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First Column. Second Column.

Item No.

Citation.

Council Chamber,

6th June 1967.

Third Colun.

Manner Amended.

Regulations 24 and 25-

by deleting "af Police", wherever it occurs, and substituting therefor the following-

"for Trisport",

Clerk Councils

COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (TRANSFER OF POWERS) ORDINANCE 1967,

(No. 30 of 1967).

COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (TRANSFER OF POWERS) ORDINANCE (COMMENCEMENT) NOTICE 1967.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section I of the Com- missioner for Transport (Transfer of Powers) Ordinance 1967, the Governor hereby appoints the 9th day of June 1967 as the day on which the said Ordinages shall come into operation.

By Command,

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 transfer to and confer upon the Commissioner for Transport (hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner) certain powers, functions and duties under the various regulations mentioned in the second column of the Schedule.

2. Item 1 in the Schedule makes the Commissioner the authority to approve time tables under the Ferries Regulations and makes the opinion of the Commissioner of the same force as that of the Director of Marine for the purposes of regulation 15(g) relating to any wilful delay in or my wilful failure of a ferry service. The item alio nenends regulation 53 so as to replace the Director of Marine by the Commissioner as the officer who may make representations to the Governor in Council on the adequacy of the ferry service.

3. The effect of the new definition of "Commissioner" Inserted in the Road Traffic Ordinance by the Commissioner for Transport (Fransfer of Powers) Ordinance 1967 a that the meaning of that term will be changed wherever it occurs in all subsidiary legislation under the former Ordinance. There are certain exceptional cases where it is proposed that the Commissioner of Police, instead of the Commissioner for Transpori, should contique to sol and special amendments for this purpose are com tained in items 2 and 5. Under item 2 the Commissioner of Police will retain certain rights to remove and detain vehicles and under item 5 he will retain certain functions concerning the removal of vehicles. The other amendments made in those items and in the other items in the Schedule are in line with the amendments made by the Commissioner for Transport (Transfer of Powers) Ordinance 1967.

(Secretariat GR 1/2781/634)

1st June 1967.

(Secretariat GR 1/2781/67)

1. Aming Grass

Colonial Secretary.