Smith v Transport for New South Wales [2024] NSWCATOD 103

Smith v Transport for New South Wales [2024] NSWCATOD 103

The Tribunal was not satisfied that Mr Smith was of good repute and in all other respects a fit and proper person to be the driver of a public passenger vehicle. His accumulated traffic offending, admitted mobile phone use while driving, admitted speeding while suspended, likely responsibility for several denied offences, failure to nominate actual drivers if he was not driving, willingness to allow unknown people to drive vehicles registered or hired in his name, and failure to appreciate the gravity of that conduct showed insufficient responsibility and aptitude and meant that granting a bus driver authority would not meet community expectations for safe, reliable and efficient...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 July 2024
Procedural Posture
Administrative Review of Refusal of Bus Driver Authority / Final Decision After Hearing
Outcome
The decision under review is affirmed.
Legal Topics
['bus Driver Authority' 'good Repute' 'fit and Proper Person' 'public Passenger Vehicle Driver' 'traffic Infringements' 'driver Licence Suspension']
['administrative Law' 'passenger Transport Regulation' 'occupational Licensing'] ['bus Driver Authority' 'good Repute' 'fit and Proper Person' 'public Passenger Vehicle Driver' 'traffic Infringements' 'driver Licence Suspension']

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Procedural Posture

Administrative Review of Refusal of Bus Driver Authority / Final Decision After Hearing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Tribunal, exercising the same powers as Transport for New South Wales, could attest that the Applicant was of good repute and, in all other respects, a fit and proper person to be the driver of a public passenger vehicle.' "Whether the Applicant's driving record, traffic infringements, licence suspensions, explanations for offences, and conduct in permitting or accepting responsibility for other drivers' conduct demonstrated sufficient responsibility and aptitude for a bus driver authority."]

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal was not satisfied that Mr Smith was of good repute and in all other respects a fit and proper person to be the driver of a public passenger vehicle. His accumulated traffic offending, admitted mobile phone use while driving, admitted speeding while suspended, likely responsibility for several denied offences, failure to nominate actual drivers if he was not driving, willingness to allow unknown people to drive vehicles registered or hired in his name, and failure to appreciate the gravity of that conduct showed insufficient responsibility and aptitude and meant that granting a bus driver authority would not meet community expectations for safe, reliable and efficient...

Court Disposition

The decision under review is affirmed.

Orders

  • ['The decision under review is affirmed.']