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25th February 1984
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Keywords : Relph, Surnames

THE HERTFORDSHIRE Coach Operators Council failed to pursue objections to licence applications by Anthony Relph, trading as Tricolour Coaches of St Albans, following the issue of a writ for libel by Mr Relph concerning allegations the Council had made in its letter of objection.

Mr Relph had applied to add one vehicle to his existing fourvehicle psv operator's licence and for a road service licence for a schools service he had been operating under contract for some time.

The Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners were also considering taking disciplinary action against the operator's licence in view of Mr Relph's maintenance history.

The Commissioners' chairman, Anthony Robertson, commented that the objections were in rather odd terms. They could not be regarded as an objection to the operator's licence application as no right of objection to such applications existed. However, it was a public court and if anyone wished to say anything about Mr Relph's operation, the Commissioners could not prevent them.

Representatives of Dons Coaches of Bishop's Stortford and Premier Albanian Coaches, who were present in court, indi cated that they had nothing to say.

Mr Robertson said that Mr Relph's licence had been curtailed in January 1983 to expire in January 1985. Essentially, the Commissioners had been putting him on probation.

Evidence was given by a vehicle examiner that two immediate prohibition notices and two defect notices had been placed on Mr Relph's vehicle in October and November. He felt that Mr Relph had limited experience and because of that his decisions on priorities suffered. In his opinion, Mr Relph was struggling but trying.

Mr Relph said one of the vehicles given an immediate prohibition was a spare vehicle which had been off the road for some months and the other vehicle had been left as it was about to undergo its pre-MoT inspection. He had been compelled to purchase a spare vehicle because of his inability to obtain back-up from fellow operators who refused to assist him in the running of his business.

He was dissatisfied with work done on the vehicle by commercial garages and for the future intended to maintain the vehicles himself. He no longer required a fifth vehicle.

Curtailing the 0-licence to three vehicles and granting a licence for the schools service, Mr Robertson said the Commissioners had concluded that there had been little change for the better.


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