Licence Appeal Tribunal File Number: 17614/HTA

In the matter of an appeal under subsection 50(1) of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8 (the “Act”), from a decision of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to suspend a licence pursuant to Section 47(1) of the Act.

Between:

Rajvir Singh

Appellant

and

Registrar of Motor Vehicles

Respondent

AMENDED ORDER AND DECISION

VICE-CHAIR:

Jeffery Campbell

APPEARANCES:

For the Appellant:

Rajvir Singh G. Multani, Paralegal

For the Respondent:

Sidra Saeed, Student-at-Law

HEARD: By Teleconference October 27, 2025

OVERVIEW

1Rajvir Singh (the “Appellant”) appeals from the decision of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles (the “Registrar”) to suspend his Class A driver’s licence under s. 47(1) of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8 (the “Act”).

2By way of letter to the Appellant dated September 2, 2025, the Registrar suspended the Appellant’s driver’s licence, pursuant to subsection 47(1) of the Act for a period of 90 days from September 4, 2025.

3A hearing of this matter was held on October 27, 2025 at which hearing I gave an oral decision with reasons. The written decision was then issued to the parties on October 28. 2025. On that same day, the appellant requested a written decision with reasons.

PRELIMINARY MATTER

4At the commencement of the hearing the Registrar requested, pursuant to Rule 13 of the Licence Appeal Tribunal Rules, 2023 (the “Rules”), an order to limit public access to pages 9 and 10 of its submissions. The Registrar submitted that those pages contain a letter which pertains to an OPP investigation that is still in progress and some of the information in that letter could adversely affect some of the individuals that are mentioned in those pages and that the release of the information on those pages could compromise the ongoing investigation.

5The appellant did not have any objection to an order removing pages 9 and 10 from the public record.

6As pages 9 and 10 contain information regarding an ongoing OPP investigation, I order, on consent of the parties, that they be excluded from the public record on the basis that they involve matters involving public security.

ISSUES

7The issue in this hearing is:

i. Has the Registrar established sufficient grounds under s. 47(1) of the Act to warrant the suspension of the appellant’s Class A driver’s licence?

ANALYSIS

8The Registrar submitted that the appellant was advised by letter dated October 10, 2025, that the suspension period of his driver’s licence had changed and that effective October 14, 2025 the suspension “will come to an end and your Ontario Class A(Z) driver’s licence will be downgraded to Class G(Z)”. The Registrar submits that, as the suspension has ended, the issue of the suspension is now moot.

9The appellant also submitted that as the suspension is now over, the issue regarding the suspension is moot and they will no longer be pursuing this issue in their appeal.

10As the suspension in dispute has ended, and as the appellant no longer wishes to pursue this issue, I find that the issue of the suspension of the appellant’s Class A driver’s licence to be moot. Therefore, the suspension of the appellant’s Class A driver’s, such suspension being from September 4, 2025 to October 14, 2025, is confirmed.

Downgrade of the Class A(Z) licence to Class (G)(Z)

11Discussion occurred regarding whether the hearing should proceed to consider the downgrade of the appellant’s driver’s licence to a Class (G)(Z).

12The Registrar submits that they are not prepared to proceed with the issue of the downgrade. The Registrar further submits that the Notice of Appeal concerns the suspension of the appellant’s driver’s licence and not that of the downgrade and that a separate Notice of Appeal must be submitted as the downgrade is a different matter than that of the suspension.

13The appellant submits that they would like to proceed on that issue as the suspension and the downgrade are related and are based on the same set of facts.

14While I agree with the appellant that the downgrade and the suspension may deal with similar facts, I find that the statutory basis for a downgrade is different from those of the suspension. On that basis, I find that the present appeal of the suspension is separate from that of an appeal of a downgrade of the appellant’s driver’s licence. As such, the downgrade of the appellant’s driver’s licence from a Class A(Z) licence to Class (G)(Z) is a matter to be considered in a separate appeal.

Decision

15Pursuant to s. 50(2) of the Act, the Tribunal orders as follows:

i. Pages 9 and 10 of the Registrars Submissions, specifically the letter from the OPP Serious Fraud Office dated October 3, 2025 shall be excluded from the public record.

ii. The Registrar’s decision to suspend the Appellant’s Class A driver’s licence is confirmed.

iii. Pages 9 and 10 of the Respondent’s Submissions filed at the hearing as Exhibit 2 shall be treated as confidential and not disclosed to the public.

iv. A party seeking reconsideration of this decision must either have requested written reasons orally at the conclusion of the hearing or must do so in writing no more than 14 days after the date of this order.