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IC rejeds operator's claim that dog ate his 0-licence
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The IC decides that a livestock operator attempted to deceive the
authorities into thinking he had an 0-licence. Mike Jewell reports.
A FIFE LIVESTOCK haulier has failed in his bid for the return of an impounded vehicle, despite claiming that he did not know that he was using the vehicle without the authority of an 0-licence.
Dairsic-hased David Drummond said he had applied for a licence to the Traffic Area Office in Edinburgh in or around July. He added that he had contacted the TAO again in August and was told that the application was ongoing and being dealt with by the Leeds office. He had heard nothing further from the Leeds office about his application.
Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken was told the police had stopped the vehicle last November near Perth Market. It was carrying eight cattle. No 0-licence disc was displayed and when asked why, Drummond said he'd had a blue licence disc,but it had either fallen behind the dashboard or his dog might have eaten it.
The vehicle was found to be overloaded and running on red diesel. It was given an immediate prohibition, due to excessive wear of the spigot on the offside rear hub.
Drummond had told a traffic examiner, after the vehicle was stopped in July 2006, that it was his first day of operation and he had forgotten to put the 0-licence disc in the windscreen.
A customer and a trading standards officer stated that Drummond had claimed to have an 0-licence and had either forgotten to display the disc or it had fallen off. A Mr Timms had paid Drummond 1300 in advance to transport some cattle. But he had failed to do so and not refunded the #L300.
Refusing to return the vehicle, the TC said there was no trace of a licence application by Drummond. He had provided no evidence of a newspaper advertisement, the appointment of a transport manager, finance, or details of an operating centre — all of which were necessary parts of an 0-licence application. She would expect to have received those details if a bona fide application went astray.
She found that Drummond had been dishonest in his dealings with public officials, and had misrepresented his circumstances to them. She said the evidence overwhelmingly pointed to Drummond knowing his vehicle was being used without an 0-licence. He knew of the requirement to have an 0-licence disc displayed, for he had attempted to deceive public officials into thinking that he had such a disc. •