A.D. 1952 3RD SCH. -cont.
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2. An application for the alteration of a charges scheme on the ground that the provision thereof for preventing the making by the Commission of unduly low charges is inadequate may be made to the Transport Tribunal under section seventy-nine of the Transport Act, 1947, by any body representative of relevant competitors of the 5 Commission, and, subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of this Schedule, the said section seventy-nine shall apply in relation to that application as it applies in relation to applications under subsection (1) of that section, except that the proviso to the said subsection (1) (which prevents the Tribunal from entertaining applications unless 10 certain conditions are complied with) shall not apply.
3. Where an application for the alteration of a charges scheme is made to the Transport Tribunal under section seventy-nine of the Transport Act, 1947, any body representative of relevant competitors of the Commission may, within the time and in the manner specified 15 for objections and representations under subsection (2) of that section, object to the alteration on the ground that it would cause the provision in the scheme for preventing the making by the Commission of unduly low charges to be inadequate and, subject to the provisions of para- graph 5 of this Schedule, the Tribunal shall hear that body with 20 respect to that objection as if it were an objection duly lodged by such a body or person as is specified in subsection (1) of that section.
4. Where the Transport Tribunal have been required by the Minister under section eighty of the Transport Act, 1947, to review the operation of any charges scheme, a representation on the ground that the pro- 25 vision in the scheme for preventing the making by the Commission of unduly low charges is inadequate may be lodged with the Tribunal by any body representative of relevant competitors of the Commission, and, subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of this Schedule, the said section eighty shall apply in relation to any such representation 30 as if it were a representation lodged by such a body as is mentioned in subsection (3) of that section.
5. Where an objection, application or representation is made under any of the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule, the Transport Tribunal shall not hear the body in question except as respects the 35 ground for the objection, application or representation mentioned in the paragraph in question.
6. In this Schedule any body representative of relevant competitors of the Commission" means any body representative of any class of persons providing for hire or reward services or facilities similar to or 40 comparable with the service or facilities to which the scheme relates or will relate.
7. Subsection (3) of section seventy-eight of the Transport Act, 1947, subsection (3) of section seventy-nine of that Act, and para- graph (a) of subsection (4) of section eighty of that Act shall cease 45 to have effect.
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