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11• Wakefield-based E Hine & Sons' licence has been suspended for a month because it used an untaxed vehicle in a dangerous condition. The firm, which holds a national licence for ore veilde, had been called before North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry.
For the firm, Paul Carless said that at the end of last April it was decided to take the vehicle off the road but it was left on the 0-licence. It was then used as a dump truck on a demolition site but was accidentally sent on a 10-mile trip to pick up a skip.
Partner Robert Hine accepted the vehicle had not been taxed since April and that he had not made a SORN notice. "It had one of the most dangerous and most detectable defects," said the IC. "Eight out of 10 wheelnuts loose, which means the wheel was likely to shortly become detached. I find it hard to accept that you overlooked the fact that the tax had run out six months previously. I have a lot of people coming here telling me stories not all of which are completely true. However, I have to accept what you say."
He pointed out that if he held that Hine had lost his repute that would impact on the PSV 0licences held personally by both himself and the other partner in the firm, Lorraine Gilbert.
Suspending the licence, the TC said: 'Both partners have had their repute severely tarnished and have come very close to losing it"