JULY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

REGULATION 9.—INTERRUPTIONS IN SERVICE.

All interruptions of a passenger-service which are likely to continue for more than twenty-four hours shall be promptly reported by the licensee in writing to the Licensing Authority by which the relative license was granted, and shall be publicly notified by the licensee at least once in a newspaper circulating in the district served. Both notifications shall fully explain the cause of the interruption and state its probable duration.

REGULATION 10.—CERTIFICATES OF FITNESS AND PERMITS.

(1) Every application for a certificate of fitness or permit in respect of a passenger-service vehicle shall be made in duplicate to the Commissioner in form T.L. 10 or T.L. 11 respectively and shall be accompanied by the respective fee.

(2) Every certificate of fitness for a passenger-service vehicle shall be issued in form T.L. 12.

(3) Every permit shall be issued, if for a period not exceeding one month in form T.L. 13A, if for a period exceeding one month in form T.L. 13B : Provided that a permit temporarily issued as a substitute for a certificate of fitness as the result of an application for the latter shall be issued in form T.L. 13C.

(4) The holder thereof shall cause every certificate of fitness or permit for the time being in force in respect of any passenger-service vehicle to be displayed thereon in a conspicuous place at all times while the vehicle is in use, and to be kept in good and legible condition to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

(5) When a vehicle in respect of which a certificate of fitness or a permit has been issued and is in force is purchased or otherwise acquired by a person who proposes to use it as a passenger-service vehicle, such person shall, within seven days thereafter, notify to the Commissioner, in form T.L. 14, the fact of such acquisition, the name and address of the previous owner, and particulars as to the other matters set out in the said form.

REGULATION 11.—REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATES OF FITNESS AND PERMITS.

(1) Any permit may at any time by notice in writing to the holder, but without any previous notice, be revoked by the Commissioner or an Inspector.

(2) Upon receiving notice of the revocation in terms of the said Act or these regulations of a certificate of fitness, or permit, for any passenger-service vehicle, the holder shall immediately forward the revoked certificate or permit to the Commissioner of Transport.

(3) Upon receiving notice of the suspension of the certificate of fitness for any vehicle the holder shall immediately forward the suspended certificate to the Inspector who suspended the certificate ; but, unless the suspension is followed by revocation, the certificate shall be returned to the holder immediately the period of suspension expires.

(4) It shall be lawful for an Inspector to remove and take possession of any revoked or suspended certificate of fitness or revoked permit attached to a vehicle.

(5) The revocation or suspension of a certificate of fitness shall be in form T.L. 15.

(6) A permit temporarily issued in form T.L. 13C shall on the issue of a certificate of fitness for the same vehicle be deemed without notice to the holder to be revoked and the holder shall forthwith forward the same to the Commissioner of Transport.

REGULATION 12.—EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS.

(1) The following classes of passenger-service vehicles are hereby exempted from the requirements of section 38 of the said Act as to a certificate of fitness being in force with respect to such vehicles while the same are used in connection with a passenger-service :-

(a) Any passenger-service vehicle used as such solely for the carriage to or from school of school-children with or without their teachers.

(b) Any passenger-service vehicle which is both-

(i) Licensed pursuant to a by-law of a local authority made for the licensing or regulating of vehicles plying or otherwise available for hire for the carriage of passengers: and is

(ii) For the time being used in the course of a passenger-service carried on pursuant to a temporary license issued under the said Act.

REGULATION 13.—INSPECTION AFTER ACCIDENTS.

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to use a vehicle for the purposes of a passenger-service 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 is has been re-submitted for inspection to an Inspector.

(2) In addition to the notice required by section 50 of the said Act to be given to the Commissioner, the licensee shall forthwith give to the Commissioner notice of every accident of such a nature as to cause or be likely to cause structural damage to any passenger-service vehicle.

REGULATION 14.—CONDITION OF PASSENGER-SERVICE VEHICLES.

(1) The owner of any passenger-service vehicle shall at all times while such vehicle is in use keep the same in a safe and suitable condition for the carriage of passengers, 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 passenger-service vehicles.

(2) The owner of any passenger-service vehicle shall submit the same to an Inspector for examination whenever required so to do by the Commissioner, the Licensing Authority, or an Inspector, and shall not use the same or permit the same to be used for the carriage of passengers at any time while the certificate is revoked by the Commissioner or suspended by the Commissioner or an Inspector.