Road Transport Act, 1932

Conveyance of mails.

30.—(1) Section 2 of the Conveyance of Mails Act, 1893 , shall apply to every passenger road service carried on by a company to which this Part of this Act applies as if such company were a tramway company and such passenger road service were a tramway.

(2) For the purpose of the application under this section of the said section 2 of the Conveyance of Mails Act, 1893 , to passenger road services, but for no other purpose, the said section 2 shall have effect with and subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(a) the expression “tramway company” shall include any company to which this Part of this Act applies;

(b) the word “tramway” shall include a passenger road service;

(c) the word “carriage” shall include a mechanically propelled vehicle;

(d) the reference in sub-section (2) of the said section 2 to the Railway and Canal Commission shall be construed as a reference to the Railway Tribunal.