Edmunds v The Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

             This appeal concerns a decision of the Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors ("the Registrar") made on 18 th May 2023 to remove his name from the Register.

             The Registrar's reasons for refusal, in summary, were that the Appellant had accrued penalty points for speeding on 25 th June 2022 and 23 rd January 2023. The Registrar took the view the offending was serious and allowing him to remain on the Register would undermine confidence in it, so determined the Appellant must be removed.

             The Appellant now appeals the Registrar's decision.

             The Appellant's Notice of Appeal, dated 13 th June 2023, �indicates that for the first offence the distance concerned was small; for the second it was either him or a pupil that was speeding, but whomever it was the limits on the road had recently changed and it was a simple error.

             He indicates that he is 73 years of age and the consequences to him losing his registration will be that he has to reapply, take his exams etc and this will all take time, and will cost him financially. Two years off the Register will result in a �30,000 deficiency per annum without the extra costs that will follow.