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DISCUSSIONS between a Dutch-owned company and a vehicle examiner led to Nedu Export Ltd of Harwich giving undertakings to have its vehicles maintained in Holland but to make them and the maintenance record available to vehicle examiners in the UK when required at Cambridge on August 30.
The company was appearing before the Metropolitan deputy Licensing Authority Mr John Bowyer for consideration of the revocation, suspension or curtailment of its licence for two vehicles and two trailers.
The DLA also had before him an application for four additional vehicles and trailers.
Evidence was given by a vehicle examiner that in June the company had been unable to make either its vehicles or maintenance records available to him.
Mr John Betts, a director, said he was asked to take over the transport arrangement by a fellow director last February but had only just agreed to do so. During the interval very little attention had been paid to the transport.
For four months in every year the vehicles ran to Holland twice a week and all maintenance was carried out there. He was prepared to make arrangements to have the vehicles maintained locally for the rest of the year.
The assistant transport manager Mr Michael Gain said he thought that the vehicles would be out of the country more often than suggested by Mr Betts.
At that point the DLA adjourned the hearing for discussion between the company and vehicle examiner concerning future maintenance policy. On their return Mr Betts gave the undertaking and said he would take personal charge of the arrangements.
Granting the additional vehicles and imposing no penalty Mr Bowyer said there had been an awful lack in the undertakings given and in the maintenance arrangements but no great harm had resulted. The company could now start with a clean sheet.