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| (1) The Minister may at any time require the fares board to review the operation of any fares scheme. |
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| (2) Where the fares board has been required by the Minister to review the operation of any fares scheme, the Ceylon Transport Board shall publish a notice thereof in such manner as the fares board shall direct, and such notice shall specify the time and manner (which shall be determined by the fares board) in which representations with respect thereto may be made to the fares board. |
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| (3) Representations may be made to the fares board under this section-
| | (a) by any such body representative of the persons or of any class of the persons using the omnibus services to which the fares scheme relates as may be approved by the Minister; or | | |
| | (b) 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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| (4) As soon as possible after the time for making representations with respect to the review of the fares scheme has elapsed, the fares board shall hold a public inquiry into the scheme and shall at that inquiry hear the Ceylon Transport Board and any local authority or body specified in subsection (3) who desires to be heard, and shall thereafter alter the scheme in such manner as the fares board thinks fit or may determine that no alteration is necessary, and any alteration made by the fares board shall be published in such manner, and shall come into force on such date, as the fares board may specify: |
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| (5) 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 any review of any fares scheme under this section. |
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