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ANSPORT managers' licences have been condemned as nbersome, costly and totally irrelevant to the economic state he country by the Freight Transport Association this week. 1 its reply to Environment Secretary Peter Shore on the TML posals it says that the benefits of the scheme would be ligible while the cost in terms of resources and cash would be 1..
he ETA points out to the lister that there will be two jor problems with the eme — to keep the scheme bin manageable proporis with around 250,000 canates likely to apply for the ,nces.
'he other problem will be to 1.11pt operators like the local engrocer with one vehicle t happens to exceed 3.5 ;nes gvw.
In practice it is nonsensical require the greengrocer to Te a statutory qualification transport before he is )wed to sell potatoes," says statement.
We suggest that the best y of resolving this dilemma by increasing the weight 'eshold above which the Leine will apply. We should prefer that threshold to be set at 7.5 tonnes gvw, which is a recognised line of demarcation for much road transport legislation."
The ETA also voices concern at the number of people within each firm that will be required to hold the TMLs. It urges that Section 68 of the Transport Act, 1968, be used to put the scheme into action which would allow one person per firm to have the TML.
This would be instead of Section 65 which would need one TML holder per operating centre. The ETA thinks that the one man to one firm system would make the whole system more workable with fewer people needing the licences.