Said Selmi v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

Neutral Citation Number[2026] UKFTT 523 (GRC)

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Said Selmi v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

Neutral Citation Number[2026] UKFTT 523 (GRC)

NCN: [2026] UKFTT 00523 (GRC)

Case No. FT/D/2026/0172

Decision given on: 09 April 2026

In the First-tier Tribunal

(General Regulatory Chamber)

(Transport)

Before: Judge McMahon

Appellant: Said Selmi

Respondent: Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

Case Management Decision

(The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009)

The documents and information submitted by the parties have been reviewed.

1.

The Appellant appeals against the decision of the Respondent dated 3 February 2026 to refuse his application for a third driving instructor trainee licence.

2.

The Respondent made application by way of Form GRC5 dated 24 March 2026, copied to the Appellant, to have this appeal struck out pursuant to Regulation 8(3)(c) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 (‘the Rules’) as having no reasonable prospect of success since, pursuant to Regulation 14(b) of the Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 2005, as the Appellant had failed his third, and maximum permitted, attempt to pass his Part 3 test on 20 March 2026, that provides that a trainee licence remains in force only until the day immediately following the Appellant’s third unsuccessful attempt to pass his Part 3 test.

3.

The Appellant is no longer entitled to undertake a Part 3 test; a trainee licence being issued only to aid an aspiring Approved Driving Instructor to pass his Part 3 test.

4.

This appeal is struck out as having no reasonable prospect of success.

Signed: Judge McMahon

Date: 30 March 2026

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