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(G.NA. 89/36).

Area limitations for taxis.

First

Schedule.

Conditions

of issue of A vehicle

licence.

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(2) On any such revocation, the Authority shall serve by registered post, addressed to the last known address of the registered owner, notice in writing of such revocation and on the posting of such notice, the vehicle licence which has been revoked shall thereupon become null and void and of no effect:

Provided that on any such revocation the Authority may make a refund of a portion of the fee paid for the vehicle licence as if the vehicle licence had been surrendered to him, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 13 of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, 1956.

7. (1) On the issue of a vehicle licence in respect of a motor vehicle as a taxi, the Authority shall designate the vehicle as-

(a) a Hong Kong taxi;

(6) a Kowloon taxi; or

(c) a New Territories taxi.

and shall endorse the vehicle licence, in English and in Chinese characters, with such designation and may at any time thereafter aller or amend such designation.

(2) No person as registered owner or as driver shall cause or permit a taxi to stand or to ply for hire or to be available for hire in any area or place other than in an area or place shown in the third column of the First Schedule opposite the designation of that taxi shown in the second column of that Schedule or in contravention of the provisions of that Schedule.

(3) No person as registered owner or as driver shall use or cause or permit to be used a tax for the carriage of a passenger from any place where that taxi is not permitted to stand or ply for hire to any other place whether in that area or in another area.

(4) Nothing in this regulation shall prevent a taxi from being used for the carriage of a passenger to a destination in an area where that taxi is not permitted to stand or ply for hire or to be available for hire if the taxi was hired in an area or at place where it is so permitted.

*. On the issue of a vehicle licence in respect of a motor vehicle as a taxi, as a public omnibus or as a public car or at any time during which the vehicle licence is valid, the Authority may impose such con- ditions as he shall consider necessary as to-

(4) in the case of a taxi, the place at which or from which the

taxi sball stand or ply for hire;

(b) in the case of a public omnibus or a public car, the place

where the vehicle shall be available for hire;

(c) the colour of the vehicle;

(d) in the case of a taxi, the badge or other means of identifica- tion which shall be supplied by the person to whom the vehicle licence is issued to the driver of the taxi and the display thereof by the driver; and

(e) in the case of a taxi, the exhibition of a plate or an inscription showing the designation of the taxi in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7 and whether the vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle is endorsed in accordance with the pro- visions of regulations 9, in such manner as the Authority shall consider necessary.

9. (1) On the issue of a vehicle licence in respect of a motor Reserved vehicle as a taxi or at any time thereafter the Authority on the applica, taxi stands. tion of the owner of the motor vehicle and on payment of an additional licence fee of one hundred dollars for each year of the licence or a proportionate part of such fee calculated in accordance with the pro- visions of the first part of the Fourth Schedule to the Road Traffic (GNA. (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, 1956, may endorse 89/56),

the vehicle licence with the words "PERMITTED TO USE RE-

SERVED TAXI STANDS” in English and the characters "TLAKE 之計程汽車停車 and at any time thereafter may cancel any such

designation without refund of such fee or any part thereof.

(2) Any taxi the vehicle licence in respect of which is endorsed

in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) may stand or ply

for hire or be available for bire in a reserved taxi stand.

(3) No person as registered owner or as driver shall cause or permit a taxi to stand or ply for hire or to be available for hire in a reserved taxi stand unless the vehicle licence in respect of the taxi is endorsed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1).

10. The powers and duties conferred on the Authority by regula. Transfer tions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 shall apply on the transfer of the ownership of a motor vehicle registered as a taxi, as a public omnibus or as a public car as if the person to whom the ownership of the motor vehicle has been transferred was applying for the issue to him of a vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle.

11. No fee shall be charged for the endorsement of a vehicle Saving of licence in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7 or for the fees. kmendment or cancellation of any endorsement made in accordance with the provisions of that regulation or of regulation 9.