Reference: D980
Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Environment Communities and Leisure
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To seek urgent approval from the Director of
Health and Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Chair of
Environment and Licensing Committee to suspend administration of
the knowledge test and safeguarding test with immediate effect,
during the Covid -19 pandemic.
To update the Director of the implications of such a decision, in
that the Council will no longer be able to administer new
applications from drivers for licences
To authorise, with immediate effect, the
suspension of the administration of the Knowledge Test and
Safeguarding Test by the Council
To take proportionate action in relation to
the current COVID-19 pandemic aimed at protecting the residents of
the Borough and Council staff and to ensure that social contact is
kept to an absolute minimum at Council premises during the
pandemic, whilst still maintaining critical services.
The alternative option is to continue to
deliver the knowledge and safeguarding tests in the current format
during the Covid -19 pandemic. This is clearly against government
measures in respect of isolation and puts staff members and
applicants at heightened risk of contracting the virus.
Publication date: 25/03/2020
Date of decision: 24/03/2020
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