How to Prepare an Application
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GIJIDANCE for applicants for A and B licences is contained in memorandum G.M.F. 1)8, which has just been issued by the Southern Scotland Licensing Authority. The statement must not, however, be regarded as "11111 or authoritative."
The following points are emphasized :—Specific and adequate evidence must he available, and all statistics submitted should be set out clearly in a written or typewritten statement, a copy being prepared for the Authority.
A newcomer must prove not only that there are persons ready and willing to employ him, but that the work which be proposes to do cannot be done by existing operators. Applications for additional tonnage are usually made On one or more of these grounds :—(a) Expansion of industry in a particular locality; (b) improved business in specific trades ; (c) expansion in the applicant's business ; (d) to avoid the need for hiring; (e) inadequacy of existing facilities.
It is useful to submit a document briefly describing the applicant's activities as a carrier and showing, for instance, (1) classes of goods carried, (2) places or districts served, (8) tonnage carried month by month for the past three years, (4) mileage over these periods, (5) income detailed in a similar manner, (6) work done for the applicant by sub-contractors, and (7) work carried out by the applicant for other carriers.
In . cases based on an increase of business, it is necessary to show whether the expansion be due to the additional demands of customers served by the applicant before the issue of the current licence, or to those of clients obtained since that date. In the latter instance, an attempt should be made to demonstrate either that the work is new or that there are good reasons for the applicant's services being preferred.
If an applicant wishes to tease hiring, he must show whether this was his general practice, whether it' was only occasional, or that it was a recent need due to increased business.
Applicants are advised to bring witnesses, in addition to submitting letters from clients.