A transport manager was recently disqualified after undermining the operator licensing system. 

The Traffic Commissioner said the loss of repute was unavoidable with significant issues of trust raised.  Trust and honesty are at the foundation of the operator licensing regime.

A recent public inquiry saw that trust break down beyond repair and a transport manager learned the hard way recently that responsibilities of that role should never be abused.  Both the company holding the licence and the transport manager admitted the declaration they'd made - that a contract between them was in place - was indeed a false one.  The licence had actually been running without a transport manager for 15 months.

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