Amendments of the Commonwealth Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1971 No. 7

Regulations under the Commonwealth Motor Omnibus Services

Ordinance 1955-1970.*

1 R A L P H , hereby m a k e the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Motor

J A M E S D U N N E T H U N T , the Minister of State for the Interior,

Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955-1970.

Dated this eighteenth day of October, 1971.

R A L P H J. H U N T

Minister of State for the Interior.

A M E N D M E N T S OF THE C O M M O N W E A L T H MOTOR O M N I B U S FARES REGULATIONS!

1 . These Regulations shall come into operat ion on the first day of November ,

1971.

2. Regulation 6 of the Commonweal th Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations is

amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words "Two cents" and inserting in their stead the words " Five cents ";

(Z>) by omitting from sub-regulation (4 . ) the words " T w o c e n t s " and

inserting in their stead the words " Five cents ";

( c ) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulat ion:—

" (5 . ) Where , on an application made for the purpose by the father, mother or guardian of a schoolchild, the Minister is satisfied that payment of fares in accordance with either of the last two preceding sub-regulations has caused hardship to the applicant, the Minister may direct that a refund be made to the applicant of the fares, or a specified par t of the fares, so paid by the schoolchild, and a refund shall be made to the applicant accordingly.".

Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 22 October 1971.

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

No. II.