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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(7.) A license shall be signed by the town clerk, county clerk, or other administrative officer of the licensing authority authorized by the licensing authority in that behalf, and shall be generally in the Form B set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

(8.) A copy of every license issued by a licensing authority under these regulations shall be sent to the Minister within one week from the date of issue.

(9.) On application by or on behalf of any owner of a licensed motor-omnibus, and on proof to the satisfaction of the licensing authority by statement in writing, statutory declaration, or other evidence that any license or copy of a license has been lost or mutilated or become illegible, and on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., the licensing authority shall at any time during the currency of the license issue to such person a copy thereof certified as being a true copy, and such copy shall be available for all purposes for which the original license could have been available under these regulations.

(10.) If the property in any licensed motor-omnibus shall pass, either by act of parties, or operation of law, or otherwise, except by way of security, from the person who was the owner when the license was granted, such license shall immediately cease and determine, unless the consent of the licensing authority be obtained to the transfer or transmission.

(11.) This regulation shall apply to public owners.

6. COMPENSATION.

(1.) In the event of any licensing authority refusing to issue a license under these regulations to the owner of any motor-omnibus who has established a motor-omnibus service in respect of any motor-omnibus which, at the date of coming into force of these regulations, was licensed for the purpose of plying for hire and actually plying for hire, any City or Borough Council which has established a motor-omnibus service for the carriage of passengers, or the promoters of any tramway, if the business of such Council or promoters is affected, shall justly compensate the owner of such motor-omnibus for loss and damage (if any) arising from such refusal.

(2.) Such compensation may be sued for as a debt in any Court of competent jurisdiction, and such Court shall have power to assess the amount of compensation and to give judgment in the action for the recovery of the amount so assessed.

(3.) An owner may appeal to the Board against such refusal, and if such refusal be upheld by the Board the owner shall thereupon be entitled to compensation as hereinbefore provided.

(4.) If an owner commences proceedings for the recovery of compensation in consequence of a refusal by a licensing authority and before the decision of any appeal, such owner shall not thereafter appeal to the Board against such refusal, and any appeal by such owner already instituted shall not be proceeded with.

(5.) Proceedings for the recovery of compensation hereunder shall be commenced within three months from the date of the refusal of the licensing authority, or from the date of the decision of the Board, as the case may be.

(6.) A motor-omnibus service referred to in this regulation shall mean a motor-omnibus service established on a fixed route between definite terminal points, and running to a published time-table.

7. MOTOR-OMNIBUS DRIVERS’ LICENSES.

(1.) From and after the 10th day of June, 1926, no person shall operate a motor-omnibus unless he is the holder of a motor-omnibus driver’s license issued by a licensing authority under these regulations.

(2.) The person driving any motor-omnibus shall produce his motor-omnibus driver’s license for inspection whenever required so to do by any constable or by any person authorized in that behalf by a local authority, and if he refuses or fails so to do he commits an offence against these regulations.

(3.) Every motor-omnibus driver’s license, if issued during the months of February and March, shall remain in force until the 31st day of March in the year following the year of issue, and shall then expire; and, if issued in any other month, shall remain in force until the next ensuing 31st day of March, and shall then expire.

(4.) A motor-omnibus driver’s license while in force shall be operative in any district throughout New Zealand.

(5.) A motor-omnibus driver’s license shall be signed by the Town Clerk, County Clerk, or other administrative officer of the licensing authority authorized by the licensing authority in that behalf, and shall be in the Form E set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.