Road Transport Act, 1971
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Licensing of international road haulage in the State. |
8.— (1) (a) Notwithstanding anything in the Principal Act or the Road Transport Act, 1935 , the Minister may grant, in respect of a lorry or tractor which complies with the conditions specified in section 7 (1) of the said Road Transport Act, 1935 (as amended by section 29 of the Transport Act, 1958 ) a licence (which shall be known, and is in this Act referred to, as a restricted road freight licence) to a person authorising him to import the vehicle and to use it for the purposes of merchandise road transport in the State subject to any conditions which the Minister may see fit to impose and specifies in the licence. | |
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting a person to use a vehicle, in respect of which a restricted road freight licence has been granted, for the purpose of the delivery in the State of goods which have been loaded on to that vehicle in the State. | ||
(2) (a) The Minister may by order declare that a licence or class of licence (as specified in the order) issued in pursuance of an international multilateral or bilateral agreement to which the State is a party by the competent authority of another State, an international organisation or a person or body acting on behalf of such an organisation, shall be deemed to be a restricted road freight licence. | ||
(b) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this section. | ||
(3) Sections 9 (as amended by this Act) and 34 of the Principal Act shall not apply to a person who is the holder of a restricted road freight licence or a licence deemed by order under this section to be a restricted road freight licence when that person is engaged in merchandise road transport under and in accordance with the terms of the licence. | ||
(4) Section 7 (3) of the Road Transport Act, 1935 , shall apply to a restricted road freight licence as if it were a licence under section 7 of that Act. | ||
(5) The Minister may at his discretion charge a fee of such amount as he may determine in respect of a restricted road freight licence or a licence deemed by order under this section to be a restricted road freight licence. |