Tourism Vehicles Licensing Act 1999

This Act may be cited as the Tourism Vehicles Licensing Act 1999.

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“authorized officer” means an officer appointed under section 40 of the Tourism Industry Act 1992 [Act 482];

* NOTE—This Act ceased to apply to Peninsular Malaysia since 31 January 2011 as a consequence of the enactment of the Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat Act 2010 [Act 714] and the Land Public Transport

Act 2010 [Act 715]—see section 4 of the Tourism Vehicles Licensing (Amendment) Act 2010 [Act A1374].

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“authorized vehicle”, in relation to a licence issued under this Act, means a vehicle specified in the licence and authorized to be used under that licence;

“Chief Police Officer” has the meaning assigned to it in the Police

Act 1967 [Act 344] and includes any police officer not below the rank of Inspector authorized in writing by a Chief Police Officer to exercise the powers vested by this Act in a Chief Police Officer;

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Tourism appointed under section 4 of the Tourism Industry Act 1992;

“company” has the meaning assigned to it in the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125];

“Director General” means the Director General for Road Transport appointed under section 3 of the Road Transport Act 1987 [Act 333]

and includes a Deputy Director General, a Director and a Deputy

Director;

“driver” means the person for the time being driving a motor vehicle;

“excursion bus” means a bus used exclusively for the conveyance of tourists and in consideration of payment which has no fare stages;

“hire and drive car” means a motor vehicle let on hire for the purpose of being driven by the hirer or his nominee whether a tourist or not, and used exclusively for the conveyance of a tourist or tourists;

“licence” means a licence issued under this Act and includes a short term licence issued under section 9;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for tourism;

“motor vehicle” means a vehicle of any description, propelled by means of mechanism contained within itself and constructed or adapted so as to be capable of being used on roads and includes a motor home on tow;

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“owner”, in relation to a motor vehicle registered or deemed to be registered under the Road Transport Act 1987, means the registered owner of the vehicle;

“police officer” includes an extra police officer, a volunteer reserve police officer or an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police

Act 1967;

“registered owner” means the person registered as the owner of a motor vehicle under the Road Transport Act 1987;

“road transport officer” means any person appointed to be a road transport officer under section 3 of the Road Transport Act 1987;

“Secretary General” means the Secretary General of the Ministry charged with the responsibility for tourism;

“tourism enterprise” has the meaning assigned to it in the Tourism

Industry Act 1992;

“tourism vehicle” means an excursion bus or a hire and drive car;

“tourism vehicle business” means the business of operating or letting out for hire a tourist vehicle;

“tourist” has the meaning assigned to it in the Tourism Industry Act 1992;

“vehicle” means a motorised structure capable of moving or being moved or used for the conveyance of any person or thing and which maintains contact with the ground when in motion.

The Commissioner may, in writing, delegate the exercise of any of the powers and functions conferred upon him by this Act to any public officer as he deems fit.

Where any power or function is delegated to any public officer under subsection (1), any reference to the “Commissioner” in this Act shall include a reference to that public officer.