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Skegby. Nottingham, garage :tor who inspected, maintained and ed other operators' commercial s was himself called to a Section 69 in Nottingham last week.
J. T. Clark, who trades as Clarks Engineers Skegby, was also applying ; East Midland LA, Mr C. M. in, to add two vehicles and two court heard that Mr Clark, whose 1 licence authorized six vehicles and liers, of which six Vehicles and four were in possession, had been visited )oE vehicle examiner after one of the s had received a delayed prohibition at a road-side check on June 29 last
examiner, Mr J. F. Ryan, told the it in September last year he made two te inspections of Mr Clark's vehicles, inance arrangements, and facilities. first of these visits he examined three
vehicles and issued two with immediate prohibitions. Maintenance records were unsatisfactory in that they were more like "jobbing sheets" and there was no driver defect reporting system in operation.
Mr Ryan felt that up to this time vehicles had not been given a regular preventive maintenance inspection. However, on the latter visit he found that proper records were being kept and from these he concluded that each vehicle and trailer was receiving a periodic inspection.
Referring to the convictions which he intended to take into consideration, the LA said that only two had actually been recorded against Mr Clark, the remaining six being convictions against the drivers for drivers' hours offences.
Mr Sheridan decided to curtail the licence by deleting one vehicle for a period of six months and refused the variation application,