s.6Licensing of drivers
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Section 6Part 2 — Functions of the Authority for the Licensing of Vehicles, etc.

Licensing of drivers

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Subject to this Law, the Authority may, on the receipt of an application from any Caymanian for the grant to that Caymanian of a licence to drive a bus or a taxi, grant to that Caymanian a bus or taxi driver's licence to drive that description of vehicle.
The Authority shall not grant a bus or taxi driver's licence under subsection (1) —
unless the Authority is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold such a licence; or
to any person who has not for at least twelve months been, and is not at the date of the application for a licence, the holder of —
a valid bus licence; or
a valid taxi driver's licence granted under the Traffic Law (Revised) or the Traffic Law, 1991 [Law 24 of 1991].
The Authority may attach to the grant of a licence under subsection (1) such conditions as the Authority may consider reasonably necessary.
Every licence granted under subsection (1) shall remain in force for such period as the Authority may specify in the licence.
Any person who —
is aggrieved by the refusal of the Authority to grant a bus or taxi driver's licence under subsection (1); or
is aggrieved by any conditions attached to a bus or taxi driver's licence under subsection (1),
may, within twenty-one days after notice of the refusal or condition, as the case may be, was given to him, appeal to the Summary Court.
The procedure on an appeal to the Summary Court shall be by way of plaint, and the Summary Jurisdiction Law (1995 Revision) and the Summary Jurisdiction Civil Procedure) Rules shall apply to the proceedings.
On an appeal under subsection (5) the court may make such order as in all the circumstances it thinks fit.

Defined Terms

Caymanianfit and proper person

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