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| (1) An application for the alteration of a fares scheme in force may be made to the fares board-
| | (a) by the Ceylon Transport Board, or | | |
| | (b) by any such body representative of the persons or of any class of persons using the omnibus services to which that scheme relates as may be approved by the Minister, or | | |
| | (c) by the local authority within whose administrative limits the omnibus services to which that scheme relates are wholly or partly provided: | | |
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| (2) Every application under subsection (1) shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for the proposed alteration of the fares scheme to which the application relates. |
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| (3) Where an application is made to the fares board under this section (not being an application which the fares board refuses to entertain), the applicant shall publish the application in such manner as the fares board shall direct together with a notice specifying the time and manner (which shall be determined by the fares board) in which objections to the application and other representations with respect thereto may be made to the fares board by any person or body of persons specified in subsection (1) other than the applicant. |
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| (4) As soon as possible after the time for making objections and representations with respect to an application under this section has elapsed, the fares board shall hold a public inquiry into the application and shall at that inquiry hear any person or body specified in subsection (1) who desires to be heard, and shall thereafter make such order with respect to the matter of the application as the fares board thinks fit: |
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| (5) Where an order is made under subsection (4) altering a fares scheme, particulars of the alteration shall, unless the fares board determines that in all the circumstances publication is unnecessary, be published in such manner as the fares board shall specify. |
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| (6) It shall be the duty of the Ceylon Transport Board to give to the fares board all such assistance as is necessary or as the fares board may require for the purpose of making a decision on any application made to the fares board under this section. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts