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Licence restored
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IN A Gwent firm, whose licence was suspended last week while its seven vehicles were examined by outside garages and brought up to annual-test standard, has had the suspension lifted by South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh at a specially convened hearing.
John Jones & Son of Pontllanfraith appeared at disciplinary inquiries in July 1988, and again on 24 May this year, following the imposition of prohibitions on vehicles, some indicating neglect.
Brian Silcox, the company's accountant and administrator, said the vehicles had been inspected by two commercial garages. Of five vehicles that went to one garage, four had been given a clean bill of health and the fifth vehicle was still at the garage awaiting spare parts. Two vehicle were due to go into the garage the next day to have their tachographs reset and resealed.
The firm entered a sixmonth contract for the maintenance of its vehicles, and they would be inspected every two weeks. Mervyn Pugh said he would like to see the vehicles pre-booked into the garage for 12 months.
Restoring the licence, Mervyn Pugh said that on 24 May he had either to revoke the licence completely or suspend it until satisfied that the vehiles had been brought up to scratch. His aim was to encourage the operation of good and safe vehicles. Happily, that was what the firm was doing.