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Revocation and five-year disqualification
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AN OPERATOR employing a "phantom transport manager and a non-existent maintenance contractor has been disqualified from holding or obtaining an 0-licence in any Traffic Area for five years. Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mary Kane also revoked the six-vehicle, three trailer licence held by Watford-based Brian Doogue.
Traffic examiner Bernadette Williamson said the address of the nominated maintenance contractor was a residential property occupied by someone who had no connection with the transport or maintenance trade. All efforts to contact the nominated transport manager, John Noble, had been unsuccessful apart from one phone call and Doogue had agreed that Noble did little except collect his weekly fee. In addition Doogue appeared to he running his operation as a limited company; it had not been possible to inspect any tachograph charts or records.
Vehicle examiner Peter Milburn said the stated safety inspection intervals had been exceeded on at least four occasions and no maintenance records were available for one vehicle. A vehicle given a prohibition notice in September 2005 was being operated under Doogue's 0-licence, although it had been removed from the licence in January 2005. There was a annual test failure rate of 40%.
Finding that Doogue had lost his repute, the DTC said Noble was little more than a "phantom" transport manager. It was clear he did not have continuous and effective responsibility for the management of the transport operations. In addition, no evidence of appropriate financial standing had been produced.