Special A to A: User Must be Justified
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DECAUSE she was unable to justify IJ the proposed normal user of a new A licence, Mrs. M. Sant, trading as M. Meakin, Winsford, had her application at Manchester adjourned last week by Mr. J. R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority.
Mr. J. Rigby, for Mrs. Sant, said that following increased. weight after substitution, their special A licence . was surrendered and the present vehicle,' a 6-ton Bedford oil-engined_. tipper. was operating on. short-term A' licence. The original vehicle was, a "Aar.' of 2 tons 6 cwt. 14 lb. unladen, which was converted into a tipper in .1956.
Mr. G. H. P. • Bearnes, for British Railways, queried, the proposed user of: " Salt, steel, building materials, wax and glue, corn and cattle foods, and other goods as required; Lancashire, Yorkshire. Cheshire, Wales, London area and Southern counties." Mr. A. E. Sant explained that log sheets -produced for November were typical of the work done during the last 12 months.
Mr. . Beames = submitted that the November log sheets showed only local work and journeys to Newport_Birmingham and Wolverhampton, which did not cover the proposed user. On the evidence. only Lancashire, Cheshire, South Wales and the Midlands were justified.
After Mr. Rigby had suggested that Mr. Sant was obviously mistaken when he referred to November as a typical month, Mr. Lindsay . adjourned the inquiry. He said'it was Vital to ascertain what work the applicant had been doing. If the November log sheets were. accurate neither goods nor areas could be correct. The short-term licence would be renewed for two months and log sheets for the past 12 months would have to be sent to the Licensi,rig Authority within a week.
TAX ON CHASSIS AND FUEL: A DEPUTATION A POWERFUL deputation will go to I-1 the Treasury, on Monday, to demand the abolition of tax on commercialvehicle chassis and a reduction in the fuel tax. It will be led by Mr. J. M. Birch, chairman of the National Road Transport Federation, and other members wilt be Mr. R. N. Ingram, Road Haulage Association, Mr. J. Janes, Traders' Road Transport Association, and Mr. L. A. Lainson, Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association.
The deputation will be completed by Mr. R. Morton Mitchell, secretary of the N.R.T.F. and chief executive officer of the R.H.A., Mr. F. D. Fitz-Gerald, secretary of the T.R.T.A., Mr. F. A. Walker, secretary of the P.V.O.A., and Mr. G. Mitchell, assistant secretary of the N.R.T.F.
They will put their case to Mr, F. .1. Erroll, M.P., Economic Secretary to the Treasury. In support of the abolition of the 30 per cent, purchase tax on commercial goods vehicle chassis, it will be pointed out that this is the only example of a tax imposed on a piece of capital machinery.