Motor-omnibus Regulations




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3501

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1926.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926.

Regulations under the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926,
relating to the Design, Construction, and Condition of Motor-
omnibuses.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day
of December, 1926.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by section eighteen of the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act,
1926 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excel-
lency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following
regulations.

REGULATIONS.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

  1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Motor-omnibus
    (Constructional) Regulations, 1926.

  2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
    requires,—

“Body” includes all that portion of a motor-omnibus
designed to seat the passengers, driver, and con-
ductor (if any), and to protect them from the
weather :

“Chassis” includes all that portion of a motor-omnibus,
exclusive of the body and body fittings :

“Seat” includes a single seat or a row of seats adjoining
one another, whether divided by sides or not ;

“Wheel-track” means the distance between the centres
of the off-side and near-side wheels of a pair of
wheels, and, when a pair of wheels consists of twin
wheels on the off-side and twin wheels on the near
side, means the distance from the centre of the
off-side twin wheels to the centre of the near-side
twin wheels :

“Continuous-cross-seat omnibus” means a motor-
omnibus which is fitted with seats the greater
number of which cross the full width of the body
and from which for at least every other row of
seats a doorway is provided.

  1. Every motor-omnibus licensed under the said Act at
    any time before the 1st day of August, 1927, shall, after the
    31st day of May, 1927, or the date of the license, whichever
    date is the later, comply with the conditions and requirements
    contained in Part I of these regulations.

  2. Every motor-omnibus first licensed under the said Act
    after the said 1st day of August, 1927, shall comply with all
    the conditions and requirements of these regulations (whether
    contained in Part I or in Part II hereof).

  3. (1.) The Minister of Public Works may in special cir-
    cumstances, and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit
    to impose, grant exemption in respect of any motor-omnibus
    from the provisions of any of these regulations.

(2.) Application for such exemption shall in every case be
made by the owner (or intending owner) of the omnibus to
an Inspecting Engineer of a Motor-omnibus District within
which the omnibus is operating or proposes to operate, and
shall state fully the grounds on which exemption is sought.
The application shall state the name of the maker or makers
of the omnibus, the chassis number, the engine number, the
seating-capacity, the registration number under the Motor-
vehicles Act, 1924, and any further particulars that the
Inspecting Engineer may require.



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🚂 Regulations under the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 December 1926
Motor-omnibus, Construction, Design, Regulations, Licensing
  • Charles Fergusson, Governor-General
  • The Honourable W. Downie Stewart, Presiding in Council