S.L. 499.59 Art. 14Suspension or revocation of ataxi driver permit.

(1) The Authority may at any time require a driver to submit evidence that he continues to fulfill the requirements of regulations 11 or 12 or the relevant parts thereof and the driver shall produce any information and documents requested by the

Authority within three working days from the date on which he receives the request by the Authority.

(2) A taxi driver permit may be suspended or revoked where the holder:

(a) no longer satisfies the conditions laid down in regulation 11(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) and regulation 12; or

(b) has supplied incorrect information to the Authority; or

(c) has breached any of the conditions of the licence; or

(d) has committed serious infringements of these regulations.

(3) A taxi driver’s permit shall be revoked where the holder no longer satisfies the conditions laid down in regulation 11A.

(4) A suspension or revocation in terms of this regulation shall be effected by the Authority of its own motion or by order of a court of criminal jurisdiction; provided that where the Authority intends to suspend or revoke a taxi driver permit of its own motion, it shall give the driver concerned notice in writing setting out the reasons for its intention to do so.

(5) Every notice given shall state that the driver concerned may, within ten days from service thereof, make representations in writing to the Authority giving reasons why the taxi driver permit should not be suspended or revoked and the Authority shall consider any representations so made before arriving at a final decision.

(6) The Authority shall notify in writing its final decision to the driver concerned and that driver shall have the right to appeal to the Tribunal against the decision of the Authority to suspend or revoke the taxi driver permit within thirty days from notification of the Authority’s decision.

(7) The suspension of the permit in terms of sub-regulation (2) shall have immediate effect notwithstanding any appeal therefrom, unless otherwise ordered by the Tribunal or a court of criminal jurisdiction.

(8) The decision of the Authority to revoke a taxi driver permit in terms of sub-regulations (2) and (3) shall become final on the expiration of the period within which an appeal may be made under this regulation and, if an appeal is made within such period, the decision shall become final on the date of the decision of the Tribunal dismissing the appeal or the date on which the appeal is abandoned:

Provided that during the periods referred to in the previous paragraph, the taxi driver permit shall be suspended in terms of sub-regulation (7).