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Edinburgh Corporation transport )artment is contesting a claim by the ctory Inpectorate that its Central Garage Annandale Street is a "factory" in terms the Factory Act. The Inspectorate has
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stainless steel instead of polished minium, and every alternate side window s top sliding sections. All four .spex-glazed roof panels can be opened models with forced ventilation—the first last only can be opened on the standard del.
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rhe ergonomic study of the driving ition has resulted in the switches being upcd in logical rows on a panel to the it of the steering wheel. They are placed that the driver does not need to lean ward to reach them. The panel is hinged
a door to afford access to all the nections.
iwitches are grouped according to tion and priority, covering driving
ruled that the garage is a factory and ordered certain changes to be made to comply with the Act.
The Corporation has carried out the required work but has not painted walls or put up for display the notice pertaining to factories, having contended all along that the garage. intended for minor repair and maintenance of buses, is not a factory. The Association of Public Passenger Transport Operators has taken up this matter and is supporting the Corporation in rejecting factory status. The fear is that acceptance of the principle could have serious repercussions on many garages throughout the country.
The question involved is one of interpretation and the transport committee was told by general manager Ronald Cox: "This is a test case for Britain". The Inspectorate was seeking to have all such premises designated as factories throughout the country. It accepted that the premises were first class and had been custom-built for the job intended.
The committee agreed to await legal opinion and comment by the Association before coming to any decision as to its own action.
lights, interior lights, ventilation blowers and heaters. The label denoting the function of each switch is indelibly silk-screen printed into the teak-finish melamine panel.
Centre of the instrument panel is occupied by the speedometer. gauges and warning lights, the speedometer being positioned so that it is never obscured by the steering wheel. Matt black vynide covers the whole top face of the dash to prevent internal reflections in the wrap-round windscreen.
The range of chassis on which standard Duple coachwork can be fitted for the 1972 season has been extended to 14 models. They include all Bedford, Ford, AEC and Leyland models up to 11 metres overall, and 10-, 11and 12-metre versions of the new Seddon Pennine VI with turbo-charged Perkins engine announced in last week's CM. Duple-bodied Seddons will represent a new departure for Duple Coachbuilders Ltd.