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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1975
UNLICENSED DANGEROUS GOODS CARRIERS FACE LEGAL ACTION # # # # **
OPERATORS OF DANGEROUS GOODS LORRIES ARE URGED TO APPLY TO THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ANNUAL LICENCES FOR THEIR VEHICLES.
LETTERS TO THIS EFFECT WITH APPLICATION FORMS ATTACHED HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL OPERATORS REGISTERED WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED SO FAR.
THE BUREAU HAS A TOTAL OF 1,696 AUTHORISED VEHICLES ON RECORD DUT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN RESPECT OF OILY 394 OF THEM.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ONCE OPERATORS HAD COMPLETED THE APPLICATION FORMS AND SUBMITTED THEN TO THE LUREAU, THEY WERE THEN AUTHORISED TO CONTINUE USING THEIR VEHICLES TO CARRY DANGEROUS GOODS UNTIL ISSUED WITH AN ANNUAL LICENCE.
+THE DEPARTMENT THEREFORE URGES ALL OPERATORS WHO HAVE
NOT ALREADY DONE SO TO APPLY IMMEDIATELY,+ HE ADDED.
ANNUAL LICENSING OF VEHICLES PREVIOUSLY AUTHORISED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CARRY COMPRESSED OR LIQUIFIED GASES AND FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS DECAME LAW IN 1973, AID WAS ENFORCED FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.
ALL REGISTERED OPERATORS WERE SENT A LETTER SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE ADVISING THEN OF THE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KEW LAW AND REQUESTING THEM TO APPLY TO THE BUREAU FOR LICENCES. APPLICATION FORMS WERE ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS LETTER,
HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW LICENSING ARRANGEMENT WAS THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE INSPECTED BY FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU STAFF AT HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION TO ENSURE WHAT IT CONFORMED WITH STIPULATED SAFETY STANDARDS.
BEFORE THIS INSPECTION CAN TAKE PLACE, HOWEVER, A CURRENT CERTIFICATE OF ROAD-WORTHINESS MUST HAVE DEEN ISSUED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
THE LETTER TO OPERATORS STATES THAT THEY WILL BE GIVEN 14 LAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE LETTER TO GET THEIR APPLICATION FORMS TO THE FIRE PREVENTION DUREAU, FAILING WHICH, LEGAL ACTION WILL LE TAKEN IF THEY ARE FOUND USING A VEHICLE IN CONTRAVENTION OF REGULATIONS.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE PURPOSE OF ANNUAL LICENSING WAS TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF HIGH SAFETY STANDARDS ON VEHICLES USED FOR CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS IN THE HIÍTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE PENALTY FOR CARRYING COMPRESSED OR LIQUIFIED GASES AND FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS ON A VEHICLE WITHOUT A LICENCE CAN DE A FINE OF $8,000 AND SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT.
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