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I've just received this email from Martin Allen of the Bus and Coach Association:

Dear Members and Non-members,

BCA can now confirm that Infringement Proceedings have been issued against the UK authorities.

EU Commission has taken action against the DFT as a result of their failure to implement the EC regulation 1071/2009 Access to the Profession in full.

This confirms that exemptions allowed in the UK transport acts are unlawful. It also clarifies that any undertaking involved in road passenger transport taking payment for fares and bidding for contracts will require the appropriate O licenses and drivers will require PCV qualification to operate them and Driver CPC qualification.

To access more information regarding the infringement and the implications and the impact of the situation visit www.busandcoachassociation.org and access the infringement document.


Kind regards

Martin Allen.
Bus and Coach Association
Tel : 01623-474437 | Mob : 07714337803
martin@busandcoachassociation.org
www.busandcoachassociation.org

In my view as well as applying to bus and coach operations by CT groups who run on section 19 and section 22 permits without qualified PCV drivers without Driver CPC, this could also apply to voluntary car driver schemes who run "for the petrol money".

Well done to Martin for getting this far.

He's done well there and he's done it all out of his own pocket.

The fella has done wonders.

Let's hope the EU act before we leave.

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They will or the UK government will be taken to the European court and face a very hefty fine. There's enough case law stacked against them. There's also the spectre of charities having to pay back grants, councils having to compensate commercial operators who have been denied earning their legal lawful business..

I've asked Martin for a copy of the formal notice but he's unable to circulate that at the moment but he says "the UK have 2 months to reply, if they don’t adopt the regulation they will then receive a reasoned opinion and given 2 months to comply, if they fail to do that it's off to the eu courts".