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Statutory guidance

Traffic commissioners: vocational driver conduct

Sets out vocational driver conduct matters to be referred to traffic commissioners by the Secretary of State for Transport (through DVLA).

Updates to this page

From:
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Published:
14 December 2015
Last updated:
7 November 2025
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  1. Updating after consultation

  2. Amendment of rehabilitation periods following change in law by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

  3. Updates to the sections - driver disqualification - The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 - Annexes A & B

  4. Publication of consultation draft to incorporate changes bought about by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/senior-traffic-commissioners-statutory-documents-2022-revisions

  5. Updated rehabilitation legal references (para 112)

  6. Clarification of Statutory Document status to assist document users

  7. Updating amended and appealed legislative references.

  8. Reflecting legal changes.

  9. Adding HTML version of stat doc and ODS annexes for accessibility purposes.

  10. Document updated.

  11. First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Statutory document no. 6: vocational driver conduct

PDF, 979 KB, 73 pages

Statutory Document 6 - vocational driver conduct

HTML

Annex A - starting points

ODT, 28.4 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Annex B - starting points for military drivers

ODT, 25.4 KB

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Details

The Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain issues guidance and directions under section 4C(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (as amended).

This guidance explains how the Senior Traffic Commissioner believes that traffic commissioners should interpret the law in relation to vocational driver conduct.

The directions are addressed to the traffic commissioners in respect of the approach to be taken by staff acting on behalf of individual traffic commissioners. They dictate the operation of delegated functions in relation to vocational driver conduct and provides suggested entry points for regulatory actions.

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