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No. 129.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under Section 3 (9) of the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 40 of 1912, as amended by the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1921, Ordinance No. 4 of 1921, this Ist day of April, 1921.
1. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant by licence to any person whose tender is accepted the exclusive right of maintaining services of public motor vehicles within such portions of the Colony as may be defined in such licence subject to the regulations hereafter mentioned.
2. No licence for the exclusive right of maintaining any service of public motor vehicles shall be granted unless it has been put up to public tender.
3. Subject to these regulations the term for which any such licence shall be granted shall be such period as may be stated in the notice inviting tenders.
open.
4. The notice inviting tenders shall state whether the tenders shall be sealed or
5. Every tender shall state the monthly fee offered by the tenderer.
6. No tender shall offer any promise or other consideration for the licence other than the monthly fee.
7. A deposit of $1,000 shall be made to the Colonial Treasurer before sending in any tender and the receipt therefor shall be attached to such tender.
8. The Governor in Council shall not be bound to accept the highest or any tender.
9. The deposit shall be returned to every unsuccessful tenderer after notice of the non-acceptance of the tender shall have been posted to him,
10. In the case of a successful tender the deposit shall not be returned until the tenderer shall have furnished such security to the value of $1,000 as may be required by the Colonial Secretary for the compliance by the licensee with all his obligations under these regulations.
11. Such security shall be furnished within 14 days after the posting to the success- ful tenderer at the address stated in his tender of a notice of acceptance of his tender.
12. No security given under these regulations shall be released by any variation of the terms of the contract between the Governor in Council and the licensee, or by any extension of time granted for any purpose by the Governor in Council to the licensee.
Obligations of Licensee.
13. The licensee shall provide and commence to run for the use of the public by the date specified in the accepted tender an efficient service of motor vehicles of such number, dimensions, capacity, weight, speed, power and design and otherwise in all respects as shall be specified in such tender or as may otherwise be agreed upon, provided that such service shall not commence until certified by the Director of Public Works as fit for operation.
14. If during the term of the licence it shall be necessary in the opinion of the Governor in Council to increase the number of motor vehicles on any existing route or to substitute other motor vehicles for any which may have become unsuitable the licensee shall within such time as may seem fit to the Governor in Council provide additional or substituted motor vehicles of such number, dimensions, capacity, weight, speed, power and design as the Governor in Council may approve,