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Amendment of Third Schedule.
Addition of
Fifth Schedule.
Offences against Part IIA
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months from the date of the sale or disposal, unless the surplus is previously claimed by the person who was the registered owner of the vehicle immediately prior to the date of the sale or disposal.
291. Any person who-
(a) being the registered owner of a vehicle, fails to comply with a notice served on him under paragraph (2) of regulation 29D;
(b) wilfully and without reasonable excuse dis- obeys an order given to him by a police officer under sub-paragraph (2) or (b) of paragraph (3) of regulation 29E; or
(c) wilfully obstructs a public officer who is exercising a power or performing a duty conferred or imposed on the public officer under this Part, or a person who is lawfully assisting the public officer in the exercise of such power or the performance of such duty,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and 10 imprisonment for six months.”.
14. The principal regulations are amended in the Third Schedule by deleting item 16 and substituting the following-
**16.
17.
Public light buses
Private light buses
3,000
480".
15. The principal regulations are amended by adding after the Fourth Schedule the following new Schedule-
2.
"FIFTH SCHEDULE.
OFFENCES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE REGISTRATION
OF A PUBLIC OMNIBUS, PUBLIC LIGHT BUS, PUBLIC
CAR OB TAXI IS LIABLE TO CANCELLATION.
[reg 17B.J
Section 8, subsection (2) of section 9, section 25, subsection (2) or (4) of section 27, subsection (2) of section 29 or section 33 of the Ordinance.
Regulation 137(2) or (3) of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use) Regulations.
3. Regulation 3(2) or (2A) of the Road Traffic (Parking and Waiting)
Regulations.
4.
Regulation 7 of the Road Traffic (Public Omnibus, Public Light Bus and Public Car) Regulations.
5.
6.
Regulation 29(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (68) of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations.
Regulation 8 of the Road Traffic (Roads and Signs) Regulations in relation to traffic signs diagram numbers 34, 35, 53, 54, 55, 56, ST or 58 in the Schedule to the regulations.
7. Paragraph (1) of regulation 34 of the Road Traffic (Tears-
Omnibuses and Public Cars) Begehrtions.
8. Section 4 of the Motor Vehicles Ipaufance (Third Party Risks
Ordinance.".
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
8th July 1969,
Clerk of Councils.
Explanatory Note.
(This More is not part of the regulations, but is intended so indicate their general purport).
The main purpose of these regulations is to make provision for
the registration and licensing of public and private light buses which are two new classes of motor vehicle created by the Ordinance.
芯 Regulation 3 revokes and replaces regulation 13 of the principal regulations. The new regulation 13 requires the person transferring the ownership of a motor vehicle to another person to notify the Commissioner for Transport of the transfer. The new owner of the vehicle is required to deliver to the Commissioner for Transport a notice of transfer of owner- ship, and the registration book. A new offence is created in respect of persons who make false or misleading statements for the purpose of pro- curing alterations in the register of motor vehicles or in a motor vehicle registration book.
3. By regulation 4, which revokes and replaces regulation 17 of the principal regulations, the Commissioner for Transport is empowered to refuse to register motor vehicles upon certain specified grounds. He is also required to refuse to register a motor vehicle if the total number of vehicles registered within the class in respect of which application bas been made to register the vehicle is equal to or exceeds the total number of motor vehicles that may be rogistered within that class. The Commiş- sioner may cancel the registration of any motor vehicle upon specified grounds.
4. New regulations 17A, 178, 170, 170, 178 and 17F are inserted in the principal regulations by regulation 5. These empower the Commis- sioner for Transport to refuse applications for the registration of motor vehicles as public omnibuses, public light buses, public cars or taxis. He may also refuse to register any such motor vehicle until appropriate condi- Gions precedent to the registration have been complied with. An applica- tion to register a public light bus may be refused if the owner of the vehicle is not an cligible person. A definition of "eligible person" is included. The Commissioner for Transport is empowered by new regula- tion 178 to cancel the registration of public omnibuses, public light buses, public cars and taxis upon specified grounds. Under the new regulation
17D if a person is found guilty by a court of the use of a motor vehicle