VOSA Bus Registration Search

[DVL418]

RE: VOSA Bus Registration Search

(10/08/2012 06:31)MX12CFE Wrote:  

(09/08/2012 13:17)DVL418 Wrote:  

(08/08/2012 08:51)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  Surely they've just been outbidded?

Comfybus received a Section 17 'Final Warning' last month from the Traffic Commissioner, so that may have also been a factor.

What was the final warning for?

Can be for a range of 'offences' - but details of reasons for the decision aren't published - but some cases do get coverage in Route One magazine though.

Section 17 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 relates to the powers of the Traffic Commisioner to revoke an operator's licence if it appears at any time that the holder no longer satisfies one or more of the following requirements;

- to be of good repute

- to be of appropriate financial standing

- professional competence

These can relate to specific issues around maintenance, timekeeping, behavior of the liceence holder/manager and the viability of a business.

The Traffic Commissioner usually summons an operator's owners and/or managers to a public hearing before making a decision. In Comfy Bus' case it was a 'Formal Warning' - a yellow card in effect. VOSA will also keep a close eye on an operator that has been before the Commissioner.

HTH