Poultry firm suspended for two weeks for licence sharing21 November 2017

A Birmingham poultry firm has had its transport licence suspended for two weeks after it flouted a previous licence revocation in 2014 and ran vehicles illegally under another operator’s licence.

At a public inquiry earlier this month (2 November), West Midlands traffic commissioner Nick Denton said that Adam Halal Foods’ current licence, issued in 2015, would probably not have been granted had the illegal operation come to light at that time.

“I cannot simply ignore the very serious unlawful operation which took place before the grant of the licence,” said Denton.

He accepted the company had improved since the 2014 inquiry into its previous licence, which dealt with driver falsification of tachographs.

He said the period of suspension would allow the firm to arrange training for the director and drivers to address remaining compliance issues, including drivers driving without cards (for short distances) and defect reporting.

The suspension took effect on 13 November. Denton also curtailed the company’s licence to one vehicle indefinitely.

Mohammed Salim, who allowed Adam Halal Foods to run vehicles under his licence, lost his licence on the day of the hearing and was disqualified indefinitely from holding or obtaining an operator’s licence. He failed to attend the inquiry.

Author
Laura Cork

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