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B R.F.'s Views on Road-rail Agreement
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UITHERTO silent on the matter of the agreement reached between the Liaison Committee and the railways regarding the claim for a square deal, the British Road Federation now states that this agreement constitutes a useful step towards the achievement of a system of equitable rates. It, nevertheless, emphasizes its view that the relaxation of the law governing the granting of A and B licences is a matter of urgent importance.
The railways state that the right to Object to licences extends to other . forms of transport, and that this "would 'complicate any attempt to deal with amendments to the licensing law „under the present railway applicacation." For this reason they say it is not appropriate to include clauses in the Railway Bill to amend the licensing law. Clauses have, 'nevertheless, been drafted and submitted to the Transport Advisory Council by the 13.R.F.
These have been framed with tha object of remedying the anomalous position., ofthe !roact.haulage industry by which all .other forms. of. transport have the right to object, although hauliers' have no right similarly to object to the facilities provided by arty other form of transport.
The B.R,F., therefore, urges that the Government should undertakethe amendments specified by the Federation as nearly as possible simultaneously with the granting of any measure of increased freedom to the railways.
The amendments, summarized, are al follbw:—
(1) Objections to licences should be confined to those relating to breaches of the law. The Authorities should take into consideration only the position of road services without ,regard to other forms of transport. The whole body of case law relating to these should • be abolished and a new beginning made.
• (2) There should be complete freedom of transfer of licences.
(3) Renewal should be automatic in respect of tonnage.
(4) There should be reasonable flexibility in additions or deletions.
(5), A change should be made in the procedure adopted by the Authorities, so that it is unnecessaryfor applicants to disclose details of their businesses which could be used against them hy competitors.
At the same time, the B.R.F. states that it believes that the undertaking of the railways to discuss in a sympathetic spirit the road side's proposals for the amendment of the licensing law, prior to the expiration of the " gentleman's agreement," should facilitate the friendly co-operation of both forms of transport.