Motor Omnibus Services (Amendment) Act (No 2) 1985 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Motor Omnibus Services (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1985

No. 54 of 1985

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 26 September 1985.

J. A. ROWLAND

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance (No. 2) 1955.

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Motor Omnibus Services (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1985.¹

Principal Ordinance

2.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955.²

Interpretation

3.  Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by inserting after the definition of “Director” in sub-section (1) the following definition:

“ ‘holiday’ means a day that is, pursuant to the Holidays Ordinance 1958, to be observed as a public holiday in the Territory;”; and

(b)by inserting after the definition of “ ‘motor omnibus’ or ‘omnibus’” in sub-section (1) the following definition:

“ ‘peak-period journey’ means a journey commencing not later than 9 a.m. on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday;”.

Daily tickets

4.  Section 4BA of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-section (4) “at any time”; and

(b)by inserting in sub-section (4) “on a journey (not being a peak-period journey) on that omnibus” after “travel”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 October 1985.

2. No. 12, 1955 as amended by No. 21, 1959; No. 21, 1964; No. 19, 1966; No. 36, 1967; No. 42, 1970; No. 32, 1972; No. 52, 1973; No. 11, 1974; No. 42, 1975; No. 41, 1976; Nos. 2 and 25, 1977; No. 22, 1978; Nos. 17, 25 and 44, 1981; No. 13, 1983.