“Operators' licences
1(1) Subject to subsection (2) and sections 2A and 3, a person shall not use a goods vehicle on a road for the carriage of goods—(a) for hire or reward, or(b) for or in connection with any trade or business carried on by that person,except under a licence issued under this Act; and in this Act such a licence is referred to as an “operator's licence”.13. Schedule 2 of the 2010 Act states that Regulations will provide for the detention of vehicles used without an operator’s licence under s.1 of the 2010 Act. Regulation 3 of the Enforcement Regulations 2012 provides for the penalty where a vehicle is used in contravention of s.1:
- DECISION OF THE UPPER TRIBUNAL
- Subject matter:
- Cases referred to
- REASONS FOR DECISION
- The appeal
- The Approach of the Upper Tribunal
- Bradley Fold Travel Ltd & Peter Wright v Secretary of State for Transport
- The Law
- “Operators' licences
- “Detention of Property
- Release of Detained Vehicles
- Ownership of the Vehicle
- Interpretation
- “Legal entities
- Individuals - Sole Traders
- Companies
- the person using the vehicle
- Ground 2: Regulation 4(3)(c) of the Enforcement Regulations 2012
- Member of the Upper Tribunal