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Original Permits : .No-Digrietisation

19th August 1949, Page 34
19th August 1949
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roNTRARyfo 'a repOrt.-_publish: in a daily newspaper, no speci dispensatipn is likely to be granted those ,road haulage concerns having : and. B licences, which have failed apply withiti: the prescribed period

original permits -to operate the . vehicles, :after the "appointed day °inside a 25-mileiadjus.

. Thus, ain the. event:of their bell taken. over, ,they _will ,forfeit their righ to, cOmpensation. The Commerci Motor r: is,however. =assured by : official of the Road Haulage•Xxecuti that,,where a genuine case: of liardsh can beet:proved, such as ,might an where a change of ownership has tak, • place, consideration Will be given representations made even at this stai Failure of hauliers to make applic tion by August 2 therefore implies ti. compensation cannot be claimed licences be refused.

It was also reported that the numb of applications received, 17,252, repi sented half the total expected by t Road Haulage Executive. "The Col mercial Motor ' learns, however, th on the contrary, the applicatio received exceeded the expected tot which had been estimated at 16,000, 2,000 per region.

[On page 59 Janus draws attention the injustice of the provisions of t Transport Act that deny a haul the right to an original permit if sot minor change has taken place in t board of management.]