Article 157 Appeal to High CourtI1

Subject to paragraph (3), an appeal lies to the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man from a decision of the Department under article 21 or 42.

If the court is satisfied that on the evidence submitted to the Department the decision was wrong, the court may reverse the decision and the Department must give effect to the court’s determination.

An appeal does not lie from a decision of the Department that a person is not qualified to hold a licence rendered valid by reason of a deficiency in the person’s knowledge, experience, competence, skill or physical or mental fitness.

The Department is to be a respondent to any appeal under this article.

For the purposes of a provision relating to the time within which an appeal may be brought, the Department’s decision is to be taken to have been taken on the date on which the Department supplied a statement of its reasons for the decision to the applicant for the licence or the holder or former holder of it.