TRANSPORT LAW

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23487, 26 October 1939, Page 16

TRANSPORT LAW

extended scope | LICENCE REQUIREMENTS TOWN CARRIERS AND TAXIS / LODGING OF APPLICATIONS "References which have recently been made to Jim.? 1 as tlie date by which applications for licences by town carriers and taxicabs should be lodged with the Commissioner of Transport are incorrect,", said Mr. R. 11. Nicholls, Auckland district transport officer, yesterday. Those now brought within the scope of the Transport Licensing Act, -Mr. Nicholls /Continued, included town carriers who were previously exempt Localise they were in specially exempted areas or operated entirely within ihe boundaries of a single borough or '.uwu district. Taxicabs not previously covered by the Act were also brought .inder it through the passing of the Transport Law Amendment Act, as were ancillary operators who used trucks weighing more than two tons laden over routes "that included not less than 30 miles of Government railway. The lodging of all these applications, Mr. Nicholls concluded, was therefore a matter of urgency, and operators were advised that it was in their own interests to give the matter their immediate attention. All . applications should be lodged with the Commissioner of Transport, Wellington, with the exception of those for taxi licences for taxi operators within the Auckland metropolitan area. These should-be lodged with the secretary of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Auckland.