National Transport Commission (Amendment) Act 2025 · As enacted
16. Insertion of new PART IIA in the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new Part (sections 34A to 34D) is hereby inserted immediately after section 34 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as PART IIA of that enactment: -
“PART IIA
REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
OPERATED INTERPROVINCIALLY OTHER THAN
INTERPROVINCIAL OMNIBUS SERVICES
34A. (1) Notwithstanding the operation of PART II pertaining to omnibus services, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commission, by Order published in the
Gazette declare offi ce transport services, school transport services and three-wheeler services to be the designated transportation services that could be operated interprovincially. The
Minister may vary, amend or repeal such Order from time to time to declare any other means of transportation as may be necessary to be a mode of service for the purposes of this Part to be operated interprovincially.
(a) Every Order made under subsection (1) shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specifi ed in the Order.
Declaration and registration of transportation services
“Appeals against any decision of the Commission”.
Every Order made under subsection (1)
shall, within three months of its publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval and any Order which is not so approved shall be deemed to be revoked as from the date of such disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.
The date on which any Order is deemed to be so revoked shall be published in the
Gazette.
(a) Every transportation service provider shall be registered with the Commission and such service provider shall be issued a permit
(hereinafter referred to as the “transportation service permit”) by the Commission.
The procedure for registration and issuing of transportation service permits shall be as prescribed.
A Register shall be maintained by the
Commission for each of the transportation services and the
Commission shall simultaneously update the database by entering the relevant registration details in the offi cial website of the Commission. The details of the registered transportation service providers shall be declared by notifi cation published by the
Commission in the Gazette from time to time.
Transportation service provider shall not provide transportation services unless registered with the Commission in terms of this section.
The transportation service permit shall be issued or shall not be issued, as the case may be, subject to the terms and conditions of the respective transportation service and the standards of such service required to be maintained by the said permit holder, as may be prescribed from time to time.
Transportation service provider who–
alters the transportation service permit;
produces false documents; or
provides any transportation service through a vehicle that has not been registered under subsection (3), shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
The Commission shall publish the names and details of such convicted transportation service providers in the website, until the penalty for the offence has been settled in full and the transportation service provider has been registered in the manner provided in this section.
34B.
of
The Minister may, on the advice of the Commission, categorize the transportation services into classes and from time to time prescribe the standards to be maintained by any such service.
Where the Minister has categorized the transportation services into classes, the
Categorization transportation services and the issue of a certifi cate
Commission shall issue a certifi cate to the holder of a transportation service permit according to such categorization.
34c. (1) The holder of a transportation service permit shall display the certifi cate issued under section 34B on the windscreen of the vehicle to which it relates, to be clearly visible to any person boarding such transportation vehicle.
Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) or who displays, a representation so nearly representing the certifi cate in such a manner as to mislead or confuse a third party, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
34D. (1) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Commission under this Part may appeal against such decision to the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister within thirty days from the date on which such decision is communicated to such aggrieved person.
The provisions of section 33 of this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to any appeal under subsection (1).”.