Case No. UKUT-6-(AAC)

6.The 1981 Act provides that on an application for a standard licence, the traffic commissioner must consider and be satisfied that the applicant is, among other things, of good repute (ss 14 and 14ZA). The traffic commissioner must also be satisfied that the designated transport manager is of good repute. In this case the applicant and the designated transport manager were one and the same.7. Paragraph 1(1)(b) of schedule 3 provides, inter alia, that in determining whether an individual is of good repute, a traffic commissioner shall have regard to all the relevant evidence and in particular to --(a)relevant convictions of his and of his employees and agents;… ; and(b)such other information as the commissioner may have as to his previous conduct, in whatever capacity, in relation to the operation of vehicles of any description in the course of business.