Can a Subsidiary Haul These Goods?
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THE question of whether a B-licence collection and delivery vehicle could legally carry goods to be hauled by an associated company was raised at Glasgow on Tuesday. Industrial Services (High Wycombe), Ltd., were applying to the Scottish Licensing . Authority, Mr. W. F. Quinn, for a new B licence to cover two vehicles.
They wanted conditions of: "Collection and delivery of goods for carrying, or which have been carried, by own trunk vehicles within a radius of 25 miles of Chryston, near Glasgow."
Mr. A. McKenzie, for the applicants, said that following agreement with the road and rail negotiating committee they were now asking for only one vehicle, so a British Transport Commission objection had been withdrawn. The company were operating seven trunk vehicles between High Wycombe and Scotland, six of them on special A and one on A licence, Five of the special-A vehicles were owned by a subsidiary company, Cook and Webb, Ltd. There were no vehicles licensed in Scotland, but there was one collection and delivery vehicle on B licence which operated in the Metropolitan area.
Mr. Quinn pointed out that it was extremely doubtful whether the conditions applied for would enable the applicants to collect and deliver goods which were carried by Cook and VVebb's vehicles.
Mr. McKenzie agreed that the question of shareholding would have to be gone into and that, in any case, it would be safer to include the name Cook and Webb, Ltd., in the wording of the licence conditions.
The application was adjourned.