Catalogue description Transport Tribunal: Road Haulage and Public Service Vehicle Appeals Decisions

It was the practice of the Tribunal to open a new volume every year or two and to give the volume a letter of the alphabet. This letter series relates to the years when the decisions on the appeals were lodged.

Since an appeal may not be settled in the year that it was lodged, the dates given in the list, which are the dates of the papers themselves, may differ from the years represented by the letter series.

By the Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933, all hauliers and owners of goods motor vehicles used on public highways were placed under a system of licensing to be administered by the Area Traffic Commissioners. The Act also provided for a right of appeal. The Road and Rail Appeal Tribunal came into being on 1 January 1934 and ceased to exist on 15 August 1951.

The Road and Rail Appeal Tribunal was given power to make rules governing its procedure, to award costs and to make such orders as it thought fit on appeals; its decisions were final and binding on the licensing authority. It was required to hear Scottish appeals in Scotland.

A right of appeal against the decision of a licensing authority was given to the following categories of person: (a) applicants for grant or variation of a licence; (b) holders aggrieved by the revocation or suspension of a licence; (c) persons whose objections had not been taken into consideration by licensing authority.

In 1951 the jurisdiction of the Road and Rail Appeal Tribunal was transferred to the Transport Tribunal.

Under the Transport Act 1985 an applicant for a grant of a PSV (public service vehicle) operator's licence was able to appeal to the Transport Tribunal against any decision of the traffic commissioner.

An appeal from the Transport Tribunal lies to the Court of Appeal in England and Wales or the Court of Session in Scotland, except on a question of fact or locus standi.