The filing of a statement of issues pursuant to Chapter 5, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code specifying grounds for denial of an application for a license to act in any capacity under this chapter shall automatically suspend any certificate of convenience issued with respect to any such application until the decision and order in the matter of such statement of issues becomes final, and if the order in such matter is for the denial of the application for any such license, the certificate of convenience with respect thereto shall automatically terminate on the effective date of such denial.