NIonth's suspension for Leyland gardener
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. LEYLAND, Lancashire, indscape gardener had his berator's licence authorizig two vehicles, only one of rhich was in possession, ispended for four weeks ,hen he appeared before the aputy North Western LA, Mr G. Hayward, in Manlester recently. The vehicle hich had not been acquired, as completely removed am the licence. The court ?ard that Mr B. M. Dean had en granted an operator's :ence early in 1974,
Mr R. Singleton, A DoE thicle examiner, told the Nputy LA that he carried out
follow-up maintenance spection on November 15 st year, roughly six months ter the licence had been anted, and issued the !hide with an immediate 19 after discovering 14 ifects, five of which he conJered to be of an extremely
serious nature.
The examiner said that although Mr Dean had stated on application that his vehicle would receive regular maintenance inspections at a Leyland garage it had, in fact, received only one inspection since the licence was issued.
What records were available, said the examiner, were inadequate, and parking space was limited.
In defence of the licence Mr Dean said that he now had acquired parking space and was ensuring that his vehicle was regularly maintained and the appropriate records kept. He added that he had spent over 500 to ensure that the vehicle was kept in a roadworthy order.
On deciding to curtail the licence, Mr Hayward said: "If there is any further trouble you will lose your licence altogether.