The firm is expected to be allowed to continue operating

Katherine Fish, 15, died and 20 others were injured when a coach carrying pupils from Largs Academy in Ayrshire crashed near Dijon, in France.

Allan's Coaches of Gorebridge, Midlothian, was ordered to answer the allegations in a hearing last June.

A restructuring of directors has satisfied the traffic watchdog.

The Traffic Commissioner, Joan Aitken, was due to publish her findings on Wednesday.

'Serious offences'

The inquiry was separate from any investigation into the crash but the commissioner had the power to withdraw an operator's licence.

Government inspector Susan Traynor seized driver records days after the accident in France.

The company was found to be riddled with rule-breaking, which risked the safety of many road users.

"These offences we found were some of the most serious that we had ever encountered in our careers," she said.

Katherine Fish died in the crash

"There were 54 tachograph records which we alleged had been falsified and 16 drivers who had failed to take a break after six driving days, on some occasions we found they were driving up to 54 days consecutively."

Father and son William and David Allan admitted last June that their system for monitoring the hours drivers worked was inadequate.

However, they denied tampering with tachographs to disguise the amount of hours drivers were working and their breaks.