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DIRECTORS of Glenisla Coaches, the Alyth-based company, were warned by the Traffic Commissioners in Perth to keep their vehicles roadworthy and records up to date.
The Commissioners heard that major faults had been found in two vehicles, including leaking exhausts and a rear emergency door which could not be opened.
The company directors' solicitor said they had recently employed a full-time mechanic to perform inspections and to correct faults.
Previously, inspections had been carried out by directors Mr Moody and Mr Harden, he said. Mr Moody had, at one stage, to go into hospital and owing to increased workload on Mr Harden, inspections and reports lapsed for a time.
A new system of checks had been intoduced in February to ensure that no vehicle was passed over and all were checked within a four-week or 5,000-mile cycle.
Mr Harden said the company had moved to Alyth from Kent in 1977 into premises which were not ideal for the purpose. Until recently it did not have facilities to inspect properly any vehicle over a 29-seater. A new building ideal for carrying out inspections was completed in November.
Summing up the case for not revoking or restricting the company's licence, Hr Harden said that although the company records left a lot to be desired, they were still a fledgling company in Scotland.
He added that the company had progressed faster than expected and some of the recordkeeping had fallen by the wayside.
Mr H. McNamara, chairman of the Commissioners, said no action with regard to revoking the company's licence would be taken, but he added: "It is important that inspections are carried out and recorded every four weeks or 3,000 miles so that it is clearly seen that the faults have been corrected.
"We are prepared to regard this as a one-off lapse although should it be necessary for you to appear before us again, sterner measures will be taken."