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Q I have a 12-ton g.v.w. tipper on
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contract to a local quarry firm. Can you advise whether Contract A licence holders will be treated in the same way as ordinary A. 8 and C licence holders when the operators' licensing provisions come into force? Also, if I replace my existing vehicle with a larger one before the appointed date, will I be granted the higher tonnage on my operator's licence providing the new vehicle doesn't exceed 16 tons g.v.w.?
AContract A licence holders will receive
the same treatment as ordinary A. B and C licence holders when the time comes for operators' licensing. With an operator's licence a haulier will be able to carry goods over any distance for any customer, providing the vehicle involved does not exceed 16 tons gross vehicle weight.
White the criteria, for obtaining an operator's licence will be that the operator has a sound maintenance procedure, adequate finance, and a licensed transport manager, not all of these factors will apply initially. No objections by local authorities, trade associations etc. will be allowed to the first grant of an operator's licence to an existing haulier, though, of course, the LA himself may withhold a grant.
However, new applicants will be considered strictly in accordance with the legislation, i.e. full public inquiry before th( LA, and objectors heard.
In answer to your second question it it apparent that as regards tonnage an existinE haulier can expect only a direct swop— an operator's licence for a carrier's licence If you are contemplating replacing youi existing vehicle, you would be well advisec to do so before the implementation of thE new system. If increased tonnage is applied for after the appointed date, the modified public inquiry procedure will have to be followed.
The proposed timetable for the introduction of the new Transport Act provisions are: operators' licensing in autumn 1969, though time is marching on and as yet no method of implementation has been announced; transport managers' licences in late 1969 or early 1970: quantity licensing for vehicles exceeding 16 tons gross, operating outside a radius of 100 miles, not before December 31 1971 and in any case not until the Freightliner network has proved itself in practice. With regard to quantity licensing (or special authorizations) it is important to note that when these provisions come into force, existing carriers' licences will run to the end of stated currency periods.