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Amend- ment of regula- tion 39.

Amend-

ment of Third Schedule.

3. Regulation 39 of the principal regulations is amended by the addition at the end thereof of the following new paragraph-

"(3) The provisions of regulation 22 shall apply to a licence issued in respect of a rickshaw, a sedan chair, a tricycle, a trailer and to the owner of any such vehicle except that the fee for a duplicate of a licence in respect of any such vehicle shall be one dollar."

4. Item I of the Third Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by the deletion of the full stop at the end thereof and the substitution therefor of a semicolon and by the addition at the end thereof of the following-

"up to a maximum total annual fee of

2,500

rst July".

Clerk of Councils.

VEHICLE AND ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. (Chapter 220),

VEHICLE and Road Traffic (Driving LICENCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1957.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3B of the Vehicle and Road Traffic Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations

1. These regulations may be cited as the Vebicle and Road Citation. Traffic (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1957.

2. Regulation 11 of the Vehicle and Road Traffic (Driving Amend- Licences) Regulations, 1956, is amended by the deletion in went of

regula- paragraph (2) of the words "or goods vehicle" and the substitution tion 11. therefor of the following-

(G.N.A.

88/56).

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a goods vehicle of a weight unladen exceeding 35 cwt. or an omnibus”.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

5th March, 1957-

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

The purpose of these regulations is to give the Commissioner of Police power to regulate the number and condition of working of taxis and public care, pending the drafting of detailed regulations dealing with such matters, and in replacement of the very wide powers formerly contained in regulation 2 of the Vehicle and Road Traffic Regulations, which wae rescinded with effect from the 21st September, 1956. The opportunity has been taken, by regulation 3, to provide for the issue of duplicate licences for rickshawa, sedan chairs, tricycles and trailers. By regulation 4, the annual licence fee for a gooda vehicle is limited to a maximum of $2,500.

(Secretariat GR47/3231/55)

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

5th March, 1957.

MAILIGE

Clerk of Councils.