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| (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Director shall have full power and discretion to either grant or refuse to grant a stage carriage permit or grant a renewal thereof. |
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| (2) The Director, in exercising his discretion in regard to the grant or refusal to grant a stage carriage permit or to grant a renewal thereof and to the route or routes in respect of which permits may be granted, shall have regard primarily to the interests of the public generally, including those of persons requiring, as well as those of persons providing, facilities for the transport of passengers for fee or reward and shall, in particular, have regard in using such discretion to the following matters:
| | (a) the extent to which the proposed carriage of passengers is necessary or desirable in the public interest; | | |
| | (b) the suitability of the proposed route or routes; | | |
| | (c) the extent, if any, to which the needs of the proposed route or routes or of any such route are already adequately served; | | |
| | (d) the needs of the area as a whole in relation to traffic (including the provision of adequate, suitable and efficient services) and the co-ordination of all forms of passenger transport, including transport by railway ; | | |
| | (e) the consideration that wherever any transportation facilities (including facilities provided by the railway) in any area or on any route are, in the opinion of the Director, satisfactory and efficient to meet at reasonable charge the transportation requirements of the public within that area or on that route, it is undesirable to grant a permit authorizing the carriage of passengers within substantially the same area or over substantially the same route in competition with the said transportation facilities. | | |
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