Section 2 — Number and allocation of permits etc

(1) Regulations may make provision as to how it is to be decided whether to grant an international road transport permit, including provision—

(a) for the number of permits available for a country to be determined in accordance with a relevant international agreement in relation to that country;

(b) for the number of permits available in respect of a class of applicants to be determined by the Secretary of State;

(c) as to how the Secretary of State is to decide whether to grant an application for a permit, including provision specifying criteria or other methods of selection (which may include first come, first served or an element of random selection);

(d) for a number of permits determined by the Secretary of State to be available for grant in cases in which the Secretary of State considers it inappropriate for provision made under paragraph (c) to be applied, for example because of an emergency or other special need.

(2) Regulations may make further provision about international road transport permits, including provision—

(a) authorising the Secretary of State to grant a permit subject to conditions determined by the Secretary of State;

(b) as to the consequences of failure to comply with a condition (for example, provision for the cancellation of a permit);

(c) about the duration, variation, renewal or cancellation of a permit;

(d) about the procedure in relation to an application for, or for the variation or renewal of, a permit, including provision specifying—

(i) when an application is to be made, or that the time when an application is to be made is to be determined by the Secretary of State;

(ii) how an application is to be made;

(iii) what an application is to contain.

(3) In this section “relevant international agreement” has the meaning given by section 1(4).