Senior Traffic Commissioner reminds transport managers and operators that they need to keep up to date
Key industry post holders need to be effective in managing safety compliance.

皇冠体育app Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain, Richard Turfitt, has reinforced the importance of continuous professional development for those responsible for managing haulage, bus and coach operations.
Introducing the revised Statutory Documents, Mr Turfitt said responsible persons such as transport managers should be proactive in their efforts to keep up to date and make sure they are effective in their roles.
He explains that transport managers and other responsible persons should be able to demonstrate to traffic commissioners that they are able to meet their statutory responsibilities through professional development, in particular when:
- they鈥檝e not been acting for an operator in the last five years
- their qualification is more than 10 years old
- their ability to exercise continuous and effective management is under consideration at a Public Inquiry
皇冠体育app Senior Traffic Commissioner has revised a number of other Statutory Documents, following a consultation, which closed in August.
皇冠体育appre is clearer guidance on what will happen if some-one uses an operator鈥檚 licence without authority (the practice of 鈥榝ronting鈥�), greater emphasis on the importance of accurate applications, a new section on support for tribunal users, updated guidance on what happens when periods of grace expire and a new section on driver employment status.
Mr Turfitt said:
鈥淚t is important that we get the balance right, so that irresponsible people, who ignore the safety of other road users, do not put compliant businesses at a disadvantage.
皇冠体育appse documents demonstrate our commitment to transparency in the way we make our decisions.
鈥淥n this occasion the majority of changes are dictated by the case law rather than a debate on policy. 皇冠体育appre is a heavy emphasis on providing continuity but the responses received have helped us to try and clarify our approach to regulation.鈥�