South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, a council may make by-laws for all or any of the following purposes:
3 Uses and licences
XVI for controlling,
licensing, inspecting and regulating common lodging houses and other lodging
houses;
XX for the licensing
for use of any vehicles (including motor and all other vehicles) plying for
hire, or kept or let for hire, either for the conveyance of passengers or
goods of any kind, and for prohibiting the use of such vehicles unless so
licensed; and for licensing the drivers and conductors of such vehicles, and
for prohibiting the driving of such vehicles, except by a person so licensed;
XXI for appointing the
stands for vehicles plying for hire, and the regulations to be observed
thereat;
XXII for regulating
the conduct of the drivers, conductors and other persons attendant on or in
charge of licensed vehicles;
XXIII for regulating
and licensing any such vehicles used in hawking firewood or water;
XXIV for fixing the
rates and fares to be taken, and the manner of computing distances, with power
to distinguish between different types of vehicles;
XXV for enforcing the
obligation of owners and drivers to convey passengers and goods on demand;
XXVI for limiting the
number of such passengers (inside and outside), their baggage and goods, and
regulating the taking up and setting down of passengers and fares for
children;
XXVII for the
maintenance of vehicles in proper condition and order, and regulating how they
are to be furnished, provided and kept;
XXVIII for enforcing
the painting of the names of the owners and the numbers on the vehicles, and
keeping affixed within the vehicles authorised tables of fares and distances;
XXIX for providing for
the delivery over and disposal of articles left in licensed vehicles;
XXX for compelling the
approved owner or driver to be in charge of such vehicles, and preventing it
from being driven by others, and for preventing persons not hiring it from
riding with the owner or driver;
XXXI for preventing
smoking in any such vehicle, or by its driver;
XXXII for prohibiting
coffins, containing the corpses of deceased persons above the age of two
years, from being conveyed in any vehicle licensed for the conveyance of
passengers;
XXXIII for punishing
the misconduct of the drivers and conductors of, and persons attending any
such passenger or other vehicles, in carelessly or furiously driving or
racing, or in demanding or receiving more than the legal fare, or in using any
threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting language; and also for punishing
persons hiring such vehicles and evading or attempting to evade the payment of
fares;
XXXIV for regulating
the routes to be observed by licensed buses or passenger vehicles plying as
buses;
XXXV for requiring all
licensed vehicles, of whatever sort, to have the number of their licence
conspicuously painted on and in the vehicle;
XXXVI for requiring
and regulating the carrying of a lighted lamp inside licensed passenger
vehicles whilst plying for hire after sunset;
XXXVII for preventing
licensed drivers or others loitering with licensed vehicles in streets, or
plying for hire in streets except on a stand;
XXXVIII for preventing
any person, not being of the full age of 17 years, acting as driver;
XXXIX for preventing
licensed drivers from being or standing away from the vehicle in their charge
whilst on the stand, or for regulating the distance at and the time during
which such drivers may be allowed to be away from their vehicles whilst on the
stand;
XL for limiting the
number of vehicles to be licensed by the council;
XLI for enforcing the
painting, inside and outside, of all licensed passenger vehicles, the number
of passengers the vehicle is licensed to carry outside and inside, also the
rate of fares for time or distance;
LIV for regulating the
form and conditions of any licence or permit granted by the council, the form
of application for it, and its transfer, renewal, suspension or revocation,
the fees to be paid on any licence or permit, or its transfer or renewal, and
how any such fees may be recovered;
4 Nuisances and health
I for the prevention
and suppression of nuisances;
5 Animals
VII for the punishment
of any driver or rider of horses or other animals who, in any street, road or
public place within the municipality or any township within the district,
leaves them unattended, or insecurely fastened to bridle-posts, so that the
horses or animals may break away and bolt, to the danger or injury of any
person;
II for regulating the
standing of horses and other animals in streets, roads and public places; and
for prescribing where and under what conditions horses and other animals may
be allowed to stand in streets, roads and public places;
9 Miscellaneous
XVI generally for the
good rule and government of the area, and for the convenience, comfort and
safety of its inhabitants.
(2) A by-law made
under subsection (1) 3 XX to XLI applies only to the extent that it makes
provision for matters—
(a) that
are not dealt with by or under the Passenger Transport Act 1994 or an
instrument under that Act; or
(b) that
are the subject of an exemption under that Act.