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Six-monthly checks LA
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JC VAUGHAN, Harold Hill, Romford, called to a public inquiry by the Metropolitan LA, has been given an opportunity to show he can operate within the law. His licence, however, has been terminated to end in April 1992 and conditions imposed requiring his tachographs and maintenance records to be submitted every six months to the traffic area office. He is now allowed three vehicles.
Holding a one-vehicle licence, he had applied to move his operating centre and increase his authorised vehicles to six.
The LA, however, convened a public inquiry because of his concern that • Conditions on the licence had been contravened, the operating centre moved, and a prohibition incurred; • Vaughan was associated with two companies whose applications had been refused or whose licence had been re voiced (R J Tipping Ltd and Narwood Ltd);
0_ A conviction for nonpayment of vehicle excise duty had been incurred and vehicles had been used when unauthorised.
In evidence, Vaughan said he had been compelled to leave his previous operating centre suddenly by the owner; he had been a director of R J Tipping, but had worked only casually as a driver for Narwood; he had accepted liability for the vehicle excise duty offence to avoid difficulties for his wife.
Summing up, the LA noted there had been some delay dealing with a variation request following change of base; and he accepted that the condition of vehicles was generally satisfactory.
Turning to the question of association, the LA found Mr Vaughan was associated with Narwood. Mrs Vaughan was a working director and the Vaughan house was the registered office. He also found that Mr Vaughan was the keeper of the vehicle involved in the duty offence.