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ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. (Chapter 220).

ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) (NO, 2) REGULATIONS 1969.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Road Traffic Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the follow- ing regulations

L. These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Registration and Liceosing of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1969 and shall come into operation immediately after the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1969.

2. Regulation 17 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following paragraphs-

"(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (3) and to regulations 17B and 17D the Commissioner may cancel the registration of any motor vehick which is registered as-

(a) a public or private omnibus;

(5) a private car:

(c) a public car:

(d) a taxi; or

(e) a goods vehicle,

if the vehicle-

(i) was so registered before the coming into operation

of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1969; and

(ii) is a light bus.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), the Commissioner, in determining whether a motor vehicle is a light bus shall have regard to the design, type, manufacture and model of the vehicle and to any approval given by him under para- graph (2) of regulation 138 of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use) Regulations in respect of any other motor vehicle of a similar design, type, manufacture or model.".

Citation and commence-

ment.

(LN. KO)

Amendment of

regulation 17.

10cp, 320, rubs Pep.)