{"id":65421,"date":"2015-12-14T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a3dce4d3c59776cddf18543034d93e6c"},"modified":"2015-12-14T14:27:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:27:10","slug":"news-story-christmas-and-new-year-opening-times-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=65421","title":{"rendered":"News story: Christmas and New Year opening times 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Office of the Traffic Commissioner and Central Licensing Office will close at 4pm on Christmas eve and New Year\u2019s eve, with the <abbr title=\"Central Licensing Office\">CLO<\/abbr> public counter closing at 2pm on each of these days. <\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency\">DVSA<\/abbr> contact centre, which handles general enquiries about operator licensing, will close at 2pm on Christmas Eve and 4pm on New Years Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Operators should note that online services, including self service functions and operator licence search facilities, will be available over the holiday period, but operator licence discs will not be issued when the Central Licensing Office is closed.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"central-licensing-office-opening-hours\">Central Licensing Office opening hours<\/h3>\n<p>Note that the public counter closes at 2pm on Christmas Eve and New Year\u2019s eve.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas eve<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas day<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 28 December<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Years eve<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Years day<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 04 January 2016<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"office-of-the-traffic-commissioner-all-locations-opening-hours\">Office of the Traffic Commissioner (all locations) opening hours<\/h3>\n<p>Note that <abbr title=\"Office of the Traffic Commissioner\">OTC<\/abbr> (Scotland) will be closed on 4 January for the bank holiday.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas eve<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas day<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 28 December<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Years eve<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Years day<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 04 January 2016<\/td>\n<td>8.30 to 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_230\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"fn\">Media office <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"street-address\">Office of the Traffic Commissioner<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSuite 6<br \/>\n<br \/>\nStone Cross Place<br \/>\n<br \/>\nStone Cross Lane North<br \/>\n<br \/>\nGolborne<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWarrington<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWA3 2SH    <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:pressoffice@otc.gsi.gov.uk\">pressoffice@otc.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Phone<\/span><br \/>\n              01942 295033\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas opening times for the Office of the Traffic Commissioner and Central Licensing 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