Regulators offer support in light of COVID-19 outbreak

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