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Application for orders transferring etc., certain merchandise licences and passenger licences.
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51.—(1) Any authorised (merchandise carrying) company may send an application to the Minister requesting him to make—
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(a) an order under this Part of this Act transferring a particular merchandise (existing carrier's) licence to which this Part of this Act applies to such company, or
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(b) an order under this Part of this Act reducing the classes of merchandise specified in a particular merchandise (existing carrier's) licence to which this Part of this Act applies, or
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(c) an order under this Part of this Act reducing the area of operation specified in a particular merchandise (existing carrier's) licence to which this Part of this Act applies.
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(2) Any authorised (passenger carrying) company may at any time (other than during the period commencing at the expiration of one year after the date of the passing of this Act and ending at the expiration of three years after the said date) send an application to the Minister requesting him to make an order transferring a particular passenger licence to which this Part of this Act applies to such company.
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(3) The licensee under a merchandise (existing carrier's) licence to which this Part of this Act applies may send an application to the Minister requesting him to make an order under this Part of this Act transferring such licence to a specified authorised (merchandise carrying) company.
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(4) The licensee under a passenger licence to which this Part of this Act applies may send an application to the Minister requesting him to make an order under this Part of this Act transferring such licence to a specified authorised (passenger carrying) company.
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(5) Every application under this section shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars.
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(6) Whenever an application is sent to the Minister under this section the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) the Minister shall publish in the Iris Oifigiúil notice of such application;
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(b) any person may within fourteen days after such publication make representations to the Minister in relation to such application.
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(7) There shall be paid to the Minister on every application under this section a fee of such amount as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance, and the payment of such fee (which shall be retained whether the application is or is not granted) shall be a condition precedent to the consideration of such application.
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