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ator's licence, although he does not have any vehicles.
Cleveley, who holds a licence for two vehicles, appeared at disciplinary proceedings before West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority Roger Seymour.
Seymour said that in January a vehicle examiner had reported that there were no inspection records since August 1988, there were no driver defects reports, and the one vehicle in possession was in poor condition. That vehicle had failed its annual test in November and the vehicle examiner had imposed a prohibition in January.
Cleveley said he had decided to take the vehicle off the road when it failed its annual test. It was only used in the autumn to carry hay, straw and fodder beet but thought that he had kept inspection records until October.
He no longer had a vehicle, having scrapped the existing vehicle.
Seymour took no action after Cleveley promised that when he acquired a further vehicle he would keep proper records, inspect it regularly, have a driver's defect book, and repair any defect before the vehicle went out on the road.
The DLA warned Cleveley that he could have revoked the licence altogether, and that that could still happen if the vehicle examiner again found that inspection records were not being maintained or that there was no proper driver defect record.