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 
Non-Stop held up over impounded vehicle
Page 34
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
ER1TH, LONDON-BASED Non-Stop, whose sole director,David Humphries, had his 0-licence revoked last July, has lost its bid for the return of an impounded vehicle before the South-Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Christopher Heaps.
The vehicle had been stopped in November 2006 at a vehicle check point in Tunnel] Avenue, London while loaded with sand, asphalt and pipes. It was displaying an expired 0-licence disc and the driver said he was employed by Humphries. In seeking the ret urn of the vehicle, Humphries said the company had applied for a two-vehicle licence in October and he thought it was able to operate. He conceded that he had been told by a traffic examiner that this was not so, advice that was subsequently confirmed by his transport consultant.
Humphries admitted the vehicle had been used since the licence revocation in July, and acknowledged that he had seen a letter from theTraffic Area refusing an interim licence. It warned that the company could not operate. He was unable to give any reason for not accepting that advice.
Refusing to return the vehicle,theTC said he found that Humphries was aware of the requirements of the 0-licensing legislation. He had held an 0-licence and had been the nominated transport manager under that licence, thus demonstrating professional competence. Humphries had failed to demonstrate that he understood that the vehicle should not have been operated.