Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain are responsible for the licensing and regulation of the operators of heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and the registration of local bus services in Great Britain (as opposed to the entire United Kingdom).The Road Traffic Act 1930 divided Great Britain into twelve traffic areas: Metropolitan, Northern, Yorkshire, North-Western, West Midland, East Midland, Eastern, South Wales, Western, Southern, South-Eastern and Scottish (the Southern traffic area was discontinued in 1933 and its responsibilities split between the Western and South-Eastern areas).The powers of the traffic commissioners only extended to the licensing and regulation of bus services initially; licensing of 'stage carriages' to ply for hire for passengers had previously been a responsibility of local authorities.The system of traffic commissioners was re-stated, with minor alterations, by the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.[5] The traffic commissioners have been described as toothless tigers by Cycling UK because they lack investigatory powers.
eight areas of Great Britain, with Greater Manchester and Greater London highlighted as areas with some commercial regulation of bus services
The current traffic areas. [ 2 ]
Louise HaighSecretary of StateSimon LightwoodDepartment for TransportGreat BritainUnited KingdomRoad Traffic Act 1930YorkshireSecretary of State for Transportstage carriagesLondon and Home Counties Traffic Advisory CommitteeLondon Traffic AreaTransport Act 1968Local Transport Act 2008North West of EnglandNorth East of EnglandWest MidlandsScotlandnon-departmental public bodyCycling UKHorseferry RoadLondonMinister of State for TransportParliamentary Under-Secretaries of StateNon-ministerial departmentOffice of Rail and RoadExecutive agenciesActive Travel EnglandDriver and Vehicle Licensing AgencyDriver and Vehicle Standards AgencyMaritime and Coastguard AgencyVehicle Certification AgencyNon-departmentalpublic bodiesBritish Transport Police AuthorityBritish Transport PoliceDisabled Persons Transport Advisory CommitteeNorthern Lighthouse BoardTransport FocusTrinity House Lighthouse ServicePublic corporationsCivil Aviation AuthorityCrossrail InternationalDfT OperatorEast West RailGreat British RailwaysHigh Speed 2London and Continental RailwaysNational HighwaysNetwork RailAir Accidents Investigation BranchBus Open Data ServiceMarine Accident Investigation BranchRail Accident Investigation BranchAirports CommissionDirectly Operated RailwaysDriving Standards AgencyGovernment Car ServicePrime Ministerial CarIndependent Commission on Civil Aviation NoiseVehicle and Operator Services Agency