Dandan -v- Director General, Department of Transport [2001] NSWADT 6

CITATION: Dandan -v- Director General, Department of Transport [2001] NSWADT 6 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Anis Dandan RESPONDENT Director General, Department of Transport FILE NUMBER: 003324 HEARING DATES: 19/01/2001 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 01/19/2001 DATE OF DECISION: 01/30/2001

BEFORE: Hennessy N (Deputy President) APPLICATION: Passenger Transport Act - taxi driver - cancellation of authority - Taxi driver - cancellation of authority MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Passenger Transport Act 1990 CASES CITED: Loye -v- Director General, Department of Transport [2000] NSWADT 145 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT A Wozniak, solicitor ORDERS: 1. The decision of the Director General to cancel the applicant's taxi authority is affirmed.

Introduction

1 On 28 September 2000 the Director General, Department of Transport (Director General) cancelled Mr Dandan's taxi driver's authority. The Director General made the decision on the basis that Mr Dandan had several complaints by passengers registered against his name, ten traffic offences and ten criminal convictions including shoplifting, larceny and possession of a prohibited drug. In addition the Director General alleged that Mr Dandan had falsely declared in his applications for a driver's authority that he did not have any criminal or traffic convictions. 2 Mr Dandan requested that the Director General conduct an internal review of the decision to cancel his authority. The internal review, conducted on 29 August 2000, affirmed the original decision. On 17 October 2000, Mr Dandan applied to the Tribunal for a review of that decision. Jurisdiction