Traffic Act Amendment Act 1957 (WA)

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TRAFFIC.

6° Elizabeth II., No. XLIX.

No. 49 of 1957.

AN ACT to amend the Third Schedule to the Traffic

Act, 1919-1956.

[Assented to 9th December, 1957.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, 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:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act

Amendment Act, 1957.

Reprinted

Acts, Vol. 9.	(2) In this Act the Traffic Act, 1919-1956,
(Approved
for reprint,

26th July,	Act No. 60 of 1919 as reprinted with amendments
1955.)	to and including Act No. 47 of 1954 incorporated pursuant to the Amendments Incorporation Act, 1938, and as further amended by Acts Nos. 37 of 1955, 74 of 1956 and 86 of 1956,

is referred to as the principal Act.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Traffic Act, 1919-1957.

2. The Third Schedule to the principal Act is =In, amended by adding to item ten of Part I. the follow- amended. ing proviso:

Provided that if it is proved to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that the license is required by a person carrying on the business of farming or grazing on any farm or other land, and is required for a tractor and trailer, or for a tractor with platform attached, having in either case a maximum payload capacity of not more than two tons and the licensing authority is satisfied that the tractor will be used during the currency of the license solely or mainly for the hauling or carriage of the products of or requisites for such business, then

(a)	in any case where the applicant for the license holds no other license under this Act in respect of which a concessional fee was paid, the fee shall notwithstand- ing the provisions of this Act and the scale shown under items 7 or 10 of this Schedule, be one-half of the prescribed. fee for the tractor or of the fees pre- scribed for the licensing of both the trailer and the tractor, or the sum of ten pounds, whichever of such amounts is the lesser;
(b)	in any case where such applicant holds a license under this Act in respect of which a concessional fee was paid, the licensing authority may at its discretion charge the applicant the fee payable under paragraph (a) of this proviso; and
(c)	in any case when an applicant for a license can s a t i s f y the licensing authority that the license is required for a tractor, or a tractor with direct

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mounted or trailing equipment that is

bona fide used in the pursuit of his

business and will only travel on the road for the purpose of moving from job to job or to a place for repair, and does not ply for hire or reward while using the road, then the license fee charged shall be £3 per ton weight of such tractor.