Amendoical of Third Schedule.
1st day of July, 1965, the registration mark may, at the option of the owner, be displayed in the shape shown in diagram No. 3, including the words "Public Vehicle".";
(e) by the deletion of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 4
and the substitution therefor of the following---
"(1) All the letters and figures must be three and one-half inches high, every part of every letter and figure must be five-eighths of an inch broad, and the total width of the space taken by every letter or figure, except in the case of the figure 1. must be two and one-half inches:
Provided that in the case of an omnibus or public car the owner of which has exercised the option to dis play the registration mark in the shape shown in diagram No. 3. the letters forming the words "Public Vehicle" must be one inch high, every part of every letter must be one-eighth of an inch broad and the total width of the space taken by every letter must be half an inch and all other letters and all figures must be three inches high. every part of every letter and figure must be three-eighths of an inch broad and the total width of the space taken by every letter or figure, except in the case of the figure 1. must be one and a half inches."; and
(f) by the deletion of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 7 and the
substitution therefor of the following-
*(1) The plate referred to in regulation 9A shall be in accordance with diagram No, 4 and shall be indelibly coloured white on a green surface.”,
15. The Third Schedule to the principal regulations is amended- (a) by the deletion, in item 3, of the comma and words
car or hire omnibus";
1.
public
(b) by the deletion, in item 15, of the word "Hire" and the sub-
stitution therefor of the following-
"Public";
(c) by the deletion, in item 15, of the figures "10" and the sub-
stitution therefor of the following-
"30": and
(d) by the deletion, in paragraph (c) of item 16, of the word "hire"
and the substitution therefor of the following-
"public".
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to hire cars,
16. Reference to hire cars in registration books and vehicle Construction licences (including duplicates thereof) issued under the principal regu- of references lations, and in the register of motor vehicles referred to in regulation 7 etc. of the principal regulations, shall be deemed to be references to public cars; and references to hire omnibuses in registration books and vehicle licences (including duplicates thereof) issued under the principal regula- tions, and in the aforesaid register, shall be deemed to be references to public omnibuscs.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
25th August, 1964.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
Explanatory Note.
(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport),
The principal purpose of these regulations is, by regulations 2, 3 and 7, to amend the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, 1956, the principal regulations, consequential on the enactment of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance, 1964. By regulations 14 and 15, the Second and Third Schedules to the principal regulations are amended for this purposs and to enable the public omnibuses and public cars to exhibit their registration marks in the same form and size as other vehicles but in the present colours, white upon red, the option being left to the owners of public omnibuses and public care already registered to retain the present sies and registration mark and the words "public vehicle" which are no longer otherwise necessary. At the same time, the annual licence fees for public cars, including the cars hitherto known as hire cars, are increased.
2. The opportunity has been taken to make a number of other minor amendments to the principal regulations-
(a) by regulation 4, regulation 14 of the principal regulations is amended
by the deletion of the words which are now superfluous;
(b) by regulations 5, 6 and 11 clerical errors in regulations 15, 18 and 39
respectively of the principal regulations are corrected;
(c) by regulation 8, regulation 32 of the principal regulations is amended to enable a vehicle to be lawfully used white bearing a trade plate between the hours of sunset and sunrise, and to require a form of authority, signed by or on behalf of the holder of the trade licence, to be carried on a vehicle at all times when it is being used under a trade plate:
(d) by regulations 9 and 10, regulations 36(1) and 37 of the principal regu- lations are replaced by provisions ensuring, as in the case of motor vehicle licences, that where a licence for less than a year is issued in respect of a rickshaw, sedan chair, tricycle or trailer the annual licence fee shall be reduced accordingly, and providing the manner by which the duration of any such licence is calculated, being the same as in the case of motor vehicle licences)
(e) by regulation 12. regulation 40 of the principal regulations, the effect
of which is speat, is revoked;
() by regulation 13, regulation 41 of the principal regulations is amended consequential on the replacement of the Vehicle and Road Traffic Ordinance, Cap. 220 by the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1957. (Secretariat GR33/3231/54U)