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iow three months become two weeks
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DYFED HAULIER who had his Operator's Licence curtailed d suspended for three months has had his suspension reduced two weeks by the Transport Tribunal.
Leslie Rogers, trading as )odwick Haulage, was pealing against a decision ade by the South Wales censing Authority which spended his 0-licence for ^ee months and curtailed it )m three vehicles and one tiler to one vehicle and one He received delayed and mediate GV9s between 1976 d 1979 for offences including an engine oil leak, missing petrol cap, air leak, loose mirror stays, and a cracked mirror.
In September 1979, an immediate prohibition was served due to defects on a tractive unit which Rogers was considering purchasing.
The vehicle was being driven by a part-time driver who Mr Rogers knew. A IVIr Smith was the owner of the vehicle. Mr Rogers' trailer was, however, being used with the vehicle and an immediate prohibition was also served on that.
Mr Rogers, instead of carrying out maintenance work himself, later arranged to have all trailers inspected regularly. "He heeded warnings and put matters right for the future," said his solicitor, C. Rosser John.
He said there were only two prohibitions that showed negligence (one being served on the unit belonging to Mr Smith and one on an Irish trailer) and he asked the Tribunal not to confirm the suspension, submitting that the decision was much too harsh.
The Tribunal said that although Mr Rogers was technically responsible for the state of the unit belonging to Mr Smith, the condition of the vehicle ought not to be reason alone for a ban. Nevertheless, it held the trailers fell below a reasonable standard of care.
Tribunal president George Squibb said the licence should be suspended for two weeks beginning March 17, and that the curtailment should remain.