Key legal question
Whether the appeal against the cost-bearing refusal of the licence reinstatement application was admissible and well-founded.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible but unfounded; the fee-bearing refusal was upheld.
Extracted reasoning
The administrative procedure was triggered by the appellant’s own application, fees were legally provided for, and the appellant could not credibly claim he believed the procedure was free. The authority’s fee decision complied with the applicable cost principles.