HC Deb 09 May 1990 vol 172 cc337-8

Amendments made: No 553, in page 85, line 17, leave out 'he would be able to maintain his proposed service' and insert 'the services proposed to be provided under the licence would be capable of being maintained'.

No. 194, in line 37, leave out subsection (5) and insert— '(5) If at any time after an additional services licence has been granted to any person but before the licence has come into force—

  1. (a) that person indicates to the Authority that he does not intend to provide the services in question, or
  2. (b) the Authority for any other reason have reasonable grounds for believing that that person will not provide those services once the licence has come into force,
then, subject to subsection (5A)—
  1. (i) the Authority shall revoke the licence, and
  2. (ii) section 94 (as applied by subsection (3) above) shall have effect as if he had not made an application for the licence.
(5A) Subsection (5) shall not apply in the case of any person by virtue of paragraph (b) of that subsection unless the Authority have served on him a notice stating their grounds for believing that he will not provide the services in question once his licence has come into force; and they shall not serve such a notice on him unless they have given him a reasonable opportunity of making representations to them about the matters complained of.'.—[Mr. Mellor.]

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