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IC's warning is followed by 0-licence revocation

7th July 2005, Page 33
7th July 2005
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A CUMBRIAN operator whose procedures were called into question has had its licence revoked by North Western Traffic 16.100111#*°‘r Commissioner Beverley Bell, but has been told to sort things out.

AG Bell & Sons, of $ I Ulverston, which held a national licence authoris ing one vehicle, had been called to appear before theTC at a St Helens disciplinary inquiry.

Director Cohn Bell said he had been operating as a sole trader and had considered becoming a limited company. He had accounts and bank statements in his own name as a sole trader.

Bell said he was his own transport manager although he did not hold a CPC.

Questioned about a report from a traffic examiner, Cain Bell said he accepted that the tachograph was wrong. When the vehicle went in for service the battery had been disconnected and the tachograph clock had had to be wound back.

He was carrying his own goods, just waste paper, and he was going to immediately apply for an operator's licence in his own name.

Revoking the licence, the TC said it was not possible to have a national licence without a qualified transport manager. The onus was on Bell to sort things out and to seek advice as to whether he required a national or a restricted licence. Once that was done, she would give Bell interim authority to operate if he attended an operator's seminar.


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