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A.M.C. Challenge Thesiger Report

17th September 1954
Page 78
Page 78, 17th September 1954 — A.M.C. Challenge Thesiger Report
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THE Association of Municipal Corporations oppose the recommendation of the Thesiger Committee that the law regarding the hearing of backing applications should not be changed. The committee, in their report, stressed the importance of consultation between Licensing Authorities where conflict between primary and backing applications might arise, and the desirability of joint sittings. Objection is also made by the A.M.C. to the proposal that compliance with the drivers' hours regulations should be made a standard condition of a road service licence, and to the committee's rejection of the suggestion that all large operators be authorized to conduct their own driving tests. ' The committee's recommendations that appeals should continue to be decided by the Minister of Transport, and that consideration be given to the hearing of appeals by persons appointed by the Minister in consultation with the Lord Chancellor (or the Lord Advocate in Scotland) are not accepted by the

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