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iRESFORD Motors has won appeal against a controverI. decision by the West Midds Traffic Commissioners to tech conditions to its wator's licence specifying the ximum age of vehicles to be 'rated (CM, December 11, 12.)
*ransport Secretary David rvell's decision accepts the ommendation of his inspecfollowing an inquiry in StokeTrent.
• the appeal by Berresfords, de by John Backhouse, it had )n contended that attaching a idition on a licence relating to age of vehicles was inapproate and wrong in law.
/Ir Howell did not accept that condition was unlawful and licluded that the reference in :lion 16 of the 1981 Public ;senger Vehicles Act referring "descriptions of vehicles" )uld not be read narrowly.
n his view, the age of vehicles ich can affect the cost of ping them properly main-ied is relevant and a condi
n relating to age would not irefore be unlawful.
lowever, the appeal centred whether the conditions were ro p ri ate in this particular
e.
n his report, the inspector icluded that the age maxima I excluded the oldest vehicles the fleet and was inapproate.