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ARTHUR and Co (Floorcoverings) Ltd of Glasgow failed i appeal heard by the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh on M 8 when they sought stay of the penalty imposed on Novemb at Glasgow by the Scottish deputy Licensing Authority.
The appellants claimed that they leased the vehicles from Scottish Road Services who did the maintenance. As operators and licence holders, they were liable in law for that maintenance but in actual fact never owned a vehicle and never maintained one, they said. There was no evidenc, show they were to blam the two immediate and delayed GV9 notices saic Whiteford for the comp; The vehicle examiner agreed that had the mai nance work been done p erly these notices would have been issued. None of lence implicated the .ator.
e agreed that, in law, the ice holder was responsible that the Licensing hority had not used its dision.
le tribunal dismissed the lication and will give its ons in writing later. The alty—reduction from 24 to ehicls with 9 specified, by oval of the whole margin, suspension of one vehicle )ne month—will stand.