P.S.V. Hire to the War Department
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THE Commercial Motor Users Association has, in conjunction with other national organizations, reached agreement with the War Office regarding the terms and conditions for the continuous hire of public-service vehicles to the War Department. The agreement relates only to hirings for a week or more, and applies for a year as from June 1, 1941.
-The terms are as follow:—(1) A standing charge of 212 6s. per week of seven days including 35 free miles' of running, odd days in excess being reckoned at one-seventh of the weekly rate. Peaiods over 12 hours will be reckoned as a day and those under ignored. (2) A running charge of 4d. per vehicle-mile in excess of 35 per week on (a) journeys to the place of reporting and from the place of dismissal by direct routes; (b) journeys for repair not due to fair wear and tear;
(c) those performed at the request of the authorized officer.
The War Department will provide fuel and lubricants for the-above mileage.
Where the contractor supplies driver, the W.D. will refund: (a) All wages and war bonus paid to the driver up to the maxima; (b) the employer's contributions for National Health and Unemployment; (c) where the vehicle is hired for long periods, reasonable travelling expenses and extra wages involved by changing drivers.
The W.D. will also provide rations or a money allowance for the driver.
Insurance risks will be met in respect of the vehicle, occupants and thirdparties except: (a) the consequence of enemy action; (b) fair wear and tear; (c) the result of patent and latent defects in the vehicle existing at the commencement of the hiring; (d) injury to the contractor's employees,