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his 0 cence revoked after the orthern LA heard that he had o maintenance arrangetents or facilities was told to ut his house in order and start gain by the Transport Triunal last week.
Brian Bennett had been iven a chance to arrange -iaintenance at a hearing in /larch. LA, Mr B. J. Foster told 4r Bennett he would curtail he licence and adjourn the tearing for six months.
The tribunal decision to dismiss the appeal, given by the president Mr G. D. Squibb said that Mr Bennett was now in the position of an operator who once carried on a business as a haulier and now wants to do so again.
"If he has got proper facilities for the maintenance of his vehicles and he can satisfy all the other matters which the LA has to take into account, I have no doubt that the LA will grant a licence," said Mr Squibb.
Dismissing the appeal, Mr Squibb said it was not for the Transport Tribunal to investigate the matters of granting a licence that come before an LA — it was their job to say if he gave a right or wrong decision.
He said the appellant had produced only a letter from a garage saying that it was willing to carry out the inspections of a vehicle. "On that, the appellant asks us to say that this licence ought to be allowed to continue.
"In our view to ask us to do that is to take an entirely wrong view of the function of this court," said Mr Squibb.