Bill 10 — First Session, 17Th Legislature, 21 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Asseivlbly of Alberta Bill 10 the Public Service Vehicles Amendment Act, 1972 (Legislature 17, Session 1)

L17 S1 4991

Alberta — Bills

1972 Bill First Session, 17th Legislature, 21 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEIVlBLY OF ALBERTA BILL The Public Service Vehicles Amendment Act, 1972 MR. HANSEN First Reading Second Reading ............................. . Third Reading .............................. . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton BILL THE PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES AMENDMENT ACT, 1972 (Assented to , 1972) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legisl,ative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Public Service Vehicles Act is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended (

a) by renun~bering clause as clause 1.1, (

b) by adding the following clause before clause 1.1: 1. "am.'bul1ance" means a motor vehicle designed or us-ed for the purpose of conveying sick or inj ured persons to or from a p1lace providing medical attention; (

c) as to clause 5, subclause (ii) by adding the word "and" at the end of paragraph (

B) and by adding the following paragraph: (

c) an ambulance. 3.

Section is amended (

a) as to subsection (1) by adding after the words (~carried in or on a truck" the words ", a trailer, or a semi-trailer", (

b) as tOI subsection (2) by adding after the words "ride in the body of a 'truck" the words", a trailer, or a semi-traHer". 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will -amend

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970.

Section 2, clause presently reads: 5. "commercial vehicle" (

i) means a truck, tra.iler or semi-trailer, except (

A) a truck, trailer or semi-trailer that is a public service vehicle, or (

B) a truck, trailer or semi-trailer or any class of vehicle that by the regulati'Ons or by an order of the Board is exempted from being classified as a c'0mmercial vehicle, and (

U) includes (

A) a motor vehicle from which sales are ma.de of goods, wares, merchandise or commodity, and (

B) a motor vehicle by means of which delivery is made of goods, wares, merchandise or commodity to a purchas er or consignee thereof; The effect of this amendment is that ambulances will be classed as commer,cial vehicles and consequently all of the provisions of The Public Service Vehicles Act which apply to commercial ve hicles will apply to the owners and operators of ambulances. 3.

Section presently reads: 35.

(1) No person shall carry a passenger or permit a passeng-er to be carried in or on a truck that is '0perated as a public service Or commercial vehicle, except (

a) in cases of emergency, or (

b) with the permission in writing of the Board, or (

c) where the person 'Or persons carried are members '0f the family of the 'Owner of the vehicle, or (

d) Qne .peirs-on additional t'0 t.he driver wh'0 is or might be r~qUlred for the care, handlmg or disposal of the cargo carrIed by the truck, or (

e) in the cab 'Of a truck generally 'Operated by a farmer for the purposes '011' his farm.

(2) No person sha.ll ride or permit a passenger t'0 ride in the body of a truck in which cargo is being carried, except (

a) in cases of emergency. or (

b) with Ithe permission in writing of the Board. Title: 1972 (17th, 1st) Bill 10, The Public Service Vehicles Amendment Act, 1972

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L17 S1 4991
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L17 S1 4991
Language	en
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