Even though it ordered the company to revamp its maintenance rules and submit a new inspection plan, the authority said the government-backed company failed to fulfill the order quickly and failed to properly inspect some parts.

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Last year, Mr. Betts used that authority to delay a restyled Chrysler 300 after inspection of a prototype found a right rear taillight that wasn't flush with the body.

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Director of strategy Darryl Dixon said the licensing authority had been trialing a "light touch" inspection regime for the past year in the forestry industry - a sector considered low risk.

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The inspection also found major non-compliance with food legislation and the authority gave its lowest possible rating of zero stars.

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The inspection also found major non-compliance with food legislation and the authority gave its lowest possible star rating of zero stars.

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He said the local authority had been aware of the need to make changes before the Ofsted inspection, and work had already started to improve Children's Services.

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Neil Davies, the authority's chief executive, said it was an "immensely disappointing" report for the authority, which had its child protection services rated adequate following its last inspection in 2011.

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The findings of the inspection team include poor financial management such as "hand-to-mouth" budgets with the authority lurching from one financial crisis to another.

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"The defence minister has ordered a shake down inspection for all the private airlines, " Pervez George, head of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, told the AFP news agency.

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