12.1. Where the board organizes for the first time a public transport service, other than a shared transportation service by taxi, which competes with the service supplied by the holder of a bus transport permit of the class determined by regulation of the Government, it shall first deliver its specifications for the proposed public transport service to the holder of the permit.
The permit holder may, within thirty days following the delivery of the specifications, submit a proposal to the board.
The Government may, by regulation, determine the class of bus transport permit a person is required to hold for the purposes of this section.
1985, c. 35, s. 35; 1986, c. 66, s. 3.