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'Flagrant disregard' of conditions

7th October 1966, Page 31
7th October 1966
Page 31
Page 31, 7th October 1966 — 'Flagrant disregard' of conditions
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ASIX months' suspension of its sole licence

was imposed on Excelsior Transport Ltd., Riverside Drive, Dundee, in Dundee last week. It was applying for a new A licence following the purchase last year of the transport side of the business owned and run by Betsy Swankie, Arbroath.

Mr. Duncan MacRae, one of the two directors of the company, said there was no normal user specified on the licence. He thought he could use the vehicle any way, it being an A licence. He was afraid he had been breaking the law, but he had worked with various customers to suit their requirements.

Mr. L. A. Wells, deputy Licensing Authority. said this was about the most flagrant disregard of conditions of operation it had been his misfortune to come across. Although the Arbroath business had been taken over in February 1965 it was not until late October that a licence was granted. Mr. MacRae had admitted he did whatever his customers required.

Having regard to the fact that the firm was a newcomer to the haulage business, as distinct from clearance house business, Mr. Wells suspended the licence for six months and warned that if the applicant did not put his house in order he would lose his licence completely. The application was refused on the grounds that there had been no evidence that additional transport was required.


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