Road Transport Act, 1986
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1978” means the Road Transport Act, 1978 ; | ||
“carrier's licence” means either a national road freight carrier's licence or an international road freight carrier's licence; | ||
“existing merchandise licence” means a merchandise licence which was in force at any time in the period of two years ending on the day on which section 3 of this Act comes into operation and which has not expired or been revoked; | ||
“existing restricted road freight licence” means a restricted road freight licence which is in force on the day on which section 3 of this Act comes into operation; | ||
“international road freight carrier's licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of this Act; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Communications; | ||
“national road freight carrier's licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of this Act; | ||
“the Principal Act” means the Road Transport Act, 1933 ; | ||
“transport officer” means a transport officer appointed under section 15 of this Act. | ||
(2) For the purposes of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, a national road freight carrier's licence and an international road freight carrier's licence shall each be deemed to be a merchandise licence under that Act. |