S.L. 65.18 Art. 65Conditions for licensed operators.

(1) Where the Authority authorises an applicant to act as operator of a motoring school, the authorisation shall be subject to the payment of an annual fee as specified in the Ninth Schedule and to compliance with the following conditions:

(a) the licensed operator shall assume full responsibility for all the instruction procedures carried out by the approved driving instructors employed by him for which the licensed operator has been duly authorised to operate in accordance with regulation 64;

(b) the licensed operator shall give notice to the Authority of the names of all persons who are from time to time authorised, in pursuance of arrangements made in accordance with regulation 70, to carry out instruction; and every such notice shall be given within seven days after the date of any such authorisation; in the case of a company or partnership the notice shall be accompanied by a duly signed authorisation certifying that the person signing the notice is duly empowered to sign on behalf of the company or partnership;

(c) the licensed operator shall give seven days’ prior notice to the Authority -

(i) of his entering into any partnership with a view to carrying on a business which will comprise the carrying out of instruction, in the case where he is the sole individual named in an authorisation; and

(ii) of any change in the constitution of the company, in the case where the licensed operator is a company, and such notice shall be treated as an application under the provisions of regulation 63.

(2) The Authority may -

(a) require the authorised operator of a motoring school to have any motor vehicle listed for instruction purposes, examined by its personnel at any time it deems fit;

(b) require the authorised operator of a motoring school to submit the said vehicles for vehicle roadworthiness tests, other than those required by the Motor Vehicle

Roadworthiness Test Regulations;

(c) disallow, at any time following examination in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), the use of any motor vehicle for instruction purposes if in its opinion the vehicle is no longer considered suitable.

(3) Licensed operators shall be bound to inform the Authority, within seven days, of any termination of employment or engagement of approved driving instructors within their staff complement.