The Tribunal has Dismissed the Bouts TillotsonAppeals, but Loopholes for Persecution Remain
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other words, the oft-repeated warning to operators that they have no claim to the automatic renewal of a licence is given the official seal of the Tribunal, and any hope of additional security, which would have been fostered by the upholding of the MetrOpolitan Authority's proposition, is dashed to the ground. This ruling provides vain: able. material in support of the contention of the associations that the period of validity of A licences should be increased to at least five years.
• Another dangerous provision relates to the extension of the Smart appeal decision to cases of renewals of licences. The Tribunal is emphatic in its declaration that wasteful competition is not in the public interest, and points out that, even if an operator's vehicles were all fully employed during the first currency period of the licence, a new licence should not be granted if it would cause " wasteful competition." This ruling provides the railways with a loophole to continue their persecution of hauliers by claiming that their own facilities, although under-utilized, are commercially suitable and that, therefore, road operators' tonnage should be removed.