Statutory guidance

Traffic commissioners: appeals

Sets out the requirements of traffic commissioners and staff acting on their behalf in relation to appeals.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Published: 7 May 2019
• Last updated: 31 March 2025
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  1. 31 March 2025

     Statutory Guidance updated on the approach a traffic commissioner will take when considering an application for a stay, citing the Upper Tribunal stay decision in 2024/1207 Pro Drainage Ltd and Others. Additionally, traffic commissioners are able to consider the same operator on multiple occasions without being biased, citing the Upper Tribunal decision in 2023/602 & 2023/623 Central Haulage Ltd & Others.

  2. 9 January 2024

     Update to case law following publication of the Upper Tribunal 2023 Digest.

  3. 13 March 2023

     Document updated to detail the approach traffic commissioners will take when reviewing a decision taken under delegated authority

  4. 11 April 2022

     Publication of consultation draft to incorporate changes bought about by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/senior-traffic-commissioners-statutory-documents-2022-revisions

  5. 19 January 2022

     Update to refer to UT decisions on the definition of procedural requirements for the purposes of section 36, the applicability of consent orders and stay provisions in respect of interim licences (paras 4, 8 and 15)

  6. 15 October 2021

     Clarification of Statutory Document status to assist document users

  7. 16 November 2020

     Adding HTML version of stat doc and ODT version of annex for accessibility purposes.

  8. 28 September 2020

     Document updated.

  9. 7 May 2019

     First published.

Documents

Statutory document no. 12: appeals

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Statutory Document No. 12: Appeals

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Annex B - Document bundle checklists

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Details

The Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain issues guidance and directions under section 4C(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (as amended).

This guidance explains how the Senior Traffic Commissioner believes that traffic commissioners should interpret the law in relation to appeals.

The directions concern the approach to be taken by staff acting on behalf of individual traffic commissioners in relation to appeals.

This document replaces the previous version dated September 2017.