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Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
Application for approval of fares
24.—(1)  An application for the Council’s approval of any bus, taxi or rapid transit system fare shall —
(a)be made in such form and manner as the Council may determine; and
(b)be supported by such documents (including certified copies of any balance-sheet and profit and loss account, and any auditor’s report, relating to the applicant’s undertaking) as the Council may require.
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(2)  In considering any application for approval of any bus, taxi or rapid transit system fare, the Council shall take into account —
(a)the need for the applicant to remain financially viable; and
(b)the need for public interest to be safeguarded.
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Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 17 of 2008
Application for approval of fares
24.—(1)  An application for the Council’s approval of any bus, taxi or rapid transit system fare shall —
(a)be made in such form and manner as the Council may determine; and
(b)be supported by such documents (including certified copies of any balance-sheet and profit and loss account, and any auditor’s report, relating to the applicant’s undertaking) as the Council may require.
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(2)  In considering any application for approval of any bus, taxi or rapid transit system fare, the Council shall take into account —
(a)the need for the applicant to remain financially viable;
(aa)the need to promote or facilitate the integration of bus and rapid transit system fares or services for the through carriage of passengers provided by licensed bus service operators and licensed rapid transit system operators and other measures designed to facilitate the making by passengers of any journey which involves the use of —
(i)the services of more than one such operator;
(ii)more than one bus service or train service (whether or not operated by the same person); or
(iii)both bus and train services (whether or not operated by the same person); and
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(b)the need for public interest to be safeguarded.
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(3)  The Council may —
(a)reject the application;
(b)approve the application, subject to such conditions as the Council thinks fit , including but not limited to any condition described in section 24AA(2)(b); or
(c)at any time, revise any bus or rapid transit system fare in accordance with the fare adjustment formula set out in the Third Schedule.
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(4)  Subject to subsection (6), the Council may, by order and without compensation, revoke any approval granted under subsection (3)(b) if the Council is satisfied that —
(a)the applicant has failed to comply with any condition imposed by the Council under subsection (3)(b) or section 24AA(2) on that approval;
(b)the approval had been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
(c)the applicant has been convicted of an offence under this Act;
(d)it is in the public interest to do so; or
(e)the applicant has refused or failed to comply with an order of the Council made under subsection (5)(b).
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(5)  Subject to subsection (6), the Council may, in any case in which it considers that no cause of sufficient gravity exists for revoking any approval granted under subsection (3)(b) to an applicant for such approval, by order —
(a)suspend the approval for a period not exceeding 6 months;
(b)impose on the applicant concerned a financial penalty of an amount not exceeding $100,000; or
(c)publicly censure the applicant concerned.
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(6)  Before exercising any of its powers under subsection (4) or (5), the Council shall —
(a)give to the applicant concerned notice in writing of its intention to do so; and
(b)in such notice, call upon the applicant to show cause within such period as may be specified in the notice as to why the Council should not make any order under subsection (4) or (5), being a period of at least 7 days after the Council informs the applicant concerned of such intention.
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(7)  If the applicant —
(a)fails to show cause within the period of time given or such extended period of time as the Council may allow; or
(b)fails to show sufficient cause,
as to why the order under subsection (4) or (5), as the case may be, should not be made, the Council shall give notice in writing to the applicant concerned of the Council’s order made under the respective subsection.
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(8)  In any proceedings under subsection (4) or (5) in relation to the conviction of an applicant for a criminal offence, the Council shall accept the applicant’s conviction as final and conclusive.
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