Bill 57 (Legislature 13, Session 5)

L13 S5 6077

Alberta — Bills

No, 57 5th Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 7 Elizabeth II, 1959 BILL 57 A Bill to :am.end·The Public Service Vehicles .Act HON. MR. TAYLOR Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, ~dmon·ton, Alberta, 1~59

Expian.tory No'te 2. The definition of "public highway" is replaced by a definition of "highway" uniform with the definition in The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act. The term "public highway" is 'Used only in clauses (

j) and (

m) of

section 2 and subsection (1) of

section 69. These provisions are amended accordingly.

Section 3, subsection (5) as presently worded requires agents of bus companies to have special certificates and reads as follows: "

(5) No person other than the holder of a public service vehicle certificate shall operate a travel bureau or any other place for the sale of tickets or for soliciting or advertising the sale of tickets for the transportation of persons on highways outside a city, town or village, except under the authority of a special certificate issued by the Board."

Section 20, subsection (1), clause (

a) presently reads: "(

a) evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant ha,s complied with the. provisions of The Workmen's Compensation Act, and" The provision is not used.

Section 29, subsection (1) presently reads: "29.

(1) A public service vehicle certificate expires and the rights conferred thereby terminate on the thirtY-first day of March in each year." Certain certificates such as certificates of operating authority granted after a Board hearing, need not necessarily expire every year.

Section 41 presently reads: "41.

(1) A public service vehicle, except a public sen-ice vehicle exempt under subsection (2), shall be equipped with (a.) at least one serviceable tire additional t6 those normally re quired on the vehicle. and (

b) the equipment necessary for changing and Inflating tires.

(2) The Board may exempt a public service vehicle or a class or classes thereof from the requirements of subsection (1).

(3) ApubUc service vehicle when operated on an earthen road shall be equipped with tire chains." The provision is unnecessary under present day conditions.

BILL No. 57 of 1959

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act (Assented to , 1959) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Public Service Vehicles Act, being

chapter 265 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 2 is amended (

a) by striking out clause (

i) and by substituting the following: (i) "highway" means a highway within the mean ing of The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act; (

b) as to clause (j), subclause (

i) by striking out the word "public", (

c) as to clause (m), subclause (

i) by striking out the word "public".

Section 3, subsection (5) is amended by adding im mediately after the words "public service vehicle certifi cate" the words "or an agent authorized in writing by the holder of the certificate".

Section 20, subsection (1) is amended by striking out clause (a).

Section 29 is amended by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the following: 29.

(1) Unless otherwise prescribed by the Board in writing, a public service vehicle certificate expires and the rights conferred thereby terminate on the thirty-first day of March in each year.

Section 41 is repealed.

Section 42, subsection (4) presently reads: "

(4) The Board shall issue to the person licensed in respect of a public service vehicle one plate, which shall be displayed on the left side of the vehicle in such position as may be designated by the Board, designating the gross carrying capacity of the vehicle."

Section 51, subsection (2) presently reads: "

(2) A truck operated as a public service vehicle shall have painted on each side in legible letters the owner's name and if operated on a specified route the terminal points thereof." 9. References to "public highway" are changed to references to "highway". See note to Clause

Section 42 is amended by striking out subsection (4)

Section 51 is amended by striking out subsection (2) and by substituting the following:

(2) A truck operated as a public service vehicle shall display such signs and lettering as may be prescribed by regulations of the Board.

Section 69, subsection (1) is amended by striking out the word "public" wherever it occurs. 10. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 57 FIFTH SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 7 ELIZABETH II 1959 BILL

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time .. Third time ......................................... . RON. MR. TAYLOR Title: 1959 (13th, 5th) Bill 57,

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L13 S5 6077
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Volume / chapter	L13 S5 6077
Language	en
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