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Rather lose licence than be bullied
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• Mr G. A-r M. Mackay, of John o' Groats, told the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh last week that on a matter of principle he was appealing against the decision of the Scottish LA to curtail his operator's licence. "He would rather lose his licence than be bullied," he said, and claimed that people had been going "cap in hand" to the LA for the last 15 years but that he had many business interests and did not need to do that.
Mr Mackay said that the immediate GV9 in question had been placed on a vehicle not in commercial use, which had undergone 120 hours of repair work and which had been submitted for test. The mechanic responsible had accepted that there were areas of disagreement concerning the degree of efficiency of the vehicle especially in relation to the tyres. Not all the tyres had been changed, said Mr Mackay, so that the judgment of the examiner could be tested. Disagreement as to degree of efficiency was a legitimate part of any such submission, said Mr Mackay. The vehicle had not been in use and was not licensed during the ten. and a half months pending the appeal, and the long delay in bringing the appeal to hearing was criticized.
The president said after considering the circumstances there was room for the Tribunal to alter the order made by the 'LA and therefore substituted an order suspending the licence for one month. After that it would remain a licence for one vehicle and one on the margin.