Regulators offer support in light of COVID-19 outbreak
As the country faces a period of extraordinarily challenging times, the Senior Traffic Commissioner has published new guidance to assist the transport industry.
The Statutory Document seeks to offer support through flexible working practices and a balanced approach.
The document provides guidance for:
- Operators who cannot meet financial standing requirement
- Approach when a transport manager is unable to attend work
- The period of grace process if the mandatory requirements to hold an operator’s licence can’t be met
- When operators are unable to access their operating centres
- The traffic commissioners’ approach to the consideration of financial evidence of an operator applying for interim authorisation
- The traffic commissioners’ approach to applications for temporary exemptions to the requirement to hold an operator’s licence
- The approach to be adopted for short notice requests to change local bus services and reducing the administrative burden on operators
- Attendance and postponement of hearings
