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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

(d) Time-tables or frequency of the proposed service, if the service is intended to be of a regular nature :
(e) The charges proposed to be made for the carriage of goods :
(f) The goods transport of any kind, whether by land or water, already provided in respect of the localities to be served :
(g) The requirements of such localities in respect of goods transport :
(h) The vehicles proposed to be used in connection with the service :
(i) The conditions of roads and streets to be traversed on the route or routes, and any restrictions of load or speed, or other lawful restrictions affecting vehicles of the type or class proposed to be used, including restrictions arising out of the classification of roads and streets under section 166 of the Public Works Act, 1928 :
(j) Any evidence and representations received by it at the public sitting, and any representations otherwise made by the Minister of Railways, local authorities, or other public bodies, or any persons carrying on goods transport of any kind (whether by land or water) likely to be affected, and any representations contained in any petition presented to it signed by not fewer than twenty-five adult residents of any locality proposed to be served :
Provided that before taking into consideration any adverse representations made otherwise than at the public sitting the Licensing Authority shall give the applicant and all other persons likely to be affected a reasonable opportunity to reply to such representations.

Clause 7 (Section 15 of 1936 Act).

Except with the previous written consent of the Minister of Railways, no license shall be granted to any person other than that Minister for a goods-service having substantially the same terminal points and route as any goods-service for which the said Minister is for the time being the holder of a license :
Provided that nothing in the foregoing provisions of this clause shall be deemed to apply with respect to any renewal of a license that does not authorize any extension of the service to which the license relates.

Clause 8 (Section 28 of 1931 Act).

Save as otherwise provided in clause 7 hereof, and subject to appeal as hereinafter provided, the Licensing Authority may, after duly considering an application therefor, grant or refuse a goods-service license.

Clause 9 (Section 35 of 1931 Act).

(1) Every application for the renewal of a goods-service license shall be made in the prescribed form to the proper Licensing Authority not less than fourteen days before the day on which such license expires. Every such application shall be forwarded through the Commissioner unless the Minister otherwise directs.
(2) Every application for the renewal of a goods-service license shall be made to the Licensing Authority within whose jurisdiction the service is being carried on at the date of the application, but if the occasion so requires, shall be transmitted to and dealt with by the Licensing Authority within whose jurisdiction the service will be carried on if the license is renewed.
(3) No person shall be entitled as of right to a renewal of a goods-service license, and, in considering any application for renewal, the Licensing Authority shall, subject to the provisions of clause 10 hereof, take into account all that a Licensing Authority is directed by clause 6 hereof to take into account in considering an original application for a license.
(4) The renewal of any license shall take effect for a period of not more than three years from the expiry of the license in renewal of which it is granted, but any such renewal may be granted in advance to take effect as aforesaid.

Clause 10 (Section 6 of 1936 Act).

(1) On receiving an application in accordance with any of these provisions for the renewal, transfer, or amendment of a goods-service license, or for consent to the abandonment or curtailment of a goods-service, the Licensing Authority shall give public notice of the receipt of the application, specifying in the notice a time, being not less than seven clear days from the date of the notice, within which it will receive written representations against the granting of the application.
(2) The public notice shall specify the address to which representations are to be forwarded, and shall contain a statement to the effect that if no written representations against the granting of the application are received within the specified time the application may be granted without further notice and without a public sitting of the Licensing Authority.
(3) If no written representations against the granting of the application are received by the Licensing Authority within the time specified in the public notice the Licensing Authority may, if it thinks fit, without giving any further notice or holding a public sitting, grant the application in accordance with the terms thereof, without substantial alteration.
(4) If any written representation against the granting of the application is received by the Licensing Authority within the time specified in the public notice, or if in any other case the Licensing Authority decides not to grant the application under the last preceding subclause, the provisions of clause 5 hereof shall apply to the application as if it were an application for a new license.

Clause 11 (Section 29 of 1931 Act).

Every goods-service license shall be—
(1) A continuous license—meaning thereby a license in respect of a service to be carried on throughout the year, whether daily or on specified days of every week, or otherwise at intervals not exceeding one month, or a license in respect of special events recurring at intervals during the year ; or