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TCs persist in garage hearing
Page 12
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A garage fights to be exempt from 0-licensing at Pl. Guy Sheppard reports.
A TRAFFIC Commissioner will decide tomorrow (Friday, 12 September) whether a garage specialising in trailer repairs needs an Operator's Licence even though the owner says the issue has already been cleared up in court.
BillWorley,owner ofWIN Commercial Repairs in Nottingham, says the outcome of the Public Inquiry in Leeds could have farreaching implications for similar garages around the country.
He claims that because he onlymoves trailers for repairs and MoT testing, he is exempt from 0-licensing requirements.
"Every vehicle we pick up has either broken down, needs an MoT or is in for a repair of some sort. That means they could all be subject to a 0V9 [delayed prohibition notice] if we had an
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0-licence." Worley says he has been forced to work 15-hour days to make up for the loss of a tractive unit which was impounded along with a customer's trailer a month ago on the grounds that he did not have an 0-licence.
"We normally run two vehicles and this has been very, very damaging for my business. We're struggling to keep customers happy About 10 garages in Nottingham are very worried about what is going on and two have already applied for 0-licences as a result of what's happened."
He adds that Nottingham County Court ruled two years ago that his business did not need an 0-licence.
Last year, another garage was advised that it would be breaking the law if it continued to haul third-party trailers to Leighton Buzzard test station.
Like Worley's business, WC Commercials had one of its trucks impounded. Eastern Traffic Comrnissioner Geoffrey Simms refused to return it, saying the business relied on moving other people's trailers and could therefore only be lawful with an 0-licence. He again refused to return it after being asked to reconsider the case by Transport Tribunal (CM 12-18 June 2003).