S.L. 499.56 Art. 38AOnly motor route buses may be used to carry out public passengertransport services.

(1) Only passenger transport vehicles licensed as motor route buses may be used to carry out public passenger transport services.

(2) A motor route bus licence shall only be issued in the name of an operator.

(3) The motor route bus licence shall be issued by the Authority subject to the payment of a fee stipulated in Part 5 of the Tenth Schedule and such licence shall show the vehicle registration mark and the bus operator’s licence number under which such licence is issued.

(4) A licensed motor route bus shall only be used to perform public passenger transport services, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the Authority.

(5) The decision of the Authority in respect of an application for a motor route bus licence shall be sent by registered post to the operator at the address specified in the application.

(6) Where the Authority intends to refuse an application, it shall give the operator notice in writing setting out the reasons for its intention to do so. Every notice of refusal shall state that the operator has a right to make representations in writing, within ten days, to the Authority giving reasons why the application should not be refused and the Authority shall consider any representations so made before arriving at a final decision. The Authority shall notify in writing its final decision to the operator.

(7) Where an application is refused by the Authority, the operator may appeal to the Tribunal against such decision within a period of thirty days from its notification.