The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2012

Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008

9.  In Schedule 1 (procedure after the notice of appeal in appeals against decisions of traffic commissioners)—

(a) in the heading for “appeals against decisions of traffic commissioners” substitute “road transport cases”;

(b) in paragraph 1, for “an appeal against the decision of a traffic commissioner” substitute “road transport cases”;

(c) in paragraph 3, for each reference to “traffic commissioner” and “traffic commissioner’s”, substitute “decision maker” and “decision maker’s” respectively;

(d) for paragraph 3(d), substitute—

“(d) in an appeal under—

(i) section 50 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1) or section 37 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995(2), or

(ii) section 35 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010,

a list of the names and addresses of objectors and representors.”;

(e) in paragraph 4—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(aa) before “each” insert “to”, and

(bb) at the end of that sub-paragraph omit “and”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—

“(d) in an appeal under section 35(5) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010, to each person who made representations under section 11(4) or 18(2) of that Act.”;

(f) in paragraph 10, for “traffic commissioner” substitute “decision maker”.

(1)

1981 c. 14. Section 50 was substituted by section 31 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) and amended by section 65(2) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to, the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40). It was also amended by paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Transport Tribunal and Appeal Panel) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1885).

(2)

1995 c. 23