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B&B licence shortened
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• South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh has cut the duration of an owner-operator's licence after his vehicle failed its annual test, even though it had been maintained by commercial garages at a cost of thousands of pounds.
When Barry Cutajar of Heol Gwyrosydd, Penlan, Swansea, trading as B&B Transport, appeared before Mervyn Pugh on disciplinary proceedings, his 0-licence was cut to expire in September 1990 and he was told by the LA not to rely on outside contractors.
Defence said that Cutajar had held a licence since August 1988. Having experienced problems with one outside maintenance contractor, he switched to W G Davies of
Swansea. His vehicle failed its annual test only a fortnight after Davies had checked it over and the vehicle examiner had . found defects that had ostensibly been attended to by Davies. Cutajar said he had spent £4,000 on maintaining his vehicle, £1,500 of which had been paid to Davies who was deeply
concerned that his fitters had missed the faults. The vehicle should have been in excellent condition, considering the amount of money spent.
Mervyn Pugh told Cutajar to have his vehicles inspected every four weeks and to introduce a daily nil defect reporting system.