Licence won with prohibitions
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• Renilson & Co has been granted a new licence for two vehicles by North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu.
The Southport-based company was called to a public inquiry at Ormskirk following a late renewal, and prohibition notices on both of its vehicles.
Vehicle examiner John McDonald said that an investigation was carried out in 1989 due to the late renewal of the licence. Both of the company's vehicles were issued with delayed prohibitions. The mainte nance was found to be unacceptable.
Managing director David Renilson said that one of the vehicles given a prohibition had passed its MoT test only weeks before.
The vehicle's previous owner had been carrying salt and the underneath of the vehicle was found to be corroded. Since the prohibition the vehicle had been taken off the road and was awaiting replacement_ He was unable to say when his vehicle was last inspected, as the foreman was in charge of vehicle maintenance.
As long as the vehicles were on the road he was not concerned with the transport side. The vehicle was inspected by a local garage which kept the maintenance records. Renilson said he had issued letters to the drivers stressing that one of their duties was the daily checking of their vehicles, and that all defects must be reported.
Albu said that maintenance had to be taken seriously. Last year maintenance had not been right but the necessary steps had been taken.
He indicated that maintenance records should be kept by the operator.