35Authorisation standard—close associates

35 Authorisation standard—close associates

35 Authorisation standard—close associates

For the purposes of section 31(6) of the Act, it is a standard for authorisation that no close associate of the applicant is a person—

(a) who was the holder of an accreditation, or an authorisation to operate a taxi-cab network, under the Passenger Transport Act 1990 that was cancelled, or whose most recent application for any such accreditation or authorisation was refused, on the basis that the applicant was not considered to be of good repute and in all other respects a fit and proper person to be accredited or authorised, or

(b) who was the holder of an accreditation to operate a public passenger service under the Passenger Transport Act 2014 that was cancelled, or whose most recent application for any such accreditation was refused, on the basis that the applicant was not considered to be a fit and proper person to be responsible for the management of a public passenger service.