Role and Functions

The Licence Appeal Tribunal is an adjudicative agency, created on April 1, 2000 under the Licence Appeal Tribunal Act, 1999.

The Ontario government, as part of its mandate to provide a more streamlined, responsive and efficient justice system, has consolidated four appeal boards - the licensing appeal responsibility of the Child and Family Services Review Board, the Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal, the Licence Suspension Appeal Board and the Private Vocational Review Board - into the Licence Appeal Tribunal

The Tribunal carries on the duties of the above boards but is also capable of adding appeal functions, should the need arise. The Tribunal provides a fair, efficient, impartial and independent means to appeal decisions concerning compensation claims and licensing activities regulated by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ministry of Consumer Services, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and the Ministry of Transportation.