Crynant gets life ban
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• Crynant Transport and one of its directors, trans port manager Florence Morrison, have been disqualified from holding or obtaining an Operator's Licence for life. South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh revoked the company's licence after it failed to attend a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry He also disqualified the company's other two directors, Merlin Morgan and Pat English, for five years.
Mervyn Pugh said the company was no longer of good repute: there was a considerable history of problems and it was right and proper these should be recorded.
In September 1993 information was received from South Wales Police that the company was operating vehicles without insurance. Checks revealed that none of the vehicles on the licence were taxed. A prohibition notice had been issued to one of the company's vehicles in October 1992. As a result, Crynant's licence was suspended in October 1993.
At a subsequent public inquiry, DLA Lyndon Davies was told that all but one of the company's vehicles were operating off road. The company volunteered to reduce the authorisation on its licence from 11 vehicles to six, and the hearing was adjourned for the company to produce proof that its vehicles were properly taxed and insured.
Crynant was prosecuted in September 1993 for failing to display an 0-licence disc and for allowing an unqualified driver to drive one of its vehicles. There were convictions for tachograph offences at Barry and at Ystradgyblais in February of this year. The company was fined at Neath for using a stolen test certificate; forging a test certificate; and using a vehicle without a test certificate.
Crynant was also convicted for using a vehicle without insurance and for obstructing a police officer. A number of vehicles had been impounded by the Customs & Excise for using rebated fuel.