A person who is aggrieved by the Secretary of State's—
(a) refusal to grant or revocation of a licence in pursuance of section 87 of this Act, or
(b) grant of a licence for less than three years in pursuance of section 89(1)(a) of this Act, or
(c) revocation of a licence in pursuance of section 89(2) of this Act,
or by a notice served on him in pursuance of section 87(4) of this Act may, after giving to the Secretary of State notice of his intention to do so appeal to a magistrates' court acting for the petty sessions area in which he resides or, if he resides in Scotland, to the sheriff within whose jurisdiction he resides ; and on any such appeal the court or sheriff may make such order as it or he thinks fit and the order shall be binding on the Secretary of State.
It is hereby declared that, without prejudice to section 85(3) of this Act, in any proceedings under this section the court or sheriff is not entitled to entertain any question as to whether the appellant passed a test of competence to drive if he was declared by the person who conducted it to have failed it.