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Senior Traffic Commissioner issues a Statutory Document in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Document recognises the challenges that the Heavy Goods and Public Service Vehicle industries will face in the coming months and seeks to support it through flexible working practices and a proportionate approach.
The Senior Traffic Commissioner has today (17 March 2020) issued a Statutory Document setting out the approach that traffic commissioners will adopt in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Great Britain.
The document provides guidance for and advice on:
- operators who temporarily cannot meet the required financial standing levels
- operators when a transport manager is unable to attend work
- the period of grace process if the requirements to hold an operator’s licence cannot be met
- operators who are unable to access their operating centres
- the approach to be taken when considering the financial evidence of an operator applying for interim authorisation
- how the traffic commissioners may approach applications for temporary exemptions to the requirement to hold an operator’s licence
- the approach to be adopted for short notice requests around changes to local bus services and reducing the administrative burden on operators
- hearings attendance and the postponement of hearings
Please read our advice for operators which is updated regularly as the situation develops.
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