Traffic Act Amendment Act 1924 (WA)

No. 37.] Traffic. [1924.

TRAFFIC.

15° GEO. V., No. XXXVII.

No. 37 of 1924.

AN ACT to amend the Traffic Act, 1919.

[Assented to 31st December, 1924.]

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, inBE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byand with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows:-

Short title and 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act Amend-

commencement.

ment Act, 1924, and shall he read as one with the Traffic Act,

1919, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.

(2.) This Act shall (except as provided in section four) come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

Amendment of 2. Section four of the principal Act is hereby amended,

Section 4. as follows:

By inserting an interpretation of the words "motor

omnibus," as follows :—

"Motor omnibus" means a motor vehicle used as a passenger vehicle and having seating capacity for not less than eight passengers (exclusive of the driver and conductor), and plying for hire at a fare for each passenger.

Third Schedule. 3.

Amendment of

(1.) A head-line is inserted in the Third Schedule to the principal Act, as follows:—"Part I."; and the decimal point after the figures 200 in the last line of paragraph 3 of the Rules for ascertaining power weight in the said Schedule is omitted.

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(2.) The following words and figures are inserted in the Third Schedule to the principal Act after the fees for "Trans- fers" and before the "Rules for ascertaining power weight and power load weight," namely:—

Part II.

As from and including the first day of January, 1925, in the case of a motor omnibus for which a passenger vehicle license is granted or held, the following additional license fees shall be payable, namely :—

(1) If the motor omnibus is used within the metropolitan area as prescribed under section thirteen, and within two miles of the Town Hall, Perth, or the Town Hall, Fremantle, the additional fee shall be

(a)	if the motor omnibus is fitted with tyres other than pneumatic tyres, a fee calcu- lated at the rate of £2 for each passenger the motor omnibus is licensed to carry.
(b)	if the motor omnibus is fitted with no tyres other than pneumatic tyres, a fee calcu- lated at the rate of £1 10s. for each pas- senger the motor omnibus is licensed to carry.

(2) If the motor omnibus is used within the metropolitan area, but not within two miles of the Town Hall of Perth, or the Town Hall of Fremantle, the additional fee shall be a fee calculated at the rate of two-thirds of the respective fees above men- tioned, according to whether the motor omnibus is, or is not, fitted with any tyres other than pneumatic tyres.

Such additional license fees shall be apportioned if the license has effect for a period commencing on or after the first day of the seventh month of the financial year, so that the licensee shall only be required to pay one-half of the additional fee ; or it has effect for a period commencing on or after the first day of the tenth month, one-fourth of the addi- tional fee.

The amount of such additional license fee shall be a debt due to the Minister from the licensee and recoverable by action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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(3.) After Part II. of the Third Schedule (inserted by this section) the words and figures "Part III." are inserted as a head-line to the Rules for ascertaining power weight and power load weight.

Third Schedule. 4. (1.) This section shall come into operation on a date

krt. I.	to be fixed by proclamation.
(2.) On the publication of such proclamation in the Gaz- ette there shall be substituted for Part I. of the Third Sche- dule to the principal Act a Part, as follows:—

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Section PART I.

LICENSE FEES shall be as indicated hereunder

VEHICLE LICENSES.

£ s. d.

0 2 6

For a carriage (passengers only) per wheel ... ... ... ... 0 7 6

For a sulky, per wheel ... ... ... .... ... ... 0 7 6

For a cart up to 2 tons of the weight of the vehicle and the load

weight, per cwt. (the minimum fee being 15/-) ... ... 0 1 0

For a cart exceeding 2 tons, per cwt. ... ... ... ... ... 0 I 6

The weight per cwt. being in each ease that of the vehicle and the

load weight.

Provided that if it is proved to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that

the license is required for a cart which is used only on occasions by a farmer or

settler or wool grower in carrying goods and materials to and from his own farm,

the fee shall be at the rate of one-fourth of the prescribed rates with a minimum

fee of 15s.:

Provided also that in the case of carts used by or for bona ,fide prospectors or

sandalwood carters, if it is proved to the satisfaction of the licensing authority

that such carts are rarely used on main roads, the fee shall be 15s.

For a motor car, or motor omnibus, fitted with pneumatic tyres :— £ s. d.

'Up to 20 power weights (P.W.) ... ... ... ... 2 1

Exceeding. 20 P.W. but not exceeding 25 P.W. 3

„	25	PP	„	PP	30	„	4
„	30	„	5
Pt	Pt	35	,,
35	„	„	,t	40	„	6
„	40	„	„	„	45	„	7
„	45	„	PP	31	50	,,	8
„	50	„	„	55	„	9
9,
„	65	,,	60	10
SO	PP	Pt
„	60	„	„	70	„	13

For every additional power weight ... ... 0

For a motor carrier, fitted with pneumatic tyres

Used for the carriage of persons only ... ... ... ... 2 0 0

Not used exclusively for the carriage of persons, of gross weight with

load not exceeding 10 cwt. ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 0

Of gross weight with load exceeding 10 cwt. but not exceeding 15 cwt. 2 16 0

Of gross weight with load exceeding 15 cwt. but not exceeding 20 cwt.	3	0	0
When the weight exceeds 20 cwt., the fee payable shall be calculated

as if the motor carrier were a motor car, when used for persons

only, and as a motor wagon, when used otherwise than for per-

sons only.

1 0 0

with side car attachment, per wheel ... 0 10 0

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£ a. d.

For a motor or steam wagon, using pneumatic tyres :-

Of not exceeding 30 Power load weight (P.L.W.) ... 5

Exceeding 30 P.L.W. but not exceeding 40 P.L.W. ... 51

„ 40 „ „ 50 „ ... 6

„ 50 „ „ 60 „ ... 7

60	„	„ 70 „	8
70	„	„ SO „	9
SO	„	,, 90 „	10

„	90	,,	„ 100 „	11
,,	100	,,	„ 110 „	13

„	110	,,	„ 120	„	15
„	120	„	„ 130	17

„ 130 140 „ ... ... 19

140„ „ 150 , ... ... 22

For every additional P.E.W. up to but not exceeding 200 P.L.W. 0

„ „ exceeding 200 but not exceeding 300 P.L.W. ... ... 01

„ „ exceeding 300 P.L.W. ... ... ... ... ... 0 1

For a locomotive or traction engine :—

Not exceeding 3 tons in weight with load (if any) per wheel per ton	1 0 0
Exceeding 3 tons but not exceeding 6 tons in weight with load (if

any), per ton per wheel ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 10 0

Over 5 tons in weight with load (if any) but not exceeding 7 tons, per

ton per wheel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0

Over 7 tons in weight with load (if any), per ton per wheel ... ... 3 0 0

For a trailer, 10s. per ton per wheel on the weight of trailer, plus

declared maximum load.

All motor vehicles and all wagons or engines using approved cushion tyres (neither solid nor pneumatic) to be charged an additional 10 per cent.

All motor vehicles (other than motor omnibuses) and all wagons or

engines using solid rubber tyres to be charged an additional

20 per cent. of the above fees.

All motor vehicles (other than motor omnibuses), and all wagons or

engines using metal tyres to be charged an additional 40 per

cent. of the above fees.

If any substance other than petrol is used for power for motor vehicles, motor or steam wagons, or locomotive or traction engines, an additional 20 per cent. Of the above fees shall be charged.

PASSENGER VEHICLE AND CARRIERS' LICENSES.

O s. d.

Fee for a passenger vehicle license, per wheel	...	0 10 0
Fee for a carrier's license, per wheel ...	...	0 10 0

For the purposes of this Schedule ” load " means the greatest load which is within t e limits ot the vehicle's capacity, as ascertained according to the prescribed method.

All the above fees are payable annually.

TRaSFERS.

The following fees are payable on transfers of licenses :—

Transfer of license of— £ s. d.

Motor car, motor carrier, motor wagon, locomotive or traction

O 10T 0

•• •	O 5 "0
•• •	O 5 • .0

Carriage or cart 0 5. 0

•• • O 2 - 6'

Transfer of_ passenger vehicle or carrier's license •• • 0 5 p

5. This Act shall continue in force until the thirty-first Duration.

day of December, 1925, and no longer.