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Section 20Part 4 — PERMITS

Regulations

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The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed by this Act, or are necessary to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act and, in particular, may make regulations to provide for —
the conditions under which public passenger vehicles may operate, ply for hire or be made available for hire;
the fares that may be charged for the carriage of passengers and their luggage on public passenger vehicles;
the charges that may be made for the hire of public passenger vehicles;
the location and marking of bus stops, and the conditions under which they shall be used;
the safe custody and re-delivery or disposal of property accidentally left in a public passenger vehicle, and the charges to be made in that respect;
the equipment of public passenger vehicles and the manner in which such equipment is to be used;
distinctive or other marks, signs or lettering to be displayed on public passenger vehicles;
conditions, including conditions as to the age and driving experience of applicants, and tests of knowledge in connection with the issue of permits under this Act;
badges and uniforms to be worn by drivers and other persons having charge of public passenger vehicles, their conduct and their obligations as carriers;
the number of hours for which a person may lawfully drive a public passenger vehicle in each period of twenty-four hours;
the conduct of persons carried as passengers on public passenger vehicles;
the manner and form in which applications may be made for the grant and renewal of permits issued under this Act and the fees to be paid on an application;
the creation of an administrative penalty system in respect of any offence under this Act or regulations made under this Act, and for other matters including —
a failure to comply with the National Taxi Fare Schedule;
forms and procedures for imposing the administrative penalty;
how the administrative penalty shall be paid and may be enforced;
that are necessary to give effect to the creation of the administrative penalty system.
Regulations made under subsection (1) may make different provisions in relation to different categories of public passenger vehicles.
Until regulations are made under this Act to provide for a matter that may be prescribed, the Traffic (Public Passenger Vehicles) Regulations (2020 Revision) made under the Traffic Act (2023 Revision) that are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act or the repeal of Part 4 of that Act shall have effect until expressly repealed by this Act or by regulations made under this Act.

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