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Government to allow TCs roving powers
THE GOVERNMENT HAS reaffirmed its commitment to the idea of roving Traffic Commissioners (TCs) Transport minister Mike Penning, in a response to a question in parliament last week, said that in 2011 the government willimplement Local Transport Act provisions to give the Senior
TC Philip Brown (pictured) .r powers to send TCs and Deputy TCs outside of their allocated Traffic Areas in certain oases,
The idea behind the provision would allow, for example, a TC with a particular specialism, such as company insolvency, to conduct a public inquiry outside of their allocated Traffic Areas if those particular skills were useful to the case being examined.
A Department for Transport spokeswoman says: "What this measure will do is to let the Senior TO use his powers if necessary.
pooling of powers will allow a • TC to concentrate on a particular specialism and enable him, or her, to move around the regions.''