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Warning over fine payments
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• West Midland LA John Mervyn
6 Pugh has warned
that operators who ask magistrates for time to pay fines will have their financial position investigated, because, in his view, paying fines in instalments indicates that an operator may have financial problems.
The warning came when the LA granted the late renewal of a licence for five vehicles for one year only, held by Sean McBrearty, trading as Haulfast Transport, of Solihull. McBrearty had been paying off fines totalling 21,100 for excise licence offences at the rate of £50 a month.
Producing photostats to prove that the three vehicles in possession were taxed, Michael Carless, for McBrearty, said that two new vehicles had been taxed for six months at £1,500 each, by bankers draft.
McBrearty had received an absolute discharge over a matter that had arisen because of a misunderstanding with the police. He was now the holder of a British HGV driving licence, having previously held the Irish equivalent.
McBrearty said that he had an overdraft facility of £2,000. He was currently overdrawn between £600 and £700, but 22,500 was due to be paid in over the next few days. All the fines, apart from the £1,100, had been paid off.
Renewing the licence for a year, Mervyn Pugh warned that it was the last risk he would take with McBrearty. The chances were high that the licence would be revoked if there were any further offences.