevant representations must be made, which must be not less than 21 days after the date of the notice; and
(f)a list of the relevant authorities and relevant operators to whom the notice has been sent.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply if a relevant application does not contain all of the particulars prescribed for the purposes of section 6(2)(a) of the 1985 Act(3) which are applicable to the application.
The terms “relevant application”, “relevant authority”, “relevant operator” and “relevant representations” are defined in section 6A(12) of the Transport Act 1985, as inserted by section 48(3) of the Local Transport Act 2008.
For the purposes of section 6A of the 1985 Act, section 137 of that Act provides that “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations.
The particulars are prescribed by regulation 4 of and the Schedule to the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1671, amended by S.I. 2004/10, regulations 2 and 5). There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.