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licences lost after they were loaned to drivers
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-i 77ETwo Scottish hauliers phhave had their 0 Operator's Licences
revoked after "loaning" m to drivers they had sold vehicles Scottish Traffic Commissioner hael Betts also disqualified lrie-based Andrews Transport, company's sole director herine King, and William Roberts iding as William Roberts rigerated Transport, of Udding1, Glasgow) from holding an Once in any Traffic Area for a month. The IC was told that in October 10 the Vehicle Inspectorate and atholyde Pore had set up a joint )stigation known as Operation Banjo, following allegations that a number of Scottish operators subcontracting for Spaldlng-based Fowler Welch were breakTng the drivers' hours and 0-licensing regulations.
He found that the two Scots operators had failed to follow undertakings to make proper arrangements so that the rules on drivers' hours and tachographs were observed and proper records kept.
More seriously, he found that they were no longer of good repute in that they had allowed unlicensed people to operate on the authority of their iicerces. He viewed that as a very serious matter. For years the legitimate industry and the trade associations had been trying to persuade the government that unlicensed operators were such a threat to the industry that they had to be stopped from trading. yet here were two authorised operators, previously of good repute, actually encouraging such a practice.
An Operator's Licence was a very precious commodity and anyone who abused it, as these operators had done, no longer deserved to hold one, sale Betts.
It was also necessary to let other operators know what would befall them if they decided to "help out" unlicensed friends.