Transport Co-ordination Act 1966

commercial goods vehicle means a vehicle, other than a vehicle propelled by animal or human power, only, operating or used or intended to be used, on roads or streets for the transport of goods and includes any such vehicle so used or operated or used or intended to be used by or on behalf of the Crown for the carriage of goods for hire or reward and whether in connection with a railway or not;

Department means the department of the Public Service of the State principally assisting the Minister with the administration of this Act;

Director General means the chief executive officer of the Department;

ferry means a vessel, including a hovercraft, used or intended to be used to carry passengers for hire or reward and includes any such vessel so used or intended to be used by or on behalf of the Crown, or an agency of the Crown;

goods means chattels of every description;

gross weight, in relation to a commercial goods vehicle, means the sum of the unladen weight of the vehicle and the load that it is authorised, by its licence under this Act, to carry;

licence means a licence or permit issued under this Act and for the time being in force, and the verb to license has a corresponding meaning;

Ministerial Body means the Transport Co‑ordination Ministerial Body established by section 6;

officer means an officer of the Department and includes a member of the Police Force, or any other person acting in pursuance of powers or duties conferred on him under this Act and any person employed or engaged under this Act;

operate, as applied to a vehicle, means to carry, or offer or agree to carry, or to be responsible for arranging the carriage of, passengers or goods for hire or for any consideration, or in the course of or in connection with any trade or business whatever, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

owner, in relation to a vehicle, includes every person who —

but does not include an unpaid vendor of the vehicle under a hire‑purchase agreement;

permit means a permit issued under this Act and for the time being in force;

public vehicle means any vehicle that is required to be licensed under this Act;

railway means a railway within the meaning of the Government Railways Act 1904;

road includes any street or place open to or used by the public, and all bridges and culverts and other things appurtenant thereto and used in connection therewith;

Schedule means a schedule to this Act;

section means a section of this Act;

transport service means any service for the carriage of passengers or goods, whether by road, rail, air, or water;

vehicle means a vehicle propelled by any means, other than animal or human power, and includes an aircraft and a vessel, but does not include a vehicle used on a railway.

[(3), (4) deleted]

[Section 4 ³ amended: No. 94 of 1972 s. 4(1); No. 51 of 1975 s. 4; No. 93 of 1979 s. 4; No. 47 of 1980 s. 4; No. 48 of 1980 s. 3; No. 8 of 1981 s. 3; No. 106 of 1981 s. 25; No. 102 of 1984 s. 18; No. 30 of 1985 s. 3; No. 54 of 1985 s. 7; No. 115 of 1987 s. 4; No. 64 of 1994 s. 4; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 30 of 1996 s. 13; No. 57 of 1997 s. 122(1); No. 7 of 2002 s. 37; No. 14 of 2010 s. 14; No. 17 of 2014 s. 42; No. 26 of 2018 s. 335.]