£125 bill for lack of HGV licence
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• Driving a vciacle without an HGV licence cost James Corless and his employer, Gullies Plant Hire of Preston, £725 in fines and costs.
John Heaton, prosecuting for the North Western Traffic Area, told Middleton magistrates that a vehicle and trailer driven by Corless was stopped in a check last July.
Corless admitted that he did
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not hold an HGV driving licence. In a letter to the court Corless's employer said that it did not operate any HGVs and did not employ any HGV drivers. The company had been unaware that the vehicle Corless was driving required an HGV driving licence.
Corless was fined £100 for driving without an HGV licence with £75 costs; his employers were each fined £200 with 275 costs for permitting him to drive without the appropriate licence and while uninsured. Their licences were endorsed with six penalty points.