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suspension stays in place
THETHREE-WEEK suspension of the three-vehicle licence held by Glasgow-based Recycled Packaging (Scotland) by Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard McFarlane has been upheld by theTransport Tribunal on appeal.
The company, of Barrhead, Glasgow, had been granted a licence for three vehicles and not the five applied for at a public inquiry in February 2005. It had appeared at a further public inquiry in March and August 2006.
Between July 2005 and February 2006 there had been one immediate and six delayed prohibitions, one of which was endorsed 'S', and two variation notices. The stated inspection periods had been exceeded, the forward planning was insufficient, the driver defect books were not in use and neither rectifications nor previous prohibitions had been noted.
It had been accepted that the company had used a vehicle on the road without authority, and many of its tachograph charts were missing, Scottish TC.IoanAitken had curtailed the licence to two vehicles for three weeks.
The company had appeared before the DTC in April. Between August and December 2006 there had been four prohibition notices, two of which were endorsed 'S', and two variation notices.
Maintenance investigations in September and October 2006 had revealed that inspection records were incomplete with no cut in inspection intervals.
At the earlier public inquiry in August 2006 the TC had been told that an agreement had been made for Ian Walker Commercials to carry out safety inspections every six weeks. However, this arrangement had not been implemented until 1 November 2006, two months after the TC had given her decision.
Dismissing the appeal, theTribunal said it considered that this was indeed a case where a short sharp shock was needed and where any lesser order would have been unlikely to bring home the necessary message.