Motor Omnibus Services (Amendment) Act (No 3) 1981 (ACT)

Motor Omnibus Services (Amendment)

Ordinance (No. 3) 1981

No. 44 of 1981

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereb) make the following

Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 12 November 1981.

/ I I MAN COWEN
Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command.

MICHAEL HODGMAN

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

An Ordinance to amend the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Motor Omnibus	Services
(Amendment)	Ordinance (No. 3) 1981.'

Commencement

2. This Ordinance shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July

1981.

(a) a person has purchased a period ticket; and

3 . After section 4D of the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955- the

following section is inserted:

Refunds

"4E. (1) In this section 'period ticket' means—

(a) a weekly ticket;
(b) a monthly ticket; or

(c) a quarterly ticket;

'whole day' means a period of 24 hours.
"(2) Subject to sub-section (3), where -

(b) motor omnibus services were not conducted on any 2 or more whole days (whether consecutive or not) during the period to which that ticket is expressed to be applicable,

that person is entitled to a refund from the Commonwealth of an amount that bears the same proportion to the price paid for that ticket as the number of whole days on which motor omnibus services were not conducted during the period bears to the number of whole days in the period.

"(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), in calculating the number of whole days on which motor omnibus services were not conducted, a day (being a day referred to in sub-paragraph 3 (1 ) (a) (i), (iii) or (viii) of the Holidays Ordinance 1958) that was observed as a public holiday in the Territory shall not be taken into account.".

N O T E S

1. Not i f i ed in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on I 7 N o v e m b e r 1981 .

2. N o . 12, 1955 as a m e n d e d to date . For prev ious a m e n d m e n t s see N o t e 2 to N o . 17, 1981

and see also N o s . 17 and 25 . 1981 .