TRANSPORT BILL

Waipawa Mail, Volume LII, Issue 117, 8 July 1931, Page 3

TRANSPORT BILL

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS. all services to be LICENSED. WELLINGTON, Last night. The Transport Bill was introduced Governor-General’s message in f House to-night. for the control of transport, disare to he constituted by OrderCouncil. Each district will have licensing authority consisting of Kf members appointed by the jitter nnd in addition there will icentral licensing authority of the DP constitution. The term of apfltuicat in each case is to he three P' but members will be eligible reappointment. Provision is also je for the setting up of a Transt Appeal Board consisting of

ff poisons, a chairman to he apit(d on the Minister's recomnienjon. one from persons nominated the executive of the Municipal priation and Counties’ Associaland the other from persons nom[fd by owners of services other i local authorities. iKenger services and passenger liec vehicles will be subject to a p.( and a liability will be incurm the event of a breach to a tine iftO and £lO additional for each of continued offence. The direcof an offending company will also able to a £lO fine for every day ibich a sendee is carried on. jeles conveying school children teachers and not otherwise used passenger sendee are exempted, vehicles conveying private paron special occasions provided are not advertised for carrying masa service is considered uunecesnr undesirable a license may be *l. Application by Governor local public bodies for a pastr service will he given prefernver all other applications if ■i« no existing transport service the route proposed, if the proi ■service is in extension of an in? service carried on by the rant, it the licensing authority is fed that the proposed service not unfairly compete with an in? service to the same locality oother route, and if the licenanthoritv is satisfied that the re will be satisfactory having reto time-tables, frequency of serete.. and that the fares will be eahlc. p licensing authorities will fix fares, time-tables, etc., and will he issued only if it is t that vehicles are fit for the rs proposed. Certificates of • of passenger service vehicles * issued by a commissioner or authorised persons and will effect for twelve months, ratrolled areas” are to be defer the purpose of goods serind the provisions laid down in t to passenger services are to )licd also to goods services, ronsidering applications for ft service licenses, the central rity will have regard to the to which the proposed service ssarv or desirable in the public

dents are to he notified withers to the Commissioner and ie? into causes of such misnay he ordered. Wide power fl for the framing of regulabill was read the first time.