Conveyance of mail bags by tramways and public service vehicles
44C1†Power to require services by tramways and certain public service vehicles.
1
Subject to the provisions of the next following section, the F2Post Office may by notice in writing require—
a
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b
c
any local authority in Great Britain authorised to run public service vehicles under Part V of the M1Road Traffic Act 1930, in respect of services of such vehicles on any route authorised under the said Part V,
to perform such reasonable services with regard to the conveyance of mail bags as the F2Post Office may from time to time direct.
2
The remuneration for any services performed in pursuance of this section shall be such as may be from time to time determined by agreement between the F2Post Office and the person performing the services or, in default of agreement, by the Transport Tribunal.
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45 Additional provisions as to conveyance of mail bags by tramways and public service vehicles.
1
Where any . . . F7, in Great Britain, any public service vehicle is conveying or intended to convey passengers only and not goods or parcels, nothing in the last foregoing section shall authorise the F8Post Office to require mail bags to be conveyed therein either—
a
unaccompanied by F9a person engaged in the business of the Post Office travelling as a passenger; or
b
in excess of the maximum weight for the time being fixed for the luggage of ordinary passengers.
2
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3
Where . . . F7, in Great Britain, any public service vehicle is conveying or intended to convey both parcels and passengers but not goods, nothing in the last foregoing section shall authorise the F8Post Office to require mail bags to be carried therein in excess of the maximum weight for the time being fixed for ordinary parcels, or for the luggage of ordinary passengers, whichever is the greater.
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5
Nothing in this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of section two of the M2Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1930 (which relates to the conveyance of mails by public service vehicles in Northern Ireland).