URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (5) Where the proposed prohibition is required in terms of subsection (3) to be approved by the Minister, the council shall forward to the Minister with the application for his approval a copy of all representations or objections lodged in terms of subsection (4), together with any comments of the council on such representations or objections. (6) Where any prohibition referred to in subsection (2) is in force and the municipal council proposes to extend the period of the prohibition, subsections (3), (4) and (5) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation to any resolution to extend the period of prohibition. 195 Prohibition of certain public service vehicles (1) In this section— “public service vehicle” has the meaning assigned to the expression in the Road Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 13:10]; “road service permit” means a road service permit issued under the Road Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 13:10]; “specified area” means an area referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and ninety-four in the prohibition notice. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Road Motor Transport Act [Chapter 13:10], if a municipal council has published a prohibition notice then, save as is provided in this section, no road service permit in respect of any public service vehicle which is authorized to carry more than seven passengers shall, without the consent of the municipal council, entitle any person to carry passengers for hire or reward in or on such vehicle within the specified area during the period of the validity of the prohibition notice. (3) The right of any person to carry for hire or reward— (a) passengers within the specified area for the unexpired period of any road service permit issued before the prohibition notice came into force shall not be affected by the prohibition notice; or (b) passengers departing to or arriving from any place outside the limits of the specified area shall not be affected by the prohibition notice. (4) If the specified area includes any land which is situated within Communal Land, a road service permit in respect of a service within the specified area issued after the prohibition notice came into force to a person in respect of a public service vehicle which is authorized to carry more than seven passengers shall, notwithstanding subsection (2), entitle that person to operate that vehicle within the specified area to and from Communal Land for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, subject to such conditions concerning— (a) the routes and terminal points of the service; and (b) the taking up and setting down of passengers; and (c) the places at which passengers may be taken up and set down; as the municipal council, with the approval of the Minister, may from time to time impose on such operators. 196 Omnibus routes, terminal points and stops (1) In this section— “specified area” means the area referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and ninety-four; “unauthorized”, in relation to a place, terminal point or route referred to in subsection (4), means a place, terminal point or route that has not been fixed and determined by the council in terms of subsection (4) of section one hundred and ninety-five or in terms of subsection (2) or (3), as the case may be. (2) A council may from time to time fix and determine in respect of any omnibus service the routes and terminal points and the places for the setting down and taking up of passengers within the council area or any other area under the administration and control of the council. (3) A municipal council may from time to time fix and determine the routes and terminal points and the places for the setting down and taking up of passengers in respect of any service 69

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