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.Appeal Over Converted A-licence Vehicle
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WAS the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority correct when he refused to vary an A licence covering a converted vehicle? Legal arguments about his decision were heard by the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh, on Tuesday, when they considered an appeal by the operators, Duncan Logan (Plant), Ltd., Great North Road, Muir of Ord, Ross and Cromarty.
The Tribunal were told , that the licence was granted for a tipper, but about two years ago the company converted this to a tractor and semi-trailer, for which two licences were needed. The objectors—Gavin Wilkie, Ltd., Glasgow, and the British Transport Commission— submitted that since the conversion the company had been guilty of operating legally.
For Duncan Logan, Mr. W. D. Connachie said any illegality was due to ignorance of licensing procedure, so it should be overlooked. In previous cases, the Tribunal had indicated that even though people had operated illegally they should be granted the licence they sought if it were in the public inferest.
Mr. C. E. Jauncey, for the B.T.C.: "It is by no means clear in this case that the illegality was entirely innocent. It is my submission that this is an illegality which should be taken into account and result in a penalty." The only penalty in this case, he suggested, should be a refusal of the application.
Mr. Jauncey added that even if he were wrong on the question of illegality and penalty. there was the question of need. This was not very strong, as another operator was already running a similar vehicle in the area.
ROAD SPENDING SHOULD BE TREBLED WHILST praising the Minister of VV Transport for shielding the road programme from cuts in capital investment, Lord Derwent, chairman of the British Road Federation, said at the Federation's annual general meeting on Wednesday that expenditure would have to be trebled if Britain were to have a highway system capable of carrying the traffic in 10 years' time.
"Once the motorway between London and Birmingham is opened at the end of 1959, public demand for the rapid. completion of the rest of the network will be tremendous," he added. He deplored the £11m. reduction in this year's spending on the maintenance of existing roads.
DISQUALIFICATION QUASHED THREE months' disqualification I imposed on a driver in a speeding case by Totton magistrates was quashed in the Queen's Bench Division on Tuesday. Lord Goddard, Lord Chief Justice, said that the magistrates should have adjourned the case so that the defendant, who had 'pleaded guilty in writing, could have appeared to show cause why he should not be disqualified.