Vehicle and Traffic (Transitional and Consequential) Act 1999
13Certificates authorising driving of public passenger vehicles
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13 Certificates authorising driving of public passenger vehicles
(1) A certificate authorising the holder to drive a public passenger vehicle which was in force under the former Traffic Act provisions immediately before the commencement day continues in force, subject to the new Act, for the balance of the period for which it was issued or last renewed as if it were an ancillary certificate under the new Act authorising the holder to drive a public passenger vehicle.
(2) Any conditions or restrictions of the certificate remain in force, subject to the new Act, as if they were conditions of the ancillary certificate imposed under the new Act.
(3) A certificate authorising the holder to drive a public passenger vehicle issued under the former Traffic Act provisions that continues in force as an ancillary certificate under this section is taken (despite any actual non-conformity) to comply with the requirements of the new Act as to its form and content.
(4) [Section 13 Subsection (4) omitted by No. 42 of 2000, s. 4, Applied:14 Aug 2000] . . . . . . . .