1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220 
Permit swoop at Dover
Page 6
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
A DEPARTMENT of the Environment purge on drivers leaving the country without permits or with forged permits has brought convictions in two cases with another 28 pending since the purge began in March.
The permit swoops are held by officers of the South Eastern traffic area at Dover under the powers given by the Haulage Permits Act. Drivers are stopped and asked their destination and if it is anywhere except Holland or Belgium their permits are checked.
So far there have been two convictions on permit offences detected in this way and another three have had the dates fixed for hearings; 25 more are in the pipeline.
CM was at Dover's Eastern Dock to see the checks when they began : 161 vehicles were stopped during the day and only one haulier was found to have no permit at all and another six failed to satisfy the officers and had their permits withheld.
When a check is made the permit is checked against the 0-licence to see that the right person is using it and the per-nit is signed by the official to prevent it being used again. Period permits are checked with Newcastle.