3002
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 72

(2.) Without limiting the power of the licensing authority
to attach conditions to licenses issued in respect of motor-
omnibuses, it may in a license for any motor-omnibus fix the
maximum time in any day during which a person may be
engaged as a driver of that motor-omnibus, or of that motor-
omnibus and of any other motor-vehicle that is plied for hire.
8. (1.) A license shall not be issued under the said Act and
these regulations in respect of any motor-omnibus unless all
heavy-traffic and other license fees payable in respect of that
motor-omnibus have been duly paid.
(2.) If any person, having obtained a license under these
regulations in respect of any motor-omnibus while any fees
as aforesaid have not been paid, uses the same for the carriage
of passengers before such fees are paid, he shall be liable to
the same penalties as if the motor-omnibus were not licensed.
9. A copy of every license issued in respect of a motor-
omnibus under these regulations shall, within one week after
the issue thereof, be sent by the licensing authority to the
Minister of Public Works.

REVOCATION OF MOTOR-OMNIBUS LICENSE OR OF AUTHORITY
TO ESTABLISH A MOTOR-OMNIBUS SERVICE.

10. (1.) The licensing authority that has authorized the
    establishment of a motor-omnibus service or that has issued a
    license in respect of any motor-omnibus may revoke such
    authority or license if, after inquiry, it is satisfied that the
    licensee has, to the substantial detriment of the public or of
    any section thereof, failed, in carrying out the service, to adhere
    to the prescribed time-tables, or to comply with the require-
    ments of his license or of the said Act or of any regulations
    for the time being in force thereunder.
    (2.) Notice in writing shall be given by the licensing autho-
    rity to the licensee of its intention to hold any such inquiry
    as aforesaid, and the licensee shall be entitled to be present
    at the inquiry and to be represented thereat by counsel,
    solicitor, or agent.

MOTOR-OMNIBUS DRIVERS’ LICENSES.

11. (1.) Application for a motor-omnibus driver’s license
    may be made, in the form No. 5 in the Schedule hereto, to
    the licensing authority of the motor-omnibus district in
    which the rights to be conferred by the license are proposed
    to be exercised.
    (2.) Every person commits a breach of these regulations,
    and is liable to a fine of £10 who, in making application
    for a motor-omnibus driver’s license, wilfully fails to answer
    any question that he is required to answer for the purposes of
    that application, or who makes any answer that by reason of
    any statement therein or omission therefrom is false or mis-
    leading in any material particular.

12. Every application for a motor-omnibus driver’s license
    as aforesaid shall be accompanied by a medical certificate in
    the form No. 6 in the Schedule hereto.

13. (1.) Every motor-omnibus driver’s license issued under
    the said Act and these regulations shall be in the form
    No. 7 in the Schedule hereto.
    (2.) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause,
    a motor-omnibus driver’s license shall entitle the holder
    thereof to act as the driver of a motor-omnibus in the motor-
    omnibus district of the licensing authority that issued the
    license, but not in any other district.
    (3.) The licensing authority of any district may, on pro-
    duction to it of a motor-omnibus driver’s license issued by
    any other licensing authority, and on payment to it of a fee
    of 2s. 6d., endorse the license, and thereupon the licensee shall
    during the currency of the license be entitled to act as the
    driver of a motor-omnibus within the district of either of
    the said licensing authorities.

14. A motor-omnibus driver’s license shall not be issued
    to any person who is not the holder of a driver’s license issued
    under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, and if such last-men-
    tioned license is at any time suspended pursuant to the
    provisions of that Act, the license issued under these regula-
    tions shall forthwith be deemed to be cancelled.

15. (1.) If at any time it appears to the licensing authority
    appointed for the motor-omnibus district in which any person
    is licensed to drive a motor-omnibus that such person is, by
    reason of physical infirmity, or for other sufficient physical
    cause, unfit to be the holder of a motor-omnibus driver’s
    license, it may require the holder of the license forthwith to
    submit himself to a registered medical practitioner named by
    the licensing authority for medical examination, and if he
    fails so to do the licensing authority may forthwith cancel
    his motor-omnibus driver’s license.
    (2.) If in the opinion of the medical practitioner the licensee
    is not a proper person to be the holder of a motor-omnibus
    driver’s license, the licensing authority may forthwith cancel
    his license.

16. If for any reason other than physical unfitness, as pro-
    vided for in the last preceding clause, it appears to the licensing
    authority that the holder of a motor-omnibus driver’s license
    should not continue to be the holder of such license, it may
    require him to appear before the licensing authority, or before
    any officer or servant of the licensing authority, or other
    person appointed in that behalf by the licensing authority,
    to undergo such examination, or otherwise to show cause
    why his license should not be cancelled; and if he fails so to
    do, or to satisfy the licensing authority that he continues to
    be a fit and proper person to be the holder of a motor-omnibus
    driver’s license, the licensing authority may forthwith cancel
    his license.

17. The cancellation of a motor-omnibus driver’s license
    pursuant to the foregoing provisions of these regulations shall
    not disqualify the holder from making application for a new
    license in terms of the said Act and these regulations.

18. The holder of a motor-omnibus driver’s license shall,
    as and when required so to do by the licensing authority,
    produce his license for cancellation in accordance with the
    foregoing provisions of these regulations, and if he fails so to
    do he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.

19. 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 the licensing authority or by a
    local authority or any other person or body having control
    of any road or street in which such motor-omnibus may for
    the time being be, and if he refuses or fails so to do he shall
    be guilty of an offence against these regulations.

DUPLICATE LICENSES.

20. (1.) The licensing authority by which any license
    under these regulations has been issued may, on application
    by the licensee and on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., issue a
    duplicate of such license.
    (2.) Every duplicate of a license shall have the word
    “Duplicate” written or printed thereon.
    (3.) The production of the duplicate of a license shall be of
    the same effect as the production of the original license.

CONDITION OF LICENSED MOTOR-OMNIBUSES.

21. (1.) The owner of any licensed motor-omnibus shall
    at all times during the currency of the license issued in respect
    thereof keep the same in a safe and suitable condition for the
    carriage of passengers, to the satisfaction of an Inspecting
    Engineer appointed for the purposes of the said Act, and in
    accordance with any regulations that may hereafter be
    made and may for the time being be in force under the
    said Act in relation to the construction and condition
    of motor-omnibuses. The owner of any motor-omnibus
    shall submit the same to the Inspecting Engineer for
    examination whenever required so to do by the licensing
    authority or by the Inspecting Engineer; and shall not use
    the same for the carriage of passengers at any time while a
    certificate of the Inspecting Engineer is in force to the effect
    that it is not in a fit and proper condition for use.
    (2.) Every certificate given by an Inspecting Engineer to
    the effect that a motor-omnibus is not in a fit or proper
    condition to be used for the carriage of passengers, shall
    state clearly the grounds on which the certificate is based,
    and shall indicate the defects to be remedied to render the
    vehicle fit for use as a motor-omnibus.
    (3.) Suitable lockers, not more than two in number, con-
    taining two efficient jacks and other appliances necessary,
    in the opinion of an Inspecting Engineer, for cases of
    emergency, shall be provided in each motor-omnibus, and the
    owner of such motor-omnibus shall provide for the efficient
    tuition of the driver and conductor (if any) in the use of such
    jacks and appliances.
    (4.) After a date to be fixed in that behalf by the licensing
    authority, it shall not be lawful for any person to operate a
    motor-omnibus, or for the owner of any motor-omnibus to
    permit the same to be operated, unless the words “Licensed
    under the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926, to carry
    passengers” (stating the maximum number of passengers to
    be carried according to the terms of the license), are legibly
    painted or affixed in some permanent manner in a conspicuous
    part of the interior of the vehicle.

INSPECTION AFTER ACCIDENTS.

22. (1.) It shall not be lawful to use any motor-omnibus
    after the happening thereto of any accident of such a nature
    as to cause or be likely to cause any structural damage thereto,
    unless and until it has been resubmitted for inspection to an
    Inspecting Engineer, and the Inspecting Engineer has issued
    a fresh certificate to the effect that it is in a safe and suitable
    condition for the carriage of passengers.