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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 SUNBEAM TRANSPORT LIMITED}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 TRANSPORT CONTROL BOARD & OTHERS}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144 
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3175739 Helsham P, Kapi, Ward J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 J.A.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3175739 
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3175739 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3175739 11 November 1993}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Traffic - Transport Control Board - meaning of "new service" - meaning of "public interest" - need for written applications - whether Board may act of its own volition to grant temporary licences - Traffic Act (Cap 176) Section 74(1).
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par Following dismissal of an application for leave to move for judicial review the C
ourt of Appeal considered the meaning and effect of Section 74. The Court also related sections of the Act in detail. It HELD: (by majority) (i) that a written application must be made for the issue of a temporary licence under Section 74 
(ii) that the TCB may not act on its own volition under Section 74. The Court also defined the meaning of the terms "new service" and "public interest".
\par 
\par No cases were cited}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6886636\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 S.M. Koya}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  for the Appellant
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 R. Matebalavu}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  for the First Respondent

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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Helsham R and Ward JJ.A.:
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\par In deference to the arguments that were addressed to us, we propose to set out in some detail the background facts that are claimed to have a bearing on the outcome of this appeal.
\par 
\par It is an appeal by Sunbeam Transport Ltd from a decision given in the High Court upon an application for judicial review. The Transport Control Board (the Board, the first respondent) had granted a bus licence to an applicant firm trading as Vatukoula Exp
r
ess Service (the second respondent) to operate a service between Vatukoula and Suva along the Kings Road in competition with a service operated by the appellant. The appellant challenged the grant in an application for judicial review and sought to have i
t set aside; it was refused relief. It then appealed to this Court.
\par 
\par The whole problem here concerns bus licenses, or road service licences (RSL), their grant or refusal. It concerns the rights and duties of the Board in relation to them pursuant to certain
 provisions of the Traffic Act (Cap 176). It is therefore necessary to examine the provisions of that Act which govern the situation. We propose to ann}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6886636\charrsid3175739 ex these reasons for judgment}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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lems that have been raised in this appeal.
\par 
\par We now turn to the facts.
\par 
\par From 1981 Sunbeam held certain licences to operate its buses over the Kings Road, or portions thereof, on services from and to Suva. The record before us refers to them. But no matter how hard we try, we cannot, i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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e appear to be for a period expiring in 1991, others in 1997 or 1998.
\par 
\par Vatukoula had a bus licence, RSL 12/9/46, granted on 8th Ju}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739 ly 1981, to operate to and from}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  Vatukoula. The licence was for a period of five years expiring on 8th July 1986. On 28th May 1
986 it made an application for renewal as it was entitled to do under the Act and, by virtue of s. 
69(2) of the Act, the licence continued in force until that application was disposed of. No doubt as a result of the procedures connected with such an application, Sunbeam made a competing application; it was given a number, RSL 12/9/
78. The Board proceeded to hear the application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  together and, after some delays not caused by it, it gave a decision on 9th October 1986 in which it refused to grant either licen
ce. On an application by Vatukoula to review the finding it refused again. On 20th October 1986 Vatukoula made an application to the relevant Minister and was again refused.
\par 
\par Nothing daunted, on 7th November 1986, Vatukoula made an application for a temporary licence under s. 74. On 13th N}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739 ovember 1986 that was refused. I}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 t then went to Court. On the same day it made an }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ex parte}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 application to a Judge of the High Court for judicial review and an injunction. It was granted an interim injunction to restrain the Board from preventing it operating under RSL 12/9/46 (proceedings No. 22/86).
 On 5th March 1987 Sunbeam applied to have the injunction dissolved and on 1st April 1987 the injunction was discharged. A further application by Vatukoula on 7th April was refused on 16th April 1987. Here endeth RSL 12/9/46 (almost).
\par 
\par On 18th October 1988 Vatukoula lodged an application for a licence to operate a service between Vatukoula and Suva, later numbered RSL 12/9/98; this was pursuant to s. 64. On 1st November 1988}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739  it was issued with a temporary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  licence RSL 12/9/98 pursuant to s. 74.
\par 
\par On the same day, 1st November 1988, Vatukoula purported to discontinue proceedings No. 22/86 - purported, because it did not have the consent of Sunbeam or (presumably) of the Board, and this is claimed to invalidate the discontinuance.
\par 
\par This ensued:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-2880\li3600\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 3rd November 1988:\tab 
Publication by Board of application by Vatukoula made under s. 64 [s. 65(1)] - number RSL 12/9/98
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-2880\li3600\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 th November 1988:\tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Receipt of competing application by Sunbeam made under s. 65(1)
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-2880\li3600\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 25th November 1988:\tab }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Publication by Board of grant of temporary licence under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739 74 - number RSL 12/9/}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 98 (note - we believe this notice was defective for reasons we shall give later)
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-2880\li3600\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 26th November 1988:\tab }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Publication by Board of notice of meetings to be held on 15th and 16t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739 h December to consider (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739 inter ali}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ) the s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
64 application of Vatukoula (note - we believe it is necessary to come back to this notice)
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12854802 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-2880\li3600\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 5th December 1988:\tab }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Application to High Court by Sunbeam for judicial review of decisions of the Board (i) of 18th October to receive and thereafter publish Vatukoula's s.
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739  64 application and (ii) of 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
st November to issue to it a temporary licence (s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74); and for injunction.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-2880\li3600\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 7th December 1988:\tab }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Ex parte}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 order granting leave and stay of proceedings
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 20th January 1989:\tab \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6886636\charrsid3175739 I}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 njunction refused
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 7th November 1990:\tab \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Hearing of proceedings in High Court
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 12th March 1991:\tab \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Judgment
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par The Court dismissed Sunbeam's application for judicial review. It is from that dismissal that this appeal has been brought.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 At this stage we mention three matters.
\par 
\par Firstly, the publication of 25th November 1988 of the grant of the temporary licence to Vatukoula pursuant to s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  74.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  Subsection (3) of that section requires publication not only of notice of the grant but also the date of expiry and an invitation for applications under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
65. The notice here published, assuming that it was not practicable to publish it before the lapse of over three weeks, did not have ref}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
erence to either of those things.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Secondly, the publication of the notice of hearing of the s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
64 application of Vatukoula in the newspaper the following day (26th November) was headed thus:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
"Meeting of the board will be held in the department of road transport meeting room, valelevu, suva at 10.00 a.m. on}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
thursday 15th december, 1988 and adjourned to friday, 16th december 1988 if the items on the agenda are not completed. Evidence will be received in public for or against the application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 s for road service licences, am}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 endments, transfers and re}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 newals of road service licences.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 "
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16529503 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16529503\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Thereunder there appeared a reference to forty-seven applications, the last two reading as follows:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 "Section 74 of the Traffic Act
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Temporary Road Service Licence for skeleton Sunday Services approved on 1.11.88, 3. 11.88 and 8}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 11.88.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Rsl 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 /}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 /}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 98 Vatukoula express service
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 As
 advertised in The Fiji Tunes on 3.11.88 and approved under Section 74 of the Traffic Act"
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Anything more confusing as a purported notice of the hearing of a s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
64 application would be hard to imagine. We suppose it could be suggested that because the issue of a s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 temporary licence does not require a hearing, a person wishing to oppose the issue of a s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 65 lice
nce is required to assume that the above quoted notice refers to such a hearing. We would hold that such a person is not required to guess, or assume anything, but is entitled to be given a proper notice. We mention here that we believe the notice of 26th
 November may have been deficient for another reason which we shall come to later.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
The third matter is that the Board, some two years before all this, had refused to renew Vatukoula's licence that expired in 1986. The proceedings and the orders that were m
ade did not in our view effect the operation of this refusal. The Board refused to grant a temporary licence. So we are going to assume that Vatukoula was not operating a service as at 1988 and had not been doing so for about two years.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 When the appeal ca
me on for hearing before us it was confirmed that the only matter to be determined was whether there had been a valid issue of a temporary licence by the Board to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7494599\charrsid3175739  Vatukoula on 1st November 1988.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 This, so far as any effect on the parties was concerned, was 
an academic question; whether it had been validly issued or not, it would have expired in any event three months later. The Court would not ordinarily entertain an appeal where no orders are sought and nothing done requires to be undone. However, there wa
s
 an application for a declaration included in the relief sought, and both Sunbeam and the Board (Vatukoula did not appear on the appeal) stated that the parties were very anxious to have the relevant sections of the Act construed so that the position migh
t be clarified for the future, and we agreed to proceed.
\par 
\par However, so that any declaration could be properly founded upon the facts of the present case, we require the parties to formulate precisely the problems that the relevant sections of the Act posed w
ith reference to the facts of this case. They did so as follows:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
"1. What is the interpretation to be given to the words "new service" appearing in Section 74(1) of the Traffic Act Cap. 176.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3473630\charrsid3175739 2. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 What interpretation sh}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7494599\charrsid3175739 ould be assigned to the words }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 "Public interest" appearing in section 74(1) of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Traffic Act Cap. 176.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
3. Whether there is a need for written application to be made under the Traffic Act for a temporary licence to be issued under Section 74 of the Traffic Act Cap.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 176, unless it is granted b
y the Board on its own motion under Section 72 of the Act.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3473630\charrsid3175739 4. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Whether in the light of the provisions of Section 73 of the Traffic Act, dealing with temporary amendments to Road Service Licence, one can read into Section 74 an authority in the Board to act
 on its own volition and proceed to grant a Temporary Licence under Section 74(1)."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par Section 65(1) provides for the giving of a public notice of the receipt of an application except in those instances specified in it. The notice must refer to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the receipt of the application, the detail}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 s, that the Board will receive}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 representations for or against it within ten days and, in the case of an application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 for a licence, that it will receive competing applications also. We might pause to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7494599\charrsid3175739 note}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 that the notice published by the Board on 3rd November 1988 in this case did just that. If the Board receives any representations or, as was the case here, any }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7494599\charrsid3175739 compet}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ing applications, it shall publish another notice; this is the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 notice of hearing, in effe
ct. However, this not}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3473630\charrsid3175739 ice must "specify the name of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7494599\charrsid3175739 any}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7494599\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 applicant for the proposed service and appoint a day ..." etc (emphasis added). That means the name of the original applicant whose application put}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the process in motion as well as the name of any comp
eting applicant. The reason - to enable b}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12854802\charrsid3175739 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
th applications to be heard together. Were it not so, the Board might be required to treat the competing application as an application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 and start the whole process once more in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  relation to that application.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
We mentioned earlier the matter of the notice of hearing published on 26th November. It did not specify the name of the competing applicant, Sunbeam. We believe that it is important that the terms of the section be complied with, so that the competing
 applicant will know that its application is to be dealt with at the same time, and be ready. This defect coupled with the wording of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the notice to which we have already drawn attention would seem to us to mean that in law there was no compliance with s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 6
5(3). As it turns out, we are not required to decide what might be the consequences of such non-compliance.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 We turn now
 to the Act. It is necessary to look at those sections of the Act which deal with bus licences and which are dealt with for the purposes of these proceedings in Division 3 of Part V of the Act. It is unnecessary, in our opinion, to examine all 12 sections
 
in that Division which do so and we have extracted and annexed to these reasons for judgment those which we consider relevant. The provisions of these seem complicated and difficult, but they fall completely into place and provide a sensible and cohesive 
pattern if one keeps firmly in mind that there is only one instance where the Act allows the Board to act "of its own motion". The first sentence of s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
72 makes it clear that it empowers the Board to act without the necessity of having a relevant application before it. We shall endeavour to explain.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Section 63 provides that no one can operate a bus without having a licence granted by the Board. Subsection (3) of that section makes an exception in the case of death of the licensee, but that is immaterial here.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Section 64 provides for applications to be made for the issue of a bus licence.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Section 65 deals with what is to happen when an application for a licence is received. It relates not only to an application for a licence, which in this context must mean
 a new licence, but also for the renewal, transfer or amendment of an existing licence. It requires the Board to give notice of the receipt of the application. In the case of an application for any of the four types mentioned above the notice must specify
 
that the Board will receive representations for or against the application. In the case of a new licence or renewal, the notice must also state that it will receive applications from others. There are two exceptions to this which need not be discussed her
e. The section then goes on to detail what steps the Board must then take and thereafter it has a discretion to grant or refuse the application. There are other implementation provisions which need not be considered here.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Section 66 deals with matters that
 the Board is to consider before deciding to grant or refuse a licence. Section 67 relates to conditions that the Board may attach to a licence. Section 68 gives power to revoke, vary or suspen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 d a licence. Section 60 deals w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ith duration.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Section 70 prescr
ibes the form and time for an application for a renewal and provides that every such application "shall be deemed to be an application for a new licence and shall be made and dealt with accordingly". This throws one back to ss.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12873474\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 and 65.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Section 71 relates to transfers. It will be recalled that s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 deals, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 inter alia}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
, with applications for transfers. This section quite clearly does not take away}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 any of the requirements of the previous sections which relate to the manner in which applications under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
64 are to be processed; it provides for sonar additional matters in relation to such applications. It is only re}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 levant to the extent that it emp}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 hasises the need for applications to be made and for their processing under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12873474\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 65 and other provisions.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12873474\charrsid3175739 Notwithstanding}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  that the terms of s.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12873474\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 72}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  are annexed, we set}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  out the provisions of s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  72(1) & (4):-}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 "72. - (1) During the currency of}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  any road service licence, the B}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
oard may, of its own motion or on the application of the licensee, amend the licence 
by altering or revoking any of the terms or conditions of the licence or by addition any new terms or conditions that, in its opinion, are necessary in the public interest.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14878962 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14878962\charrsid3175739 \'85.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14878962\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4876901 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 (4) Where the B}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 oard intends of its own motion to amend any licence under this section, the provisions of section 65 shall, with the necessary m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 odifications apply, as if the Bo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ard}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
had received an application for the proposed amendment. In any such case, a copy of the public notice given under that section shall be given to the licens
ee not less than 7 clear days before the expiry of the time specified in the public notice for the receipt of written representations against the proposed amendment."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The following matters are clear: (1) The section relates only to amendment of an existin
g licence. (2) The Board may initiate the action to amend, or the licensee may seek the amendments by application made under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64. (3) Where the Board makes the amendment "of its own motion", the process shall thereafter be treated, as far as possible, as if the licensee}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  had made an application under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 and the procedure under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
65 shall be followed as far as possible with one further requirement as to notice. We do not consider that the section leaves any doubt about how it was intended to operate.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5462995\charrsid3175739 Section 73 relates to a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 temporary amendment by the secretary and does not bear upon what we have said or what we are about to say. Despite the reference to this section in issue 4, it is clearly only a power of temporary amendment given to the secretary in
 order to allow immediate implementation of an amendment being requested pending the next meeting of the Board at which the application will be considered in the usual }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 manner under sections 72 and 65.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Section 74 is really the crucial section for the purposes of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
this appeal. However, we believe it falls quite comfortably into place by giving effect to its terms. Section 74, so far as relevant for this analysis provides:-
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (1) Where the Board considers that the public interest necessitates the immediate establishment of a new service or the amendment of an existing road service licence, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 may issue a new road service licence for such service or may amend such existing road service licence without complying with the provisions of section 65.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (2) A new road servic}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 e licence issued under this secti}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 on shall expire 3}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  months after the date of issue.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (3) Where the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 issues under this section a new road service licence, it shall as soon as practicable thereafter publish a notice in a newspaper in a newspaper}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 published and circulating in Fiji stating that a new road service licence has been granted unde}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3473630\charrsid3175739 r this section, specifying the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 service and the date upon which the licence will expire and stati
ng that application may be made under the provisions of section 65, not later than the expiry of 4 weeks from the date of such notice, for a road service licence to take effect after the expiry of the licence granted under this section.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (4) Where the Boar
d amends under this section an existing road service licence, it shall, as soon as practicable, deal with the matter as if no amendment had been made under the provisions of subsection (1)."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The issue is whether the Board must have before it an application under section 64 for a new service or for the amendment of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5328762\charrsid3175739 n}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  existing service
 before it can exercise its power to issue a new 3 month licence or a temporary amendment before the procedures under}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  section 65 have been completed.}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The first matter to be emphasised is that the words "of its own motion" do not appear in this section, as distinct from s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
72. Some reason for this must exist and the rules of legal interpretation require notice to be taken of that and effect given to the difference if it is possible to do so}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5328762\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  It is not difficult to do so in this instance.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The second matter is that s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74(}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ) enables the Board to proceed "without complying with the provisions of section 65". It makes no reference to by}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 passing s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 6}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12461399\charrsid3175739 4. Section 65 is what might be c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12461399\charrsid3175739 l}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
led the procedural section, detailing the action to be taken by the Board "on receipt of an application". So s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 was intended to allow the issue of a new licence or an amendment where "the Board considers that the public interest necessitates" the immedi
ate establishment of a new service or immediate amendment of an existing licence.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The third matter is that the procedures required to be followed under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3473630\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
65 need some time, perhaps considerable time, before the Board can decide whether to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 grant or refuse an application.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The clear requirement for action by the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 
Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  is the im}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 mediacy of the need for th}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 e new service or for the amendmen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
t of a licence. When the Board considers the need is of that nature, the section allows immediate action before complying wi
th the procedural requirements of section 65. However, the Board must then, pursuant to subsections (3) and (4), put into train the procedural steps such an application ordinarily requires.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 In the case of amendment there will, of course, alw}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 ays be an existing licence to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 amend and the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 has the extra powers under section 72 to act of its own motion. Thus, where there is as application to amend a current licence under section 64 or where the Board decides of its own motion to amend, it may then consider 
whether there is an immediate need in the public interest to amend. If}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 so it can proceed under section 74 but it must thereafter, as soon as practicable,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 deal with the ma}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 tter under sections 72 and 63.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 In our opinion this interpretation accords with the terms of the Act and with common sense. In the case of amendment, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 knows there is an existing licence, so whether it acts of its own motion or an application, it knows there is an operator on the mute either indicating by his application he is willi
ng and able to modify his service or who can be required to do so for a limited period.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The Board has no function and no power to decide there is a public need for the immediate issue of a new licence until an application is made.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 It cannot, for example,
 foist a new licence upon an unsuspecting operator who has not made an application for it. Once there has been an application for a new service, the Board knows that there is at least fine operator willing to run}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11367759\charrsid3175739  it. In those cases it can safel}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 y go ahead a
nd grant that operator a temporary licence or temporary amendment if it is of opinion that the circumstances warrant immediate action before the somewhat lengthy procedures normally required can be completed.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
We suppose the position could be summed up by saying that the function of the Board in this area is to decide applications, not to create them. There is one instance when it can do the latter, namely under section 72 where there is an existing operator an
d the need arises. We believe this conclusion meets the needs of (i) the words "of its own motion", (ii) the sections themselves, (iii) common sense.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Questions 3 and 4 are:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
3. Whether there is a need for written application to be made under the Traffic Act for a Temporary Licence to be issued under Section 74 of the Traffic Act Cap. 176, unless it is granted by the Board on its own motion under Section 72 of the Act.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
4. Whether in the light of the provisions of Section 73 of the Traffic Act, dealing with temporary amendments to Road Service Licence, one can read into Section 74 and authority in the Board to act on its own volition and proceed to grant a Tem}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11367759\charrsid3175739 porary Licence under Section 74(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 We would answer the question posed in the first part of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
the 3rd question in the affirmative. The second part is meaningless. A temporary licence under section 74 is one issued for a new service. Section 72 applies only to existing licences and so the powers und}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8352906\charrsid3175739 er that section can only apply in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  section 74 to temporary amendments.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 That also means the answer to question 4 is }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
'}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 No'.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Now, turning to the remaining questions, the first one is:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 . What is the interpretation to be given to the words "new se}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 rvice" appearing in Section 74(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 )
 of the Traffic Act Cap. 176."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 We see no reason to place any restrictive meaning on the words "new service" where they appear in s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
74. They simply mean a service that did not previously exist. We consider "service" is different from "route". If, for example, a particular route was t
he subject of a licence, the Board might still be of the view that the public interest necessitated an immediate increase in the services already provided, or the alteration of a timetable. If, for some valid reason, the Board did not wish to amend the cu
r
rent operator's licence to accommodate this, or if the current operator was unable or unwilling to make an application for an amendment of his licence, then naturally the Board would wish to issue a new licence. There is no reason why it should be restric
t
ed from doing so merely because someone was already operating a service over the same or substantially the same route. We do not believe that the word "new" was intended to achieve such a restriction. The word means "a service that does not already exist"
, and which, of course, needs a licence to be issued to an operator to enable him to run it.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The second question is:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
"2. What interpretation should be assigned to the words }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8352906\charrsid3175739 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 public interest" appearing in Section 74(}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ) of the Traffic Act Cap. 17}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 6.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 "
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 We can see no justification for reading down the words of s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8352906\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
74 so as to have them mean that the section only applies when there is an emergency - whatever that might mean. The Board is there to serve the public interest in relation to the grant, refusal and so on of, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 inter alia}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 , road service licences. There may be man}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 y}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  reasons why the public interest might necessitate the immediate}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
establishment of a new service, whether or not there is one already operating over the proposed route, without there being what could be termed an emergency. For example, suppose the current operator was not providing a service as required by its licence 
and the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 was considering some action under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3473630\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
68 of the Act; the grant of a temporary licence for 3 months or an amendment for a limited period might be the optimum way of ensuring that the public interest was properly served in such event. It is unnec
essary to think up other possible examples. The point is that there is, in our opinion, no warrant for limiting the powers of the Board under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 when considering what is the public interest that necessitates a licence being granted. The need for an "emergency" would tend to do so.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 We have not overlooked the requirement that the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 must under Section 66, when granting or refusing a licence, have regard to the extent the service is necessary or desirable in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
the public interest (section 66}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (2)(a)). That must clearly mean something other than the extent to which the needs of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
the area are already being met or the desirability of encouraging adequ}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 ate and efficient services and e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 l}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 im}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 inating unnecessary and unremunerative ones (section 66(2)(b) & (c)). When amending a licence under section 72 it should allow what in its opinion is necessary in the public interest (
sect 72(1)) or, in the case of the amendments included in section 72(2), what it considers desirable in the public interest.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
In section 74 necessity alone is the kick-start but this difference does not alter the meaning of public interest in that section from the meaning in the preceding ones.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 We have already answered question 3 and 4 in the earlier reference to the construction of s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
As we have stated, by the time this appeal was listed, it was an academic question. We agreed to proceed in order to clarify the relevant provisions of the Act on the basis of the four questions agreed by the appellant and the first respondent.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Having given our views, we do not consider it necessary or appropriate to make any order on the appeal itself or on costs.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Kapi J.A.:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 On the 8th of July 1991, the Second respondent was granted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  a road service licence, RSL 12/9/}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 46 to operate bus services for the route Vat}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 ukoula-Suva and Suva-Vatukoula v}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
ia King's Road. This licence expired on the 8th July 1986. The Second Respondent applied for a renewal of the licence. After hearing all the parties, the Board refused the application to renew the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 licence on the 9th October 1986.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 The Appellant who was also an applicant to the licence was also refused.
\par 
\par The Second Respondent made a further application and was refused and this resulted in a judicial review proceedings }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 in the High Court. It is not neces
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 sary to set out the details of these proceedings as they are not relevant to the present appeal.
\par 
\par On the 8th October, 1988, the Second Respondent made a fresh application for a lic}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 nce for the route in question under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the Act. The First Respondent did not take any action under s. 65 of the Act. Instead, the Board granted a temporary licence t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  the Second Re}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 spondent, RSL 12/9/98 on the 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 st November 1988 under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the Act. The judicial review proceedings in the High Court by the }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8352906\charrsid3175739 Appellant}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8352906\charrsid3175739 challeng}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ed
 the validity of the decision by the First Respondent. The Appellant sought the foll}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8352906\charrsid3175739 owing relevant relief from the H}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 igh Court:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
(a) An order for certiorari to quash the decision made by the First Re}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 spondent on the grant of RSL 12/9/}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 98 under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3473630\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 of the Traffic Act (Cap. 176) (hereinafter referred to as the Act).
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 (b) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 A declaration that the First Respondent unlawfully granted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 RSL 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 /}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 /}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 98 under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3088988\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  74 of the Act.
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ) For damages suffered b}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 y reason of the grant of RSL 12/9/}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 98 and operation of the service w
ring the relevant period.
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 T}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 he}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  application for judicial review was dismissed by the High Court. The}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Appellant has appealed against the decision of the High Court.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 As to the appeal against dismissal of the application for certiorari,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739  this is now academic as RSL 12/9/}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
98 has already expired. The licence was granted on the 1st November 1988 and pursuant to s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  74(2) of the Act, it expired on the 1st February 1989.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par The remai}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 n}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ng claims for a declaration and damages by the Appellant are pendi}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 n}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 g and are dependent upon the determination of the central issue in this appeal and that is, whether}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 , the grant of RSL 12/}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 /}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 98 by the First Respondent to the Third Respondent was lawful.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The determination of these issues ultimately depends upon the proper construction and application of s. 74 of the Act. It is in the following terms:

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
"74. (1) Where the Board considers that the public interest necessitates the immediate establishment of a 
new service or the immediate amendment of an existing road service license, the Board may issue a new road service licence for such service or may amend such existing road service licence without complying with the provisions of section 65.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (2) A new road
 licence issued under this section shall expire 3 months after the date of issue:
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Provided that a temporary licence issued under the provisions of the proviso to subsection (3) of section 63 may be granted for such period as the Board may determine and th
e provisions of the next succeeding subsection shall not apply to such temporary licence.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9451187\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid9451187 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3088988\charrsid3175739 (3) Where the Board issues u}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 nder this section a new road service licence, it shall as soon as practicable thereafter publish a notice in a newspaper published and ci
rculating in Fiji stating that a new road service licence has been granted under this section, specifying the service and the date upon which the licence will expire and stating that application may be made under the provisions of section 65, not later th
an the expiry of 4 weeks from the date of such notice, for a road service licence to take effect after the expiry of the licence granted under this section.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
(4) Where the Board amends under this section an existing road service licence, it shall as soon as practicable, deal with the matter as if no amendment had been made under the provisions of subsection (1).
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
(5) As soon as the Board has dealt with the matter in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (4), the amendment made under subsection (1) shall cease to have effect."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The parties have formulated the following issues to be determined in relation to s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1649690\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
1. What is the interpretation to be given to the words "new se}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 rvice" appearing in section 74(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ) of the Traffic Act Cap. 176?
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 2. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 What interpretation should be assigned to the words "public int}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
erest" appearing in Section 74(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ) of the Traffic Act Cap. 176?
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
3. Whether there is need for written application to be made under the Traffic Act for a temporary licence to be issued under Section 74 of the Traffic Act Cap. 176, unless it is granted by the Board on its own motion under Section 72 of the Act?
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
4. Whether in the light of the provisions of Section 73 of the Traffic Act, dealing with temporary amendments to road service licence, one can read into Section 74 an auth}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1649690\charrsid3175739 ority in the Board to act on it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 s own volition and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 proceed to grant a tempor}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 ary licence under Section 74(1).}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par Section 74 comes withi}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3088988\charrsid3175739 n Part V, Division 3 of the Act.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  This division deals specifically with road service and contract carriage 
licences. In this appeal we are concerned with road service licences. Before turning to the proper construction of s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 of the Act, it may be helpful to give a brief description of the road service licensing scheme.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
The Transport Control Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) is given the power to grant these licences (s. 63). The Act prescribes the form in which an application for a road service licence or for the renewal, transfer or amendment may be made (s}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  
64). Section 65 prescribes the procedure and the manner in which the Board may deal with an application under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  64 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  the Act. These include such matters as notice of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  in a newspaper, invitation to}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  make representations or objections in writ
ing against the application and invitation to others to put in an application if they wish to. Section 66 deals with matters which may be taken into account by the Board in determining the applications. Section 68 deals with the power of the Board to revo
ke, vary or transfer licences. Section 69 deals with duration of licences. Section 70 deals with renewal of licences. Section 71 deals with}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
 transfer of licences. Section}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  72 deals with amendment of licences. Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2440008\charrsid3175739 [sic]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3088988\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 deals with a temporary amendment of a licence.
\par 
\par It is clear from this brief survey that the Act provides for an elaborate scheme for application for, renewal, transfer, amendment and revocation of a road service licence. These provisions are intended to give all interested parties a fair hea
ring in the granting, renewal, transfer, amendment and revocation of a road service licence.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 It is necessary to examine ss}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1649690\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  72 and 73 closely. During a currency of a road service licence, such a licence may be amended:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 1. By the Board of it}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 s own motion, or
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 2. Upon application of the licensee.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par Where the Board intends of its own motion to amend, it shall give due notice to the licensee in accordance with s. 65 of the Act with}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
 necessary modifications (s. 72}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (4) of the Act). The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  may then e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1649690\charrsid3175739 xercise it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 s powers under s. 72}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (1) and (2) of the Act. This gives the licensee an opportunity to make representations before the Board exerc}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 ises it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 s powers.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2440008\charrsid3175739 Where the license}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
e makes an application under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
64 of the act, then it is dealt with in accordance with s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 65 o
f the Act. Where such application is pending, the secretary to the Board is empowered to make a temporary amendment by either deletion or addition of a vehicle at the request of the applicant. Such an amendment is valid un}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 til the Board next meets}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2440008\charrsid3175739 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  S. 73}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 (1) of the Act. The}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Board may authorise other persons to make amendments with regard to fares, t}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2440008\charrsid3175739 im}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 e-tables and routes: S. 73(2).}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The amendments that may be made by the Boa}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
rd in either case (that is acting on its own mot}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
ion or by application of the licensee) are based on its opinion as "are necessary in the public interest" (s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 72(1) of the Act). Exercise of power by the Board under this section in principle is no different to the power given under section 74 in that it is based on "public interest".
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 I now consider the terns of s. 74 of the Act. The Board is empowered}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  under}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  this provision to grant:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
(a) An immediate establishment of a new service, or
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
(b) An immediate amendment of an existing road service licence.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 may proceed to exercise these powers if it considers that the public interest necessitates it. As I have pointed out earlier, this is the same basis upon which the Board may act to amend a license under s. 72 of the Act. The difference in s. 74 is that
 the need to exercise this power is immediate and may be invoked without any application under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1649690\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 of the Act. In addition, this power also applies to gra}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 n}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ting of a new licence.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 The meaning of "new service"}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
The Board may do one of two things. It may grant a temporary road service licence to establish a "new service" or amend an existing road service licence}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739  (s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2440008\charrsid3175739 74(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739 )}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 . Where there is an existing road service licence for a particular route, any improvement on 
this service may be done by way of amendment of the existing road service licence. In this context, the words "new service" must mean that a new licence may be granted to another person or another company in respect of the same route to provide additional
 service. Where there is no existing licence then a new licence is granted to provide a new service.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 What is the meaning}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2440008\charrsid3175739 
 of "public interest"?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Public interest is to be interpreted within the context of Part V of the Act. It relates to the interest of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
the general public who may use the particular route for purposes of transportation. It is the interest of this class of people that the Board must conside}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 r in the exercise of it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
s powers under s. 74 of the Act. The primary consideration is the interests of the public rather than the applicants or operators of services. This emphasis comes from the words "public interest necessitates the immediate establishment of ..... or the }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 immediate amendment of ......."}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739 .}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
\par 
\par What is in the public}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739  interest is not easy to define.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  It is a subjective matter and is to be determined at the particular time the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739 
 Board is exercising its powers.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  Without giving any exhaustive definition, it would include consideration of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the need to establish a now service or amendment of an existing ro
ad service licence in the interest of the class of people referred to above. In respect of a new service, the relevant questions to ask would be: What are the requirements of transport by the public on this route? Is there a licensed operator serving the 
interests of the public on this route? If the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 re}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  is, is there a need for a new licence in the interest }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
of the public? In respect of amendm}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
ent of a licence, the relevant questions to ask would be: Is the existing licence run efficiently and adequately in the interest of the public? Can the present}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  services be improved in the int}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
erest of the public? This is not exhaustive but simply an indication of the nature of the considerations which the Board may consider in relation to what is in the public interest.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The
 establishment of a new service or an amendment of an existing licence must be characterised by the "immediate" need for it. That is to say the "immediate establishment of a new service" or "immediate amendment of an existing road service licence". This "
immediate need" may arise out of an emergency or a natural disaster. Again it is not}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 necessary exhaustively to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 enumerate the circumstances}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  that would necessitate this "im}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 mediate need". This can be determined at the time the relevant circumstances arise. This is the distinguishing feature of s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  74 from s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  72 of the Act as far as the public interest is concerned.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 This power}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739  i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 s clearly intended for an immediate need necessitated by the interest of the public and requires quick action without being held up in p
rocedures required by s. 65 of the Act.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The legislature, however, was not unmindful of the rights of other applicants and existing licensees. Firstly, where a new licence is grante}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 d,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739 it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 is valid for 3 months only (s. 74(2)). It is of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 a temporary nature. If}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 there are }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739 others}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 interested in the particular route in the long run, they may apply and get the opportunity to get a permanent license after t
he 3 months has expired. It is required that notice be published in a newspaper circulating in Fiji specifying the service and the date of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  e}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 xpir}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 y}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the temporary license and then applications are invited to be submitted in accordance with s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  65 of the Act. (s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . 74(3)).}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
 All interested parties are then given an opportunity to make representations for the route.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Secondly, where an amendment is made to an existing licence, the Board shall deal with the matter as if the amendment was not made (s. 74(4)). Exactl
y what this means is not clearly spelt out. In the context of all of the provisions relating to amendment of an existing licence, where the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  amends a licence under s. 74(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
) it cannot simply deal with the matter again without notifying the licensee. In
 order to comply with s. 74(4), the Board would need to give notice to the licensee and deal with the matter in accordance with s. 72(4) of the Act. This will give the licensee an opportunity to be heard. When the Board makes the decision, this will repla
ce the temporary amendm}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 ent made initially under s. 74(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ).
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 How ma}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 y}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 po}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 we}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  of the Board be invoked under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  74 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14374377\charrsid3175739 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 f the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ct?
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 There are two heads of power granted under this provision. The power to amend an existing licence and the power to grant a new licence.
\par 
\par First, let me consider the manner in which the power to amend an existing licence may be invoked. Basically section 72 lays down the manner in which the power of amendment of an existing licence may be invoked. It may be invoked by an application of 
the licensee or upon the motion of the Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 itself. The power given to the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  to amen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 d under s. 74 of the Act is no different. Th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 e only difference is that there is an immediate need. Section 72}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 and s. 74 must be read together. If the Board can act of its own motion under s. 72, surely it can do so under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74. If the Board is to have any power to act on its own motion, it must be f}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287930\charrsid3175739 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
r the circumstances set out under s. 74. Having regard to the very wide discretion given to the Board and the consideration of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 the public interest which may necessitate}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
 the immediate amendment of an}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  existing road service licence, I conclude that the Legislature intended that the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Board may act on its own motion. That is a consistent interpretation of ss}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8222545\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  72 and 74.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Can the Board act of its own motion to grant a new licence? This power is granted in the same provision as the power to amend an existing licence. Once it is decided that the Board has the po
wer to act on its own motion under s. 74, then it follows that the same power may be exercised in relation to granting of a new licence.
\par 
\par The question then arises as to what happe}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 ns when there is an application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  before the Board under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 of the Act? Can it be said that the Board is bound to deal with the matter under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  65 of the Act or can the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4876901\charrsid3175739 Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  in the exercise of its discretion proceed to deal with the matter under s}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
74 of the Act? In my view, the discretion of the Board under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739  74 of the Act is not subject to an application under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
64 of the Act. The exercise of discretion is subject only to the interest of the public and the immediate need to establish a new service or an immediate need to amend an existing licence. Where the Board con}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 siders that there is such imme}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
diate need, the Board may act and invoke the power under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 of the Act.
\par 
\par As far as s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
74 is concerned, the matter may come to the attention of the Board in any form and this would include an application under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 64 or s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 72 of the Ac
t. Its primary concern is the consideration of the interests of the public in the immediate future. This interpretation is consistent with the purpose for which the Board is empowered to act immediately.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 How does this work out in practical terms? Where the Board decides to act under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287930\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
74, it should communicate with such operators which may have the capacity to provide for the im}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ediate need in question. It cannot simply act in a vacuum and expect any operator to provide the services. For instance it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 could
 not simply amend an existing licence to increase number of vehicles in any route if the operator does not have such vehicles. The same consideration may be given to the grant of a new licence. This is common sense and the Board should bear this in mind i
n the exercise of its powers. However, one thing is clear, the Board may act on its own motion to put into effect the powers given under s.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287930\charrsid3175739  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 74 of the Act.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8222545\charrsid3175739 pplic}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 ation }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8222545\charrsid3175739 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 f }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287930\charrsid3175739 these }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 principl}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 es }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8222545\charrsid3175739 to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 this case
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 The trial judge stated the principles and applied them in the following terms:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
"Under Section 74 the T.C.B. can act on its own volition and on its own knowledge that the public interest demands of a ne}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287930\charrsid3175739 
w road licence. In the instant c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 ase, T.C.B. has acted 
on the application of the Second Respondent made on 18.10.88 under Section 74 which it is empowered to do.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16651089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7287930 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
It is not right to state that the T.C.B. has thus acted outside its jurisdiction. The only legal requirement under Section 74 is that the Board ought to be satisfied that amendment or the issuance of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
the road service licence is granted in the public interest. The degree of public interest required for so doing depends on the T.C.B. and the source of the knowledge of the public interest can be from any
 source such as the letters that have been sent to the T.C.B. appreciating the Vatukoula Express Bus Service.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15616144 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7287930 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
Section 74 of the Act serves the need of the general public for transport with immediate effect and without delay by granting a temporary permit 
and then call for applications for the same route from the competitors if any and they would thereafter follow the procedures as laid down in Section 65. If that is what was intended by the Parliament the object of an immediate relief contemplated under S
ection 74 for a new road licence or an amendment would be lost. It is quite logical to think by drawing analogies in the grant of temporary water connections, electricity, buildings, the normal procedure is to a great extent suspended t}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287930\charrsid3175739 o serve the immediate need, may}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 
be of an individual or a section of a community. The situation created under Section 74 is exactly similar limited to a period as short as 3 months. Further extensions on making the grant permanent would be strictly as according to provisions of 
Section 65. In point of fact Section 65 does not surface materially on}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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The applicant Sunbeam had no right to a hearing at the time the T.C.B. made a decision under Section 74. Subsequently Sunb}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
eam had the opportunity to mak}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 e representations at a meeting fixed by the Board pursuant to the publication of the notice under Section 65."
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 the Board in determining this matter under s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 Act.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16651089\charrsid3175739 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 There was no challenge either at the judicial review proceedings or on this appeal that the licence was not granted 
on the basis of the public interest nor was there any challenge on the question of the immediate need for the new licence granted in this case.
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15616144\charrsid3175739 For these reasons, I would dismiss the appeal with costs.
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