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and proper persons. But stipulating membership of one of the five bodies was felt to be a more selective and realistic way of determining an existing manager's right to be registered than the original TML committee proposals which would have. given licences automatically to all existing managers, and probably many more people too.
Mr Coult confirmed that NGTM had asked for a place on the TML committee, but had been refused.
The Guild does not favour statutory gradings of registration for managers, at least initially. Any certification authority set up by the industry should, says the Guild, be accepted as issuing a qualification equal to membership of the professional bodies.
As well as managers, group transport managers could be registered under the scheme, and thus share statutory responsibility. There should, says the NGTM, be a committee to which appeal could be made when a registration was not accepted by a Licensing Authority.
In formulating its proposals, the Guild took into account the need for economy; the need for a simple scheme which would be clear to all affected by it, and light on administration costs; and the need to promote confidence between all the organizations and interests involved.
An interesting point in the NGTM's recommendations is the suggestion that where a registered manager has to be removed from a licence because he ceases to be qualified, the LA should accept a temporary substitute, carrying the same responsibilities, for a period not exceeding four months.