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Convictions doom appeal

20th April 2000, Page 21
20th April 2000
Page 21
Page 21, 20th April 2000 — Convictions doom appeal
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

tem* The Transport I Tribunal has

confirmed that north Londonbased Roadway Transport cannot have a new Operator's Licence. South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner had rejected a bid for a new two-vehicle national licence because of convictions for the operation of unlicensed vehicles.

In its licence application the company had declared a conviction by Hendon magistrates in March 1998 for using a vehicle without an 0-licence and reported that a further prosecution was pending.

By the time of the public inquiry in May 1998 the corn pany had incurred four convictions for the illegal use of vehicles between March and October1998.

The sole director of the company was Tony Kyriacou and the TO had considered that he should treat such applications in the same way as application by individuals.

He was then obliged to find that Kyriacou was not of good repute because he had been repeatedly convicted of road traffic offences; the convictions were not spent; and they were too recent to be disregarded.

The company had appealed against that decision on the grounds that Kyriacou had been trying to earn a living in the six months between the date of the application and the public inquiry, and he should have been given a chance.

Dismissing the appeal, the Tribunal said it could not allow it unless the TO direction and findings were plainly wrong. in this case they were right.


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