s.7Licensing of operators
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Section 7Part 2Functions of the Authority for the Licensing of Vehicles, etc.

Licensing of operators

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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 operate a bus or taxi, grant to that Caymanian a licence to operate the description of bus or taxi specified in the licence.
The Authority shall not grant a licence to operate a bus or taxi under subsection (1) unless satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold such a licence.
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 licence to operate a bus or taxi under subsection (1); or
is aggrieved by any conditions attached to a licence to operate a bus or taxi 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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