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No action taken on ignorance

5th October 1995, Page 21
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• Lancashire operator Joyce Forshaw has be en called to an inquiry after operating for hire-or-reward under a restricted licence and using an unauthorised operating centre. But North Western LA Martin Albu accepted that she acted out of ignorance and took no action against her licence.

Forshaw was seeking to upgrade her three-vehicle licence to a standard national licence and to move her base from Astley to English Street, Leigh.

For Forshaw, Fred Randall said she had had to vacate her existing operating centre at a week's notice. She wanted to upgrade her licence as she was carrying tarmac for Kennedy Asphalt.

DOT vehicle examiner Peter Holce said he had carried out an inspection in February 1994 with satisfactory results. In June 1995 he inspected the two vehicles in possession and issued two defect notices although they were just serviceable, In between the two inspections, the vehicles had attracted seven prohibition notices so there was obviously a problem somewhere.

she had been Forshaw Forshaw said

carrying for

thought of

Kennedy's since for interim 1992 or 1993.

Arrangements had been made to use the facilities at Tom's Tippers, of Manchester, for inspections.

There had been no problems until 1994 when a series of difficulties arose with one vehicle, which had since been scrapped. She undertook to reduce the inspection periods from six to four weeks and to have brakes, lights and smoke emissions checked every month.

In reply to the LA, Forshaw said she had not realised that carrying for Kennedy's was not authorised under her licence. She agreed that she had moved her operating centre in March without applying for authority until May saying that she had not wanted to advertise the new centre until she had finally signed

Lad not the lease. She had not applying thought of app,' lying for interim au thorny authority. Forshaw 's transport manager Stephen Rochester said he had taken the CPC exam in December when he found they needed a national licence.

He agreed he knew they were doing wrong by continuing to carry for Kennedy's.

Granting the application, without taking any disciplinary action, Albu said he was concerned that Forshaw had "jumped the gun" but he felt that she had intended operating within the law as best she could.


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