[2025] UKUT 346 (AAC)

By s.13(5) of the 1995 Act, a Traffic Commissioner must refuse an application for a standard operator’s licence if the applicant has failed to satisfy any of the requirements of sections 13A and 14(A)(1) and Schedule 3 of the Act and in particular, the requirement of being professionally competent, the requirement to be of appropriate financial standing and to be of good repute.