Amendments of the Commonwealth Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1973 No. 8

Regulations under the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance

1955-1973.*

I, G O R D O N M U N R O B R Y A N T , the Minister of State for the Capital Terr i tory,

hereby make the following Regulat ions under the Motor Omnibus	Services
Ordinance	1955-1973.

Dated this nineteenth day of December , 1973.

G O R D O N M . B R Y A N T

Minister of State for the Capital Terri tory.

A M E N D M E N T S O F T H E C O M M O N W E A L T H M O T O R O M N I B U S F A R E S R E G U L A T I O N S t

1. Regulation 1 of the Commonwea l th Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations is

amended by omitt ing the word " Commonwea l th ".

2. Regulat ion 3 of the Commonwea l th Moto r Omnibus Fares Regulations is

a m e n d e d —

(a)	by omitting from paragraph (a) of the definition of " holiday " the words " of the Commonwea l th ";
( b )	by omitt ing the definition of " inspector ";
( c )	by inserting after the definition of " j o u r n e y " the following

definit ion:—

" ' pensioner '	m e a n s —
(a)	a person who is in receipt of an age or invalid pension or a wife's allowance under Par t III , or a widow's pension under Par t IV, of the Social Services Act 1947-1973;
(b)	a person who is in receipt of a widow's pension under
the Repatriation Act 1920-1973, the Repatriation {Far
East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956-1973 o r the Repatria­

N o . 7 .

tion {Special Overseas Service) Act 1962-1973; and

(c)	a person who is in receipt of a service pension under
Par t I I I of the Repatriation Act 1920-1973 or by virtue
of the operat ion of sub-section 7 (2 ) of the Repatriation

{Special Overseas Service) Act 1962-1973;" ; and

(d) by omitting from the definition of " the Transport Manager" the words " Facilities Branch of the Depar tment of the I n t e r i o r " and substituting the words " Commercial and Transpor t Operations Branch of the Depar tment of the Capital Terr i tory ".

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 19 December 1973.

t Regulations 1964, N o . 7, as amended by 1966, N o . 5; 1967, N o . 1; 1970, N o . 11: and 1971,

3. Regulat ion 5 of the Commonwea l th Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations is

amended by omit t ing from sub-regulation (1 ) the word " Commonweal th ".

4. Regulat ion 9 of the Commonwea l th Moto r Omnibus Fares Regulations is amended by omitt ing sub-regulation (1 ) and substituting the following sub- regu la t ion :—

" (1 ) Subject to this regulation, the fare to be charged in respect of a journey by a person who is a pensioner, being a person to w h o m the full fare would, but for this sub-regulation, be applicable, i s —

(a ) F ive cents in respect of a journey of less than six sections; and

(b ) Ten cents in respect of a journey of six or more sections,

plus, if the journey is a journey referred to in sub-regulation 5 (3 ) or 5 ( 4 ) ,

Five	cents." .
5. Regulation 10 of the Commonwea l th Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations
is	a m e n d e d —

(a)	by omitting paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub-regulation (1) and sub­
stituting the following p a r a g r a p h s : —
" ( b ) a person w h o is an incapacitated re turned soldier;

(c) a blind person and, where the blind person is accompanied

by an at tendant, the a t tendant ; o r

(d) a member of the Police Force of the Territory, or a person

employed in the Transpor t Section of the Commercia l and Transpor t Operat ions Branch of the Depar tment of the Capital Terr i tory, while travelling on duty or between his home and a place where he performs duty for the purpose of commencing, or immediately after completing, duty."; and

(b ) by inserting in sub-regulation ( 3 ) , after the word " p e n s i o n " , the

words ", under the Repatriation Act 1920-1973, the Repatriation

(Special Overseas Service) Act 1962-1973 or the Repatriation (Far

East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956-1973," .

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