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;
- 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