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Manager lose 'good repute'

10th December 1983
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A MAN who claimed proi sional competence under "grandfather rights" provisii was held to have lost his corn tence by the Yorkshire Tra Commissioners after they cided that he was no longei good repute.

They refused application ft new two-vehicle psv operat: licence by Compass of Wi field. The company h nominated Allan Paul Bell a: professionally competent tr port manager.

Evidence was given by senior traffic examiner that Bell had previously been transport manager of Comp Coaches and Private Hire no liquidation. While he was transport manager that c: pany had hired out its 0-lice and EEC shuttle authorisati to Coronet Travel of Rochdal( The chairman of the Comr sioners, Major-General Carpenter, said there was an satisfactory report about maintenance of the previ company's vehicles. There also been convictions conc ing forgery and fraud while Bell was the transport manac The Goods Vehicle Opera (Qualifications) Regulati 1972 required a company to ploy a transport manager was both of good repute professionally competent. Commissioner took the new Mr Bell was no longer of repute and they refused the plication on that ground alor Where professional cor tence was claimed un "grandfather rights" the stated that the person conce was deemed to be pro sionally competent until : time as it appeared to a corn sioner that there were grot upon which he was not satil that the person was prt sionally competent.

The Commissioner said was no longer satisfied tha Bell still possessed his prc sional competence. The way he could regain it woul by sitting the examination sl the Royal Society of Arts.


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