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Offences committed through ignorance
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• A North Wales minicoach owner, the holder of a Hackney carriage licence, was said to have committed a number of offences involving his minibus as a result of ignorance of the regulations.
At Llangefnie magistrates' court on Monday Mr Idwal Lloyd Jones, of Graianfryn, Newborough, pleaded guilty to three summonses alleging the use of the minibus as a contract vehicle without a psv licence, its use on another occasion as an express vehicle without a psv licence and its use wthout a road service licence. He was fined a total of £6, £2 on each charge, and ordered to pay £8 costs.
The court heard that Mr Jones had used the bus on a school's contract and had also operated it as an express service to a factory in Llangefnie. On the latter occasion it was said that he had carried fare-paying passengers, working at the factory, and in the case of the school journey had carried considerably more than eight passengers aboard.
Prosecuting for the North Western Traffic Commissioners, Mr E. Jones, said that other prosecutions involving the use of minibuses on school services were pending.
Mr E. Parry, defending, said that Mr Jones, whose Hackney Carriage Licence allowed him to carry up to 11 passengers, had really committed the offences in ignorance. He said the offences were of a type which could easily be committed in an area where there was a lack of public transport.