Road Transport Act, 1971

Duration of merchandise licences.

5.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 19 or 22 of the Principal Act, every merchandise licence in force on the 30th day of June, 1970, which has not lapsed or been revoked since that date, shall be deemed to remain in force until the commencement of this Act.

(2) Every merchandise licence granted on or after the commencement of this Act shall (unless it is sooner revoked or lapses) continue in force until the 30th day of September following the date on which it was granted and shall then expire unless it is renewed under the Principal Act.

(3) Every merchandise licence renewed under the Principal Act after the commencement of this Act shall continue in force until the 30th day of September following the date on which it was last renewed and shall then expire unless it is again renewed under the Principal Act.