Tribunal Call for a Searching Examination Into Case
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IF objections are lodged against an application by Mr. R. Read, of
Greys tones, Longhope, Glos., for the renewal of his A licence, which expires on April 30, the case should be "the subject of a searching examination," say the Transport Tribunal in a reserved judgment. They have decided to make no order on an appeal by the British Transport Commission against a grant to Mr. Read by the Western Licensing Authority.
One of the reasons for doing so is that there was a year's delay between the grant and the hearing of the appeal, and to base a decision on out-of-date information would confuse the issue.
The Tribunal emphasize that their decision should not be used by Mr. Read at the hearing of his renewal application.
The Commission's appeal was a sequel to one in which the Tribunal overruled a grant by the Western Licensing Authority to Mr. Read of two rigid vehicles and a trailer on A licence. Instead, the Tribunal ordered that a shortterm licence in respect of the vehicles should be issued. • " The present appeal was against the grant of (a) three rigid vehicles and two articulated units (264 tons) on A licence, with a normal user, "Mainly pulp, timber and tiles, normally within a radius of 200 miles "; and (b) two vehicles and a trailer on short-term licence to be added to Mr. Read's A licence. The normal user in this case was, "Mainly round timber, timber products and tiles, normally within a radius of 200 miles."
A condition of the first grant was the surrender of five A-licence vehicles (214 tons) and two B-licence vehicles (6 tons 11 -cwt.). The aim of the first application was to make certain that the five vehicles to be added to the A licence could properly carry pulp, as well as timber and tiles.
The Tribunal criticize the Licensing Authority's evaluation of the evidence, but, for the reasons given, think that they should "leave things as they are."
A second appeal by the Commission against the Western Licensing Authority's grant of an 8-ton tipper to Mr. Read has been upheld. No customers supported the application, and there was no evidence that they had suffered any inconvenience through a lack of suitable transport facilities. Mr. Read had admitted that he had kept no 'record of the occasions when he had Unsuccessfully sought to hire tippers.