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Note—
The Act was repealed by sec 4 (1) of this Act
with effect from 28.10.2006.
An Act to amend the Passenger Transport Act 1990 to make
further provision with respect to the accreditation of operators of public
passenger services; and for other purposes.
1Name of
Act
This Act is the Passenger
Transport Amendment Act 2006.
2Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this
Act.
3Amendment of Passenger Transport Act 1990 No
39
The Passenger
Transport Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule
1.
4Repeal of
Act
(1)
This Act is repealed on the day following the day
on which this Act commences.
(2)
The repeal of this Act does not, because of the
operation of section 30 of the Interpretation
Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this
Act.
Schedule 1Amendments
(Section 3)
[1]Section 3
Definitions
Insert in alphabetical order in section 3
(1):
corporation means any incorporated
body of the kind referred to in section 5A (1) (c).
[2]Section
5A
Insert after section 5:
5APersons who may be
accredited
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, the following are
eligible to be accredited to carry on a public passenger service:
(a)
a single individual,
(b)
two or more individuals carrying or proposing to
carry on the service jointly under a partnership or other agreement or
arrangement,
(c)
a body incorporated by or under the law of this
or any other jurisdiction (including the Corporations Act
2001 of the Commonwealth, the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 or
the Co-operatives Act
1992).
(2)
If 2 or more individuals are jointly accredited
and any one of them dies or ceases to jointly carry on the service:
(a)
the accreditation is automatically suspended on
the expiration of 21 days after the death or cessation if the Director-General
has not been notified before that time of the death or cessation,
and
(b)
the accreditation may be cancelled, suspended or
varied under this Act because of the death or cessation (whether before or
after any such notification).
(3)
If 2 or more individuals are jointly accredited
to carry on a public passenger service, each of those individuals has the
obligations imposed on accredited operators of any such service under this
Act.
[3]Schedule 3 Savings and
transitional provisions
Insert at the end of clause 2 (1):
Passenger
Transport Amendment Act 2006
[4]Schedule
3
Insert at the end of the Schedule with
appropriate Part and clause numbers:
PartProvisions consequent on
enactment of Passenger Transport Amendment Act
2006
Definition
In this Part:
the
amending Act means the Passenger
Transport Amendment Act 2006.
Validation of accreditation,
contracts and other matters
(1)
This clause applies to:
(a)
any accreditation purportedly issued or renewed
under this Act, or
(b)
any service contract purportedly entered into
under this Act, or
(c)
any other act or thing purportedly done or
omitted under this Act or under any such accreditation or
contract,
at any time before the commencement of the amending
Act.
(2)
Any such accreditation, contract, act or thing
that would have been validly issued, renewed, entered into, done or omitted if
the amending Act had been in force at that time is taken to be (and always to
have been) validly issued, renewed, entered into, done or
omitted.
Historical
notes
Table of amending
instruments
Passenger
Transport Amendment Act 2006 No 77. Second reading speech
made: Legislative Assembly, 18.10.2006; Legislative Council, 18.10.2006.
Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec
2.