Public Vehicles Regulation Act Amendment Act of 1886 No 19a (NSW)

No. 14 r.o'’ VIC. 1886.

Public Vehicles Regnlaiion A ct Amendment.

No. XIV.

PiTBiic V eh ic l es

R eg u latio n A ct An Act to am end tlie ‘̂ Public Vehicles Begu-

A m en d m en t .

lation Act of 1873.” \24itli September, 1886.]

1 3 E it enacted by tbe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty by and with

the advice and consent of tbe Legislative Council and Legislative

Assembly of Ncav Sontli Wales in Parliament assembled and by the

authority of the same as follows :—

Short title and

interpretation.	1. This Act may be cited as the “ Public Vehicles Pegulation Act Amendment Act of 1886 ” and in its construction the expression “ Principal Act ” means the Act thirty-six Victoria number fourteen the “ Public Vehicles Pegulation Act of 1873 ” “ Prescribed ” means prescribed by by-laws made under the authority of this or the Principal Act.
Election of a fourth
Comnii?sioncr by	2. In addition to the Metropolitan Transit Commissioners as constituted by the Principal Act there shall be a fourth Commissioner who shall be elected annually by persons licensed under the Principal Act as hereinafter provided and shall when elected he a member of the body corporate created by the said Act and for all purposes thereof shall hold office for one year and no longer and shall be eligible for re­ election at the expiration of his term of office and shall be entitled to the same remuneration as is granted to each Commissioner under section twelve of the Principal Act Eor the purposes of every such election the following provisions shall have effect viz.—
licensees.

(a) Every person shall be entitled to vote at elections for a Eourtii [herein termed the Licensees] Commissioner whoso name at the time of voting is ineluded in a list of persons who have held for not less than three months previous to such election valid and unexpired licenses under the Prin­ cipal Act and whose licenses have not been suspended or cancelled under the provisions of this Act And such list shall be made out in manner to be prescribed by by-laws made by the Commissioners the power to frame which as provided by the Principal Act shall extend to the purposes of this Act.

ip) At least fourteen days before the day of holding any such election the candidate or candidates must be nominated in Avriting by at least two licensees qualified to A'ote as provided by subsection {a) such written nomination to be delVered to the Presiding Officer at the “ Metropolitan Transit Office ” within the like period of fourteen days And at every such election the Mayor of Sydney shall be the Presiding Officer,

(c) The mode of A'oting shall be by open looting in the manner prescribed.

{d) The first election of a Licensees Commissioner shall take place on the same day as that on which the next annual election of the Commissioner to be elected under section nine of the Pi’incipal Act shall take place And such election and also eA'ery sul)sequent election of a Licensees Commissioner shall be conducted in manner provided respectively by sections eight nine and ten of the Principal Act except that the voting shall be by licensees And all other provisions and requirements of the said cited sections shall miitatis nmtemdis apply to elections and vacancies in the office of the

■ Licensees

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Licensees Commissioner and to the power of the Governor to appoint a Commissioner in default of election except so far as the same are qualified by this Act and except as to the nomination oE candidates.

3.                At every election of a Commis'-ioner under the Principal Fourteen days notice

Act by Mayors and Aldermen of Municijtal Councils held after tlie

UecUons

at least two persons qualified to vote at such election And the

nomination-paper must be lodged with the Presiding Officer at the

passing of this Act every candidate must bo nominated in writing by by Municipal the election.

4'. Tliree Commissioners shall form a quorum at all meetings Quorum,

of tlie Board of Commissioners and in tlie absence of the Mayor of act as chairman.

5. The Metropolitan Transit Commissioners shall have power to Power to cancel

suspend or cancel any license granted under the Principal Act if in their opinion the conduct of the licensee has been such as to render him unfit to hold such license and ply under it And every person whose license shall be so suspended or cancelled shall for all purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act and the liy-laws thereunder be deemed to be an unlicensed person.

G, The said Commissioners shall have power to make by-laws Power to sdi

providing for the sale after the prescribed notice and subject to the prescribed conditions of any unclaimed articles found in public vehicles tlie proceeds of any such sale to be carried to the credit of the Metropolitan Transit Bund Pro vided that no such sale shall take place until after the expiration of three months from the time of the finding of such unclaimed articles.

7. The said Commissioners shall have power to authorize any

sum 01 money or part oi such sum remaining to the credit of the credit of fund to Metropolitan Transit Pund at the end of the month of December in. purposes, every year after defraying all current expenditure for the year to be

expended in the construction or improvement of waiting-rooms shelter-sheds or places of convenience in cleaning stands and any conveniences connected therewith or for any purpose which the Com­ missioners may consider desirable in connection with the improvement and regulation of public vehicles or stands or the public convenience.

8. The said Commissioners mav appoint such clerks as they

may think necessary and may define the duties to be pertormed by the dutie..

persons so appointed as well as the duties to be performed by any

persons appointed under the thirteenth section of the Principal Act

anything to the contrary in the eighteenth section of the Principal

Act notwithstanding.

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9. No person shall place or allow to remain on any vehicle in No disiinguisbing use or plying for hire any distinguishing number as reqmred by any "Xensê vthicies. by-law now in force or hereafter to be passed by the Commissioners

unless he shall at the time be the holder ■ of a license to pl}̂ such

vehicle under a penalty not to exceed ten pounds.

No. XV.