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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

AFTER some 30 years of licensing, it does not seem unreasonable to suppose that the salient points of licensing law are now known to all concerned; yet this is not so. Nowhere in licensing, it appears, does such trouble exist than with respect to the sale of carrier's licences. The law is very simple—you cannot buy or sell a licence. Although it makes limited exceptions in the event of death, incapacity or certain financial difficulties, Section 179(2) of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, is quite explicit when it states: "A carrier's licence shall not be capable of being transferred or assigned."

There is, of course, a considerable market value on an A licence, usually amounting to several hundreds of pounds; but this can only be regarded as goodwill value. In the event of any change in ownership of a business, whatever money has exchanged hands and for whatever reason, an application must be made to the appropriate Licensing Authority for new licences to continue the work carried out by the former licence-holder.

Although one has tremendous sympathy with the bewildered man who buys a licence disc in good faith and then runs into big trouble with his L.A., the law is quite clear. There is nothing wrong in a market value on A licence5; there is a lot wrong in expecting to be able to operate under someone else's licence. Clearly, where the buyer is a newcomer, the moral onus is on the seller; but does he always accept it?

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