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FAILURE to notify the registration authorities promptly of a change of ownership of a vehicle can have serious repercussions for the new owner.
This was forcibly illustrated by the recent experience of a Southall hire-cat proprietor,who purchased a secondhand car last January and omitted immediately to notify the change of ownership; .in the meantime, the previous owner was conVicted of having had red petrol in the tank of the car and, his name still appearing on the register as the owner, the Road Fund licence was automatically suspended for
12 months, •
Although the Ministry ofFuel and Power, the Home Secretary and even the Prime Minister were approached on the new owner's behalf, nothing could be done, as there was. no way. in which the dismialification could be lifted before six months had expired.
When this period had elapsed, a. soliititor. instructed by the R..A.C., of which the hire-ear proprietor was a member, successfully applied to the _Uxbridge magistrates for the removal of the dis
qualification. .
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