1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202 
Operator fined for lending disc promises not to do it again
Page 33
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE LOAN OFan 0-licence to an unlicensed operator has cost the licensee £500 in fines and costs.
Baden Powell Wright, of Staines Road, Ilford, admitted the offence when he appeared before the Harlow magistrates. He was fined a total of £250 with £250 costs.
Anthony Ostrin, prosecuting for VOSA, said that a vehicle which was stopped in a roadside check was displaying an 0-licence identity disc in the name of Wright when it was clearly being operated by another person. The display of the disc gave the impression that the vehicle was being operated by Wright when this was not the case.
When interviewed Wright had admitted that he had lent the licence to the third party but had said that he did not realise that by doing so he was committing an offence.
Wright should clearly have known that he could not transfer the licence to a third party as it was personal ised in his name. On application to the Traffic Commissioner for a licence it would have been made clear to him that the use of it by a third party was forbidden. Basic common sense would indicate that a personal application for such a licence could not be transferred. It was totally contrary to the principle of the licensing system, Ostrin concluded.
Wright apologised to the court and said that he had learnt his lesson and would certainly not do anything like this again.