Provided that if the council of a borough or district A.D. 1928. in which any omnibuses are run by a local authority under this Act object to the fares and charges demanded and taken by the local authority in such borough or 5 district, they may apply to the Minister to prescribe the maximum fares and charges to be demanded and taken in such borough or district and any maximum fares and charges so prescribed shall not be exceeded by the local authority. Any maximum fares and charges prescribed 10 by the Minister under this section may be from time to time revised by him on the application of the local authority by whom the omnibuses are run or of the council of the borough or district in which they are run. (2) Every passenger may take with him personal 15 luggage not exceeding twenty-eight pounds in weight without extra charge, but all such luggage shall be carried by hand and shall not occupy any part of a seat nor be of a form or description to annoy or inconvenience other passengers. 20 (3) A local authority by whom any omnibuses are run under this Act may if they think fit carry on the omnibuses small parcels not exceeding fifty-six pounds in weight and dogs in the care of passengers, the charge for any such dog to be a sum not exceeding the fare 25 payable by the passenger, but they shall not carry any other goods or animals. (4) The fares and charges for the time being authorised under the provisions of this Act shall be paid to such persons and in such manner as the local authority 30 may by notice annexed to the list of fares and charges appoint. 4. (1) Any two or more local authorities authorised Working to run omnibuses under this or any other Act and any and other such local authority and any company body or person agreements. 35 by whom omnibuses are run may enter into and carry into effect agreements for the working, user, management and maintenance of all or any of the omnibus services provided by the contracting parties or which they are empowered to provide, subject to the provisions of the 40 respective Acts (if any) under which such omnibus services are authorised. (2) Any such local authority and any such company, A.D. 1928. carry into effect agreements for all or any of the following purposes (that is to say) :- Stopping (a) The working, user, management and mainten- (c) The interchange, accommodation, conveyance, (d) The payment, collection and apportionment of the fares and charges and other receipts arising from any such omnibus service as aforesaid. 10 20 (3) A local authority shall not enter into or carry into effect any agreement under the provisions of this 25 section in relation to any omnibus service, lands, depôts, buildings, sheds or property beyond their district otherwise than with the consent of the council of the borough or district within which such omnibus service, lands, depôts, buildings, sheds or property are situate: Pro- 30 vided that on complaint being made to the Minister that such consent is unreasonably withheld the Minister may, if he thinks fit, dispense with such consent. 5. Any local authority authorised to run omnibuses and starting under this Act may appoint the stations and places 35 places. from which their omnibuses shall start or at which they may stop for the purposes of taking up or setting down passengers, and may fix the time during which such carriages and omnibuses shall be allowed to remain at any such place, but the powers of this section shall not 40 be exercised outside the area of the local authority except with the consent of the council for the borough or district in which they are to be exercised. 6. (1) Any local authority authorised to run omni- A.D. 1928. buses under this Act may attach to any lamp-post, pole, standard or other similar erection erected on or in the ment of highway on or near to any of their omnibus routes signs signs 5 or directions indicating the position of stopping places indicating for omnibuses: stopping lamp-posts, Provided that in cases where the local authority places to are not the owners of such lamp-post, pole, standard or &c. similar erection they shall give notice in writing of their 10 intention to attach thereto any such sign or direction, and shall make compensation to the owner for any damage or injury occasioned to the lamp-post, pole, standard or similar erection by the attachment, and the local authority shall indemnify the owner against any 15 claim for damage occasioned to any person or property by or by reason of the attachment. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the owner to retain any such lamp-post, pole, standard, or similar erection when no longer required for 20 his purposes. 25 30 35 40 (3) A local authority shall not attach any such sign or direction to any pole, post, or standard belonging to the Postmaster-General except with his consent in writing. 7. In this Act unless the context otherwise re- Interpreta quires The expression the Minister" means the Minister The expression "local authority means (1) the council of any borough or urban district, and (2) any joint board or joint committee if such council, board or committee shall have tion. The expression "road authority ence to any road or part of a road over which any proposed omnibus service will pass the authority, company or person charged with or liable to contribute to the maintenance of such 5 road or part of a road; The expression "trolley vehicle " means a mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads without rails and moved by electrical power transmitted thereto from some external 10 source. 8. (1) This Act may be cited as the Omnibuses Act, 1928. (2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland or to the London Traffic Area as described in the First 15 Schedule to the London Traffic Act, 1924. A.D. 1928. Short title and extent of Act. authorities to provide and run omni- Mr. Scurr, Mr. Thurtle and Mr. Greenwood. Mr. Lansbury, Mr. Webb, Mr. Palin, 10 February 1928. or through any Bookseller. A BILL ΤΟ Extend the rights of parishioners in respect of the presentation to benefices. BE E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the 5 same, as follows: A.D. 1928. 1. No presentation by a spiritual patron to a Provisions vacant benefice shall be received by a bishop and no as to prepresentation by a lay patron, other than His Majesty sentation to the King, his heirs and successors, to a vacant benefice benefice. 10 shall be followed by the institution or admission of the presentee by a bishop, and no collation shall be made by a bishop to a vacant benefice in his presentation, unless the parochial church council of the parish to which the presentee in each case shall have been nominated or 15 presented or shall be intended by the bishop to be collated, shall first, having been duly convened, resolve by a clear majority of votes that such presentee is acceptable to the parochial church council and communicate the resolution in writing to the bishop. 20 2. (1) This Act may be cited as the Parishioners' Short title Rights Act, 1928. (2) This Act shall come into operation on the passing thereof. and commencement. |