State Transport Co-ordination Act Amendment Act 1946 (WA)
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STATE TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION
10° GEO. VI., No. IV.
No. 4 of 1946.
AN ACT to amend the State Transport Co-ordination Act, 1933-1940, by extending the application thereof, by exempting from licensing aircraft used for medical transport service, by authorising the Western Aus- tralian Transport Board to exempt vehicles from licensing and by incorporating, by repealing and re- enacting herein the provisions of the Road Trans- port Subsidy Act, 1937, and other relative purposes.
[Assented to 23rd October, 1946.]
BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
1. This Act may be cited as the State Transport Short title
Co-ordination Act Amendment Act, 1946, and shall be
read as one with the State Transport Co-ordination Act, 1933-1940 (No. 42 of 1933 as reprinted with amendments pursuant to the Amendments Incorporation Act, 1938, in Volume 2 of The Reprinted Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia). hereinafter referred to as the prin- cipal Act.
| The Road Transport Subsidy Act, 1.937 (Act No. 12 of 1937), is hereby repealed. | Act repealed. |
| New section. |
2.
3. A section is inserted in the principal Act after
section one as follows:-
| 1A. This Act shall apply and have effect through- | Application |
| of Act. |
out the State.
Repeal of
| 4. | Section thirteen of the principal Act is repealed. | s. 13. |
5. A new section is inserted after section fourteen of New section.
the principal Act as follows:-
14A. With the approval of the Minister, the EvexheLiVsi nof
Board may, by notice in the Government Gazette, licensing
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exempt any vehicle or class of vehicles from the licensing provisions of this Act, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in such notice.
Amendment
| of 45. | 6. (1) Section forty-five of the principal Act is |
| Repeal and | repealed and a section is inserted in lieu thereof as |
| new section. | |
| follows:— | |
| Aircraft not |
| to operate un- | 45. No aircraft shall operate intra State unless |
| less licensed. | such aircraft is licensed in accordance with this Part. |
| Exemption of |
| aircraft used | (2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to |
| for medical | an aircraft used for the purpose only of transporting :— a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Act, 1894-1945, in the course of his professional duties; or |
| service trans- |
| port. | (a) | |
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in case of emergency.
New sub-
| section. | 7. Section forty-eight of the principal Act is amended |
by inserting after subsection (3) thereof a new subsection
as follows :—
Exemption
| north of | (4) The provisions of this section shall not apply |
| twenty-sixth |
| parallel of | to any vehicle operating in that part of the State |
| south latitude. | situated north of the twenty-sixth parallel of south latitude. |
| of s. 60. |
| Amendment | 8. Section sixty of the principal Act is amended as |
| Repeal of ss. | follows :- |
| 2 and new |
| es. 2. | (1) By repealing subsection (2) and inserting in lieu |
thereof a new subsection as follows :-
(2) Out of the said fund there shall be paid
| (a) | the cost of administration of this Act; |
| (b) | contributions to the Superannuation Fund payable by the Board under any agree- ment made between the Board and the Treasurer under the provisions of section six of the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act, 1938 -1945; and |
| (c) | such sums as in the opinion of the Board are necessary or expedient in the interests of public transport to be granted in aid of any transport carried on by the holder of a license for any public vehicle. |
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(2) A new subsection is added as follows:
| (3) At the end of the financial year any balance | New ss. 3. Apportioning |
| remaining in the Fund shall be divided into three | of Fund. |
| portions in the same proportion as the license fees derived respectively from licenses issued for omni- buses, commercial goods vehicles, and aircraft bear to the total of all such license fees, and such portions shall be applied as follows: |
| (a) | The portion which is derived from the fees Authority to | subsidise |
| for the issue of omnibus licenses shall be roads, landing | grounds and |
| applied towards the maintenance and im- facilities. | C ir. 1.2 of |
provement of the roads (including the 1937.
erection of shelter sheds or other ameni-
ties along such route) on which the
omnibuses operate, and shall be divided
equitably amongst the various statutory
authorities concerned in the maintenance
and improvement of those roads.
(b) The portion which is derived from the fees for the issue of licenses for commercial goods vehicles shall be applied in like manner towards the maintenance and im- provement of the roads on which the com- mercial goods vehicles operate, and shall be divided equitably amongst the various statutory authorities concerned in the maintenance and improvement of those roads.
| (c) | The portion which is derived from the fees shall be held in trust by the Board and shall be applied, as and when the Board shall deem fit, towards the pro- vision, maintenance or improvement of any aircraft landing ground or of any facilities deemed necessary for the safe operation of any aircraft using or about to use any aircraft landing ground. | for the issue of licenses for aircraft |
9. The principal Act as amended by this Act may be Citation of
| cited as the State Transport Co-ordination Act, 1933- ITanni | cigiacitict |
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