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Multiple offences cost Essex operator a packet
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Harlow, Essex based Wholeserve UK was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2,740 when the company failed to appear before Epping magistrates to answer a series of charges including using a vehicle without an Operator's licence, The company was accused of using a vehicle when the permitted first axle weight was exceeded, with a defective tachograph, and without an 0 licence, ore ministry plate.
Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, Anthony Ostrin said a two-axle rigid belonging to the company, and driven by director Daniel Perry, had been stopped in a roadside check at North Weald Bassett in March last year.
The vehicle was carrying pallets and when weighed it was found that the permitted first axle weight of 3,200kg had been exceeded by 590kg (18.4%).
When asked to produce tachograph records Perry had said that he was unable to do so because the tachograph was defective. When asked for a manual record of the journey Perry had admitted that he had not kept any record at all.
An inspection of the vehicle revealed that no 0-licence identity disc was being displayed and subsequent enquiries revealed that no licence had been issued to the company. Further inspection revealed that there was no ministry plate on display—the plate should have been fixed in a clear, accessible position in the cab.
The magistrates found the case proved. They fined the company £1,140 for the overloading offence, £600 for having no 0-licence, £200 for not having a ministry plate and £600 for using the vehicle with a defective tachograph. They also ordered the company to pay £200 costs.