Amendment
of regula. tion 9A.
Amendment
of regula-
tion 12.
5.
Regulation 9A of the principal regulations is amended by the deletion in paragraphs (1) and (3) of the words "public car" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"hire car".
6. Regulation 12 of the principal regulations is amended by the addition at the end thereof of the following-
"(3) No fee shall be charged for any action by the Commis- sioner in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2).”.
Amendinent of reguda-
7.
Gion 17.
(a)
Regulation 17 of the principal regulations is amended-
by the deletion of paragraph (1) and the substitution therefor of the following-
"(1) Any registered owner who wishes to have licensed
a motor vehicle of which he is the registered owner shall deliver to the Commissioner an application for licensing in such form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner and the registration book in respect of the vehicle and shall pay to the Commissioner in respect of an application for a licence for-
Third Schedule.
Fourth Schedule.
(a) three years, three times the appropriate fee set forth in the third column of the Third Schedule;
or
(b) twelve months, the appropriate fee set forth in
that column of that Schedule; or
(c) less than twelve months, the appropriate part of such fee calculated in accordance with the table set forth in the first part of the Fourth Schedule."; and
(8) by the deletion of paragraph (4) and the substitution therefor
of the following—
"(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), any registered owner who wishes to have licensed for use only in Lantau a motor vehicle of which he is the registered owner may deliver to the Commissioner an application for licensing in such form as shall be prescribed by the Com- missioner and the registration book in respect of the vehicle and may pay to the Commissioner one quarter of the fee which would have been paid on an application made under paragraph (1) and the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall apply to any application made under this paragraph and to any fee payable thereunder.”.
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Regulation 18 of the principul regulations is amended-
Amendment of regula-
6.
(a) by the deletion of paragraph (1) and the substitution therefor tion 18.
of the following-
"(1) Upon receipt of an application for the licensing of a motor vehicle, together with the registration book and the appropriate fee the Commissioner, if he is satisfied with the particulars contained in the application, subject to the provisions of regulation 24, shall license the motor vehicle for such period as is stipulated in the application calculated from the first day of the month in which the application was delivered to him:
Provided that the Commissioner in his absolute discre- tion may refuse to license any motor vehicle for any period less than twelve months."; and
(b) by the addition at the end thereof of the following-
*(5) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (1) the Commissioner, in his absolute discretion, on receipt, during the year 1960, of an application for licensing of a motor vehicle for a period of twelve months, may-
(a) license the motor vehicle for a period of six months or & period of nine months and in such case he shall forthwith return to the registered owner of the motor vehicle the excess fee; or
(b) require the registered owner of the motor vehicle to pay an additional fee of 25 per cent of the licence fee for a period of twelve months and on payment thereof he shall license the motor vehicle for a period of fifteen months.".
Regulation 19 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion of the provise to paragraph (2) and the substitution therefor of of regula the following-
"Provided that
(a) no omnibus shall be licensed to carry passengers on the upper deck in excess of the seating capacity of such upper deck:
(6) subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) no omnibus shall be licensed to carry on the lower deck or only deck a number of passengers more than one third of the seating capacity of the lower deck in excess of such seating capacity; and
(c) a single-decked omnibus (not being a half-decked omnibus) specially constructed or adapted to the satisfaction of the Com. missioner for the carriage of a number of standing passengers in excess of one third of the seating capacity of the vehicle may be licensed as a public omnibus, to be used solely in connexion
tien 19.