Road Traffic Act 1930

82 Appeals to courts of summary jurisdiction in connection with drivers' and conductors' licences.

(1) Any person who, being the holder of or an applicant for a licence to act as driver or conductor of a public service vehicle feels aggrieved by the refusal or failure of the commissioners to grant or by the suspension or revocation of such a licence, or by any limitation imposed thereon, may by notice in writing to the commissioners require them to reconsider the matter, and shall on the reconsideration be entitled to be heard either personally or by his representative.

Any person who is so aggrieved as aforesaid or who is dissatisfied with 'the decision of the commissioners on the reconsideration of the matter may appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessional division in which the applicant resides, and on any such appeal the court may make such order as it thinks fit and any order so made shall be binding on the commissioners.

(2) Where the applicant for such a licence, who is at the date of his application the holder of a licence, appeals under this section on the ground of refusal or failure to grant the licence, the existing licence shall continue in force until the appeal has been disposed of, notwithstanding the provisions of this Act as to the expiry of the licence by the effluxion of time.