Schedule III to the Principal Rules is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following item after item 7:

7A.    Passenger Transport Act 1997 and any regulations made under it

(b) by inserting the following item after item 11A:

11B.    Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 1995 and any regulations made under it

(c) by omitting item 12 and substituting the following item:

12.    Traffic Act 1925 , section 14

(d) by omitting item 15.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 21 June 2000

These rules are administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These rules amend the list of offences in Schedule III to the Justices Rules 1976 consequent on the enactment of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 and related legislation. A person who is charged with such an offence may enter a written plea to the charge.