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Deferred decision on 'borrowed' licence

7th October 2004, Page 33
7th October 2004
Page 33
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A WEST MIDLANDS tyre company which mistakenly thought it could use someone else's 0-licence has to wait to see if its own licence bid will succeed.

The West Midland Deputy Commissioner, Alan Bourlet, was considering taking action against the licence held by Malvern-based Selas, trading asThree Counties industrial Tyres, together with a bid for a fresh restricted licence for three vehicles by Summit Tyres (UK), of Coventry PC Anthony Parker, of Warwickshire Police, said a vehicle displaying a Selas licence disc was stopped in January. The driver, who was not keeping a tachograph record, said the vehicle was operated by Summit Tyres. The company was asked for three months tachograph charts and 18 were produced. A number had no centre field entries and others had been left in the tachograph for more than 24 hours. The company was fined £1,200, with £30 costs, for using a vehicle without an 0-licence and for failing to issue a driver with sufficient tachograph records.

Christopher Wilson, Summit's industrial sales manager and former director of Selas, said Selas ceased trading in 2002. He joined Summit in April 2003.That company acquired a vehicle soon after and he applied for a licence disc as Selas, writing on Selas headed notepaper.

He said he had not understood that two companies were separate entities requiring separate 0-licences. The DTC will announce his decision in writing at a future date.