Operator licensing and Brexit
Posted by AndrewT on 7th Feb 2020
The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020 at 11pm. We are now in a transition period to 11pm on 31st December 2020 where little if anything will change. During the transition period negotiati
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Indefinite ban from running HGVs
Posted by fionastewart on 9th Aug 2016
An Enfield-based fruit and vegetable retailer was banned indefinitely from running heavy goods vehicles following a history of non-compliance.
Evidence presented convinced to Nick Denton, Traffic Com
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Tachograph cheat is banned for three years
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Nov 2015
An Aberdeen-based owner-operator has had his O-licence revoked and been disqualified from driving HGVs for three years after using magnets to interrupt digital tachograph recordings. The public inquir
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Haulage firm shut down over drivers’ hours breach
Posted by AndrewT on 29th May 2015
Banned from running haulage firm after failing to give drivers rest breaks to comply with drivers’ hours requirements.
Joan Aitken stripped the Operator Licence for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) for Mi
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Operator’s Licensing introduced in Northern Ireland
Posted by AndrewT on 2nd Jul 2012
From 1 July 2012, all vehicles in Northern Ireland with a gross weight over 3500kg that are used to transport goods as part of a business or trade must be covered by an Operator’s Licence. Prior to t
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