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Land Transport (Amendment) Act 2019

REPUBLIC OF FIJI

LAND TRANSPORT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019

ACT NO. 30 OF 2019

J. K. KONROTE

President

[22 November 2019]

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE LAND TRANSPORT ACT 1998

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji—

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Land Transport (Amendment) Act 2019.

(2) This Act comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

(3) In this Act, the Land Transport Act 1998 is referred to as the “Principal Act”.

Section 65 amended

2. Section 65(3) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “by the Authority” and substituting “by the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission in accordance with section 66C”.

Section 66 amended

3. Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following—

• “(1) The Authority may issue a temporary road permit as prescribed by regulations.”; and

(b) deleting subsection (2).

New section 66C inserted

4. The Principal Act is amended after section 66B by inserting the following new section—

“Fixing of fares or charges

66C. The fares or charges (whether maximum, minimum or both) which must be charged or made in respect of the use of public service vehicles of any class or in relation to any particular kind of service, either generally or in respect of different routes, places or localities are to be fixed by the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission in accordance with the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Act 2010.”.

Section 113 amended

5. Section 113(4) of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) in paragraph (a), deleting “or public service permit” and substituting “, public service permit, or temporary road permit issued under section 66(1) ”; and
(b) deleting paragraph (i).

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 22nd day of November 2019.