Bill No. 97 of 1951. A BILL TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Public Service Vehicles Act, being

chapter 2,76 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. Se,ction 65 is amended by 'renumbering the present sub­

section (1a) as subsection (1b) and by adding a new sub­

section (1a) immediately after subsection (1). The pur­ pose of the new subsection is to make it clear that a person who is the owner of a vehicle, other than a public service vehicle, and who operates his vehicle to transport goods or passengers without receiving any compensation therefor is not guilty of an offence against subsection (1) of the section.

Section 66 is struck out and three new. sections are sub­ stituted. The new

section 66 contains the' same 'require­ ments as the present

section but they have been reworded for purposes of clarification. The only addition is the requirement that the applicant for a liveryman's license shall obtain an indorsement on his application signed by the chief police officer of the city' in which the applicant proposes to carryon business or signed by an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Poli.ce in any other case, to the effect that the issue of the license is not objected to. The new

section 66a gives the Board a discretion to grant or refuse a liveryman's license. Provision is made that if the applicant submits new evidence to the Board within thirty days of its decision the Board may re'consider the matter and may rescind, vary or affirm its previous decision. The new

section 66b provides that a liveryman's license may be cancelled or suspended by the Board if he fails to keep his vehicles insured or to comply with any other con- dition prescribed by the Board. ' This Bill comes into force on the 1st day of July, 1951. KENNETH A. McKENZIE, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.)

Section 6;) amended

Section 66 amended and new setions 66a and 66b Livery license Require­ ments to obtain livery license BILL No. 97 of 1951.

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act. (Assented to , 1951.) HIS 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 276 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended.

Section 65 is amended,- (

a) by renumbering subsection (1a) as subsection (1b) ; (

b) by adding immediately after subse,ction (1) the following new subsection: "(1a) A person,- "(

a) who is the owner of a vehide, other than a public service vehicle; and " (

b) who operates such vehicle to transport passengers, live stock, liquids, goods, mer,chandise, gravel or sand, without re­ ceiving compensation or promise of com­ pensation therefor; shall not be guilty of an offence under subsec­ tion (1) .".

Section 66 is struck out and the following are sub­ stituted: ",00.

(1) No person shall carryon the business of a liveryman until he has applied f.or and received from the Board a liveryman's license. "

(2) The Board shall not issue a liveryman's license until the applicant,- " (

a) obtains insurance covering all vehicles that he pro­ poses to use in his business, of such amount and covering such risks as the Board may pres,cribe; " (

b) obtains an ind.orsement on his application signed by the chief police officer of the city in which the applicant proposes to carryon business, or signed by an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in any other case, to the effect that the issue of the license is not objected to; " (

c) pays the fees prescribed by the Board;

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d) cO'mplies with any O'ther 'conditiO'n that may be pre­ scribed by the BO'ard. "GSa.

(1) The BO'ard, in its discretiO'n, after cO'nsidering :~:~t or;:ay an applicatiO'n fO'r a liveryman's license, may grant O'r re- ~efuse livery f th 1° t· license use e a pp lca IOn. "

(2) The BO'ard's decisiO'n, whether it is made after O'r without a public hearing, shall be final. "

(3) NO'twithstanding subsectiO'n (2), if the applicant submits new evidence to' the BO'ard within thirty days O'f its decisiO'n, the BO'ard may re,cO'nsider the applicatiO'n and may rescind, vary O'r affirm the decisiO'n previously made. "6Gb. The license O'f a liveryman who fails,- g~~c;;la- " (

a) to' keep his vehicles insured as prescribed by the ~~~fve~~on BO'ard under sectiO'n 66, subsectiO'n (2), clause (a) ; license O'r " (

b) to' comply with any O'ther cO'nditiO'n prescribed by the BO'ard; may be cancelled O'r suspended by the Board fO'r such time as may seem prO' per to' the BO'ard.". 4. This A'ct shall cO'me intO' fO'rce O'n the first day O'f July, ~~~~~~ce 1951.

No. 97. FOURTH SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 15 GEORGE VI 19'51 BILL

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act. Received and read the First time .......... . Second time 'Dhird time HON MR. MACMILLAN. Title: 1951 (11th, 4th) Bill 97,

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act