Australian Capital Territory

Motor Omnibus Regulations1 (Amendment)
Subordinate Law No. 30 of 19952

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Motor Traffic Act 1936.
Dated 4 August 1995.
tony de domenico
Minister
bill stefaniak
Minister

Commencement
1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.
Principal Regulations
2.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Motor Omnibus Regulations.
Movement of omnibus after taking up or setting down passengers
3.  Regulation 41 of the Principal Regulations is amended—
	(a)	by omitting from subregulation (1) all the words after “shall not” and substituting “cause the omnibus to move unless it is safe to do so”; and
	(b)	by omitting subregulation (2).
Movement of omnibus while passengers boarding or alighting
4.  Regulation 42 of the Principal Regulations is amended—
	(a)	by omitting “or conductor”; and
	(b)	by omitting “start or cause the vehicle to start” and substituting “move or cause the omnibus to move”.
Driver to allow passengers to alight
5.  Regulation 44 of the Principal Regulations is amended—
	(a)	by omitting “or conductor his desire to alight therefrom, the driver or conductor” and substituting “his or her wish to alight from the omnibus, the driver”; and
	(b)	by omitting from paragraph (b) “therefrom”.
Formal amendments
6.  The Principal Regulations are further amended as set out in the Schedule.

	SCHEDULE	Regulation 6

FURTHER AMENDMENTS
Regulation 2—
Omit “the fourteenth day of June”, substitute “14 June”.
Subregulation 3 (1)—
Omit “and conductors”.
Regulation 5 (definitions of “conductor” and “conductor’s licence”)—
Omit the definitions.
Regulation 5 (definition of “the Ordinance”)—
Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:
“ ‘the Act’ means the Motor Traffic Act 1936.”.
Subregulation 20 (1)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 21 (2)—
Omit “show thereon”, substitute “specify”.
Subregulation 21 (4)—
Insert “or she” after “he”.
Subregulation 26 (1)—
Omit “thereof”.
Heading to Part IV—
Omit “AND CONDUCTORS”.
Division 2, Part IV—
Repeal the Division.
Heading to Division 3, Part IV—
Omit “Conduct, &c., of Drivers and Conductors”, substitute “Conduct of drivers”.
Regulation 40—
Repeal the regulation.
Regulation 43—
Omit “and conductor”.
Regulation 45—
Omit “thereof”, substitute “of the driver”.
Regulation 46—
Omit “or conductor”.
Paragraph 46 (a)—
	(a)	Omit “thereof or any portion thereof”, substitute “, or any portion of any step or stairway, of the omnibus”.
	(b)	Add at the end “or”.
Paragraph 46 (b)—
Omit “or” (last occurring).
Paragraph 46 (c)—
Omit the paragraph.
Paragraph 47 (a)—
	(a)	Omit “one”, substitute “1”.
	(b)	Omit “authorized”, substitute “authorised”.
Paragraph 47 (c)—
	(a)	Omit “the parts thereof”, substitute “any part of the journey”.
	(b)	Omit “authorized”, substitute “authorised”.
Subregulation 48 (1)—
	(a)	Omit “conductor”, substitute “driver”.
	(b)	Omit “thereon”, substitute “on the omnibus”.
Subregulation 48 (2)—
Omit “The last preceding subregulation”, substitute “Subregulation (1)”.
Regulation 49—
	(a)	Omit “conductor”, substitute “driver of an omnibus”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
Regulation 50—
Omit “or conductor”.
Regulation 51—
Omit “and conductor”.
Regulation 52—
	(a)	Omit “and conductor”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
Paragraph 53 (b)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Regulation 54—
Omit “thereof”.
Regulation 56—
Omit “thereon”, substitute “on the omnibus”.
Regulation 57—
Omit “conductor or”.
Subregulation 58 (1)—
	(a)	Insert “or her” after “him”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
Paragraphs 58 (2) (a) and (b)—
Insert “or her” after “him”.
Paragraph 58 (2) (c)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 58 (3)—
Omit “one”, substitute “1”.
Subregulation 59 (1)—
	(a)	Omit “authorized”, substitute “authorised”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
	(c)	Insert “or her” after “him”.
Subregulations 60 (1) and (2)—
Insert “or her” after “his” (wherever occurring).
Regulation 61—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Regulation 63—
Insert “or her” after “him”.
Regulation 65—
Omit “thereof”, substitute “of the omnibus”.
Regulation 67—
Omit “thereof”, substitute “of any omnibus”.
Subregulations 68 (2) and 69 (2)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 70 (2)—
Insert “or she” after “he”.
Subregulation 70 (3)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Regulation 71—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 74 (2)—
	(a)	Omit “the last preceding subregulation”, substitute “subregulation (1)”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
Paragraph 75 (b)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 78 (2)—
Omit “The last preceding subregulation”, substitute “Subregulation (1)”.
Regulation 79—
Omit “No person shall”, substitute “A person shall not”.
Subregulation 80 (2)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Regulation 81—
	(a)	Omit “or conductor” (first occurring).
	(b)	Omit “thereof in like manner as if he were a licensed driver or conductor”, substitute “of the Regulations in like manner as if he or she were a licensed driver”.
Regulation 82—
Omit “or conducting”.
Regulation 83—
Omit “and conductor, or the driver, as the case may be,”.
Regulation 85—
Omit “or conductor” (first occurring).
Paragraph 85 (a)—
Omit “or conductor”.
Subregulation 86 (1)—
	(a)	Omit “or conductor”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 86 (2)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 86 (3)—
	(a)	Omit “or conductor”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
	(c)	Omit “him”, substitute “the person”.
	(d)	Insert “or she” after “he”.
Paragraph 87 (a)—
Omit “or conducted” (wherever occurring).
Paragraph 87 (b)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Regulation 87 (proviso)—
Omit “or conductor”.
Regulation 88—
	(a)	Omit “or conductor”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “him”.
Subregulation 90 (1)—
Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 90 (2)—
	(a)	Omit “the last preceding subregulation”, substitute “subregulation (1)”.
	(b)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
Subregulation 91 (1)—
	(a)	Omit “authorized”, substitute “authorised”.
	(b)	Omit “thereof”, substitute “of a public street”.
Subregulation 91 (2)—
Omit “the last preceding subregulation”, substitute “subregulation (1)”.
Regulation 92—
	(a)	Omit “the next succeeding regulation”, substitute “regulation 93”.
	(b)	Omit “connexion”, substitute “connection”.
Subregulation 93 (1)—
Omit “having thereon”, substitute “bearing”.
Regulation 98—
	(a)	Omit “No person shall”, substitute “A person shall not”.
	(b)	Insert “or she” after “he”.
	(c)	Insert “or her” after “his”.
Heading, THE SCHEDULES—
Omit the heading.
The First Schedule—
Omit the Schedule.
Further amendments—
1.  Each of the following provisions is amended by omitting “Ordinance” and substituting “Act”:
Regulation 5 (definitions of “medical testing officer”, “registration” and “testing officer”), regulation 16, paragraph 25 (c) and regulation 61.
2.  Each of the following provisions is amended by omitting “conductor” (wherever occurring) and substituting “driver”:
Subregulations 21 (1), (3) and (4) and 22 (1) and (2), regulation 23, subregulation 55 (1), regulation 56, paragraph 58 (2) (a), subregulations 59 (1) and (2) and 60 (1) and (2), regulation 65, subregulations 68 (1), (2) and (3) and 69 (2) and (3), paragraphs 70 (1) (a) and (b), subregulations 70 (2), (3) and (4), paragraph 73 (d), subregulations 74 (2) and (3), paragraph 75 (d), subregulations 80 (1) and (2) and regulation 89.

NOTES
Principal Regulations
1.	Regulations notified in the Gazette on 14 June 1934 as amended by Regulations 1947 No. 4; 1949 No. 5; 1955 No. 15; 1956 No. 9; 1958 No. 11; 1960 No. 1; 1966 No. 8; 1967 No. 9; 1979 No. 26; 1981 No. 20; 1986 No. 24; Acts Nos. 21 and 38, 1989.
Notification
2.	Notified in the ACT Gazette on 8 August 1995.
Rule headings
On the day on which the Motor Omnibus Regulations are amended by these Regulations, in addition to any alteration of regulation headings indicated in the text of these Regulations, headings to the following regulations of those Regulations are altered as follows:

Regulation	Alteration

23	Omit “Conductor”, substitute “Driver”.
49	Omit “Conductor not to moisten his”, substitute “Driver not to 	moisten”.
50	Omit “and conductors”.
51	Omit “and conductors”.
52	Omit “and conductors”.
81	Omit “or conductor”.
82	Omit “or conductor”.
93	Omit “Ordinance”, substitute “Act”.

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