Road and Air Transport Commission Act Amendment Act 1968 (WA)

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Commission.

ROAD AND AIR TRANSPORT

COMMISSION.

No. 6 of 1968.

AN ACT to amend the Road and Air Transport

Commission Act, 1966.

[Assented to 26th September, 19681

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the

same, as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Road and vigrag,,,

Air Transport Commission Act Amendment Act,

1968.

(2) In this Act the Road and Air Transport Commission Act, 1966, is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Road and Air Transport Commission Act, 1966-1968.

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S. 21

amended. 2. Section twenty-one of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by adding, after the word, "payable", in line one, the passage, ", in the prescribed manner,";
(b)	by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following para- graphs

(a) for an omnibus licence under Division 2 of this Part, a fee determined by the Commissioner and-

(i)   based on, but not exceeding six percentum of, the gross earnings derived from the operation of the vehicle assessed in such manner as may be prescribed; or

(ii)    based on, but not exceeding ten dollars per annum for each unit of, the maximum number of passengers that the vehicle is licensed to carry at any one time,

whichever basis is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the more appropriate;

(aa) for an aircraft licence under Divi- sion 4 of this Part, a fee determined by the Commissioner and-

(i)   based on, but not exceeding six percentum of, the gross earnings of the vehicle assessed in such manner as may be prescribed; or

(ii)    based on, but not exceeding ten cents per annum for each pound of, the maximum permissible take-off weight

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specified in the Certificate of Airworthiness issued in respect of the vehicle under the Air Navigation Regula- tions of the Commonwealth,

whichever basis is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the more appro- priate; ;

and

by adding, after subsection (3), the

(c) following subsection

(4) In assessing a licence fee based on the gross earnings derived from the operation of a vehicle, the Commissioner shall not take into account the amount of any subsidy paid or payable in respect of its operation. .