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Keeping that 0 licence
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• Renewal of an operator's licence will not be the almost automatic affair to which the industry has become accustomed with carriers' licences. It will be subject to more stringent conditions, and defaulters can expect to face curtailment, revocation or suspension penalties. Very many existing operators can expect to face a public inquiry, and almost all can expect a fleet inspection if they have not recently had one.
It will be too late to start checking on standards and records when the renewal date is almost due: the time to take stock is now. To guide operators in this, Commercial Motor is sponsoring a one-day seminar in Manchester on January 28 (Midland Hotel) which is being repeated in London on February 18.
The first part of the seminar, led by lain Sherrill, deputy editor of CM, will explain what information has to be recorded, and in what form, to satisfy the regulations; report on the stated views of Licensing Authorities
about present and future requirements; outline the way to prepare for a public inquiry before the LA; give examples of success and failure in '0' applications; and talk about the role of the specialist adviser.
Terry Goldrick, transport facilities manager of Allied Breweries (and former chief engineer of the Freight Transport Association), will lead the second session, examining maintenance practice and documentation to meet the law's demands; discussing the cost/benefit situation with' selected maintenance schemes; and surveying the likely maintenance/vehicle condition evidence required in support of an application.
The seminar, for which the fee is £25, is being organized by Business and Industrial Training Ltd. to whom bookings should be sent, and from whom further details and reservations slips can be obtained.. The following coupon may also be used:—