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Partners granted licences

2nd March 2000, Page 20
2nd March 2000
Page 20
Page 20, 2nd March 2000 — Partners granted licences
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Two former partners have won licences of their own at a Leeds public inquiry, though for fewer vehicles and trailers than had been asked for.

North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian Homer was considering disciplinary action against the licences held by Stephen Saville and Kenneth Waterhouse, trading as Freightwork, of Leeds; and by Saville, trading as Steve Saville Light Haulage, of Skegness. He was also considering applications for fresh licences. Waterhouse wanted three vehicles and three trailers based in Halifax: Freightwork wanted seven vehicles and two trailers based in Leeds.

Vehicle examiner John Fielden said that over the past two years one delayed and two immediate prohibitions had been issued to Freightwork's vehicles. The latest of these was an immediate prohibition in August for brake defects, a worn tyre and insecure wheelnuts. He found that the declared inspection period of six weeks had been repeatedly exceeded, with gaps of up to 11 weeks. There was no forward planning system—Saville told him that he had only just taken over responsibility for maintenance because of his partner's ill health.

Waterhouse said that until the middle of 1999 he had been responsible for the dayto-day running of the business. He had been required to do a lot of things at once. This included driving abroad when they were let down by drivers, so they took on a manager. He had not known that he had needed to notify the Traffic Area of a change in the maintenance contractor and an overloading conviction. He had suffered a heart attack and was away for seven months. Saville decided to take over the running of the business in July 1999 and the partnership was dissolved in October.

Commenting that the business had been operating illegally since then, the Deputy TC revoked the partnership licence.

Saville said he was no longer using his own three-vehicle licence, having given up the light haulage business in 1995. He would surrender that licence if the company was granted a licence: much of the company's work would be groupage to Italy.

Waterhouse said he was seeking a licence of his own as he was a lot better and haulage was the only thing he knew. His work would be 100% Continental.

Accepting the surrender of the Saville licence, the Deputy TC said that because of the acknowledged past mistakes he was only granting Freightwork a licence for five vehicles and two trailers. Similarly, he only granted Waterhouse a licence for two vehicles and two trailers.


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