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'evading' firm
• A Liverpool transport firm which repeatedly failed to produce its vehicles for pre-arranged inspections by a DoE vehicle examiner was warned at a public inquiry under Section 69 in Manchester last week that its licence could be completely revoked unless all three vehicles concerned were inspected before the next court sitting and then found to be in a satisfactory condition.
The warning was given by the deputy North Western LA, Mr P. G. Hayward, after he had heard that since April of this year vehicle examiner Mr P. Howard had made several unsuccessful attempts to inspect vehicles operated by Lincoln Transport, of Scotland Road, Liverpool.
The court heard that the deputy LA had instructed the examiner to carry out the inspections at a public inquiry in April when Lincoln Transport had been refused an application to vary the conditions of its 0 licence on the grounds that it had been prosecuted in August last year and fined £35 for operating a vehicle with a defective tyre and £25 for operating an un-taxed vehicle.
On deciding to curtail the licence by one vehicle, Mr Hayward commented: "If this inspection is not satisfactory I shall consider revoking the licence held by Lincoln Transport. It is quite clear to me that the company has been evading the vehicle examiner."