S.L. 499.59 Art. 72Suspension or withdrawal of any licence or permit.

(1) The Authority shall suspend for a period of one year a taxi licence if, at any time, its registered licence holder accumulates five hundred penalty points in terms of these regulations:

Provided that when a taxi licence is suspended, the licence holder shall submit, for the length of the suspension, the registration certificate and the registration plates of the taxi to the Authority; at which point the Authority shall provide the licence holder with a document confirming that he is the licence holder of the suspended taxi licence: Provided further that if the suspended taxi licence is transferred to a new licence holder, the new licence holder shall be entitled to use the taxi licence only at the end of the suspension period: Provided further that on the lapse of the suspension, the Authority shall reissue the registration certificate and registration plates to the licence holder, cancel the penalty points, and notify him accordingly.

(2) The Authority shall revoke a taxi driver permit if, at any time, the driver accumulates two hundred penalty points in terms of these regulations and, or in terms of the Passenger Transport Services Regulations: Provided that such a permit shall be revoked where the driver of the permit accumulates one hundred penalty points in terms of these regulations and, or in terms of the Passenger Transport Services Regulations during the first five years from the date on which that person is granted a taxi driver permit: Provided further that the preceding proviso shall not apply to drivers who had been granted a taxi driver’s tag by the Authority * before the coming into force of these regulations .

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-regulations (1) and (2), the Authority shall not suspend a taxi licence or revoke a taxi driver permit where the licence holder or the driver, as the case may be, has entered an appeal before the Tribunal or a court from a decision of the Authority on the imposition of any of the accumulated penalty points.

(4) Where a licence holder or driver incurs less than sixteen penalty points within a period of thirty-six consecutive months, the Authority shall, on the lapse of such period, cancel all penalty points imposed on him, and shall notify the licence holder or driver accordingly.