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18th July 1991, Page 16
18th July 1991
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

1 • Disciplinary proceedings involving Inverclyde Transport of Greenock have been adjourned pending the viewing of a video showing vehicle examiners inspecting the company's vehicles.

The proceedings have been adjourned twice before. On the first occasion director Andrew Wilson was granted time to produce evidence that vehicle examiners had exaggerated the seriousness of defects listed on prohibition notices against the company's vehicles (CM 13-19 June). The second adjournment was for the company's accountants to produce management accounts for the previous 12 months.

When the hearing continued Wilson agreed that the company's case was that the vehicle examiners' judgement was suspect. He produced a list of defects which he claimed had been wrongly categorised. He said he had with him a video recording taken when the vehicle examiners were present, which was very important to the company's defence.

Asked why the recording had not been produced while the vehicle examiners were present at the hearing, Wilson said he had only come across it the day before.

Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Ramsey Dalgety said that bearing in mind the draconian action he was empowered to take, and the consequences for the company if he found against it, he would allow the recording to be shown in open court, but only when the vehicle examiners were present and had an opportunity of commenting on it.

He was prepared, with the greatest reluctance, to adjourn the hearing for a further seven days for that to be done.

Asked about the draft management accounts, Wilson agreed that they were only for the four months ending in April. He said that figures for the eight months to December were not yet available as they were more complicated.

Those figures were a bit mixed up and messy due to the changeover from Inverclyde Transport Services. The accounts produced were inaccurate in that they did not include accruals in relation to concessionary fares, assessed at 80%.


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