The Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Special Provisions) (Cancellation of Variations of Conditions of Permit) Act, 1996

This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Special Provisions) (Cancellation of Variations of conditions of Permit) Act, 1996.

Words and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Special Provisions) Act, 1992.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Special Provisions) Act, 1992 or in any other law for the time being in force or in any judgement, decree or order of Court, tribunal or other authority, any condition of permit of stage carriage of a small operator varied by the Regional Transport Authority during the period commencing on the 24th day of January 1996 and ending with the 24th day of May 1996, based on the Explanation (as it stood prior to the 25th May 1996) to rule 4 of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Special Provisions) Rules, 1995, made under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Special Provisions) Act, 1992, shall stand cancelled and such permit as it stood prior to the 24th day of January 1996, shall have effect as if no such variation has been made.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the Regional Transport Authority may, on an application, if, in any exceptional case, he is of the opinion that any variation of the conditions of permit of a stage carriage which stands cancelled under section 3, did not result in undue hardship or suffering to the travelling public, he may restore such variation and such variation shall be deemed to be a variation made under sub-section (2) of section 6 of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles (Special Provisions) Act, 1992.