(1) An application for the exercise
of a function of the Commission under this Part may be made by--
(a) a bailor
under a contract of bailment, if the average number of different bailees with
whom the bailor entered into contracts of bailment on each working day during
the period of one month that last preceded the making of the application was
not less than 10, or
(b) a principal contractor under a contract of carriage,
if the average number of different carriers with whom the principal contractor
entered into contracts of carriage on each working day during the period of
one month that last preceded the making of the application was not less than
10, or
(c) an association of employing contractors, or any other association,
which represents bailors or principal contractors who are, or some of whom
are, parties to contracts of the class concerned, or
(d) an association of
contract drivers or an association of contract carriers that represents
bailees or carriers who are, or some of whom are, parties to contracts of the
class concerned.
(2) An application must be in such form, and contain such
particulars, as are required by the rules of the Commission.
