• Maintenance problems have meant that the licence held by
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Liverpool-based Oaklea (Storage & Distribution) has been renewed for only eight vehicles and six trailers, instead of 14 vehicles and 18 trailers, until the end of 1989.
The company was called before North Western Deputy Licensing Authority John Levin who — in addition to the renewal application — was considering taking disciplinary action. He pointed out that he had previously given the company a • public warning about its maintenance, when he had renewed its licence for a two-year period in February 1986. Vehicle examiner Eric Bober said that at the time of a maintenance investigation in July, six vehicles and trailers had been operated. He had issued one immediate prohibition, four delayed prohibitions and eight defect notices. A[A
The maintenance facilities had consisted of a singlebay workshop in the corner of a warehouse. The inspection pit had been restricted by its position and the area had been cluttered with scrap. No brake tests had been done on the trailers r and, although the records had shown brake tests on the vehicles, the company had had no brake testing equipment, and the condition of the vehides had not been in line with the records produced.
The DLA renewed the licence on a limited basis, after an undertaking was given that the brake testing would be contracted out.