Passenger Transport (Bus Services) Regulation 2000



Part 1 Preliminary
1   Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Passenger Transport (Bus Services) Regulation 2000.
2   Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 September 2000.
Note—
This Regulation replaces the Passenger Transport (Bus Services) Regulation 1995 which is repealed on 1 September 2000 under section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
3   Application
This Regulation applies to the conduct of all bus services.
4   Definitions
In this Regulation:
approved, in relation to a security camera system or a duress alarm system, means complying with requirements established for the time being by the Director-General by order published in the Gazette.
assistance animal means an animal referred to in section 9 (Disability discrimination—guide dogs, hearing assistance dogs and trained animals) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
authority means an authority issued under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act.
bus service means a public passenger service provided by bus.
bus stop means a bus stop appointed under clause 51.
concession ticket means a ticket issued free or at a reduced fare.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
disability has the same meaning as it has in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
drive a bus includes cause or allow the bus to stand.
driver’s authority card means an authority card issued under clause 50.
fleet, in relation to a bus service, means the vehicles used to provide the service.
operator means:
(a)  in relation to a bus service, the person who is accredited under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Act to operate the service, and
(b)  in relation to a bus, the person who is accredited under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Act to operate the bus service to which the bus belongs.
security camera system means a system that records images of persons in or about a bus.
smoke includes be in possession of a lighted cigarette, pipe or similar article.
the Act means the Passenger Transport Act 1990.
ticket means anything issued by or on behalf of the operator of a bus service for the purpose of authorising a person to travel in a bus belonging to the service.
valid ticket—see clause 23.
cl 4: Am 24.12.2003; 2005 (237), Sch 1 [1].
5   Notes
The explanatory note, table of contents and notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
Part 2 Operation of bus services
Division 1 Bus operators
5A   Criteria to be met by applicants for accreditation to carry on bus services
(1)  An applicant for accreditation under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Act to carry on a bus service must meet, to the satisfaction of the Director-General, the criteria set forth in this clause.
(2)  If the applicant is a corporation, the directors or managers of the corporation who are nominated as designated directors or managers under section 8 of the Act must meet, to the satisfaction of the Director-General, the criteria set forth in this clause (other than the criteria specifically to be met by corporation applicants).
(3) Applicant to be of good repute The applicant must be of good repute. Evidence of the applicant’s good repute is to be provided in the form of references from 2 persons (being persons of any class approved by the Director-General) who have known the applicant for at least 2 years.
(4) Applicant to be fit and proper person to carry on bus services The applicant must be a fit and proper person to carry on a bus service. The applicant must declare in writing that the applicant is aware of the following:
(a)  accreditation will be refused if the applicant is disqualified, under Part 2D.6 (Disqualification from managing corporations) of the Corporations Act, from managing corporations,
(b)  accreditation may be refused if the applicant (or a director or manager of an applicant corporation) has been the subject of proceedings under section 588G (Director’s duty to prevent insolvent trading by company) or 592 (Incurring of certain debts; fraudulent conduct) of the Corporations Act,
(c)  if the applicant:
(i)  is the director of a company that has been, or is in the course of being, wound up under Part 5.4 (Winding up in insolvency) of the Corporations Act, or
(ii)  discloses any convictions or charges in accordance with subclause (5),
the Director-General may, for the purpose of determining the applicant’s fitness to be an accredited bus operator, cause any investigation that the Director-General considers appropriate to be made into the winding up, conviction or charge concerned.
(5)  The applicant must give the Director-General written notice of the following:
(a)  full details of all offences of which the applicant has been convicted (in any jurisdiction) at any time during the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application,
(b)  full details of all alleged offences with which the applicant has been charged (in any jurisdiction) but only if, as at the date of the application, proceedings are pending in respect of the charge.
(6)  If there are no convictions or pending proceedings against the applicant (as referred to in subclause (5)), the applicant must give the Director-General a written statement to that effect.
(7) Applicant to be competent to carry on bus services The applicant must demonstrate that the applicant has the necessary knowledge and competence to carry on a bus service. In particular, the applicant must:
(a)  satisfy the Director-General as to the applicant’s knowledge of the following:
(i)  the relevant provisions of the Act and this Regulation,
(ii)  other laws relating to traffic,
(iii)  the relevant provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000, and
(b)  undertake and successfully complete (or pass an examination in respect of) such course relating to the operation of bus services as is approved by the Director-General and conducted by a person or body so approved.
(8) Applicant to be financially capable of carrying on bus services The applicant must be financially capable of carrying on a bus service. Evidence of the applicant’s financial standing is to be provided in the form of a signed statement from a qualified accountant (on the accountant’s business letterhead) containing the following:
(a)  a report on the applicant’s financial capacity to carry on bus services, with specific reference to the applicant’s financial ability to meet the requirements of this Regulation and other relevant laws as to:
(i)  vehicle maintenance and roadworthiness, and
(ii)  the safety of drivers, passengers and the public, and
(iii)  the operation of a business,
(b)  a statement specifying the number of buses that, in the opinion of the accountant, can be accommodated by the bus services proposed to be carried on by the applicant,
(c)  if the applicant is a corporation—a statement of the accountant’s opinion as to the solvency and general financial standing of the corporation.
(9) Applicant to have access to maintenance facilities for buses The applicant must have access to adequate maintenance facilities for the vehicles intended to be used to provide the bus service. The applicant must provide the Director-General with the following:
(a)  details of the premises at which the buses will normally be kept when not in use,
(b)  details of the premises to be used for the maintenance and repair of the vehicles,
(c)  a copy of an approval from the relevant council to carry out each of the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) at the premises concerned.
(10)  Subclause 9 (c) does not apply in the case of an application for renewal of accreditation by a person who is an accredited operator on the commencement of this clause.
(11)  In this clause:
qualified accountant means:
(a)  a Certified Practising Accountant member of CPA Australia, New South Wales Division, or
(b)  a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, New South Wales Branch, who holds a Certificate of Public Practice issued by that Institute, or
(c)  a member of the National Institute of Accountants who holds a Public Practice Certificate issued by that Institute.
cll 5A: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [2].
5B   Conditions of accreditation to carry on bus services
(1)  The conditions set forth in this clause are prescribed for the purposes of section 9B (1) (a) of the Act (that is, they are conditions to which an accreditation to carry on bus services is subject).
(2) Vehicle registration and road worthiness The operator of a bus service must ensure that the vehicles used to provide the bus service at all times meet the requirements of the law as to registration and vehicle safety and roadworthiness.
(3) Vehicle insurance The operator of a bus service must (unless otherwise advised by written notice of the Director-General) maintain a policy of insurance providing cover of at least $5,000,000 for each bus used in the service against liability in respect of damage to property caused by or arising out of the use of the bus.
(4)  The policy of insurance must be issued by a corporation authorised under the Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth to carry on insurance business.
(5) Vehicle maintenance The operator of a bus service must not carry out maintenance on, or repairs to, a bus, and must not permit any other person to do so, unless the person carrying out the maintenance or repairs is licensed under the Motor Vehicle Repairs Act 1980 to carry out the work concerned.
(6)  Subclause (5) applies even if the person who is to carry out the work concerned is exempted under section 5 of the Motor Vehicle Repairs Act 1980 from the operation of all or any of the provisions of that Act.
(7)  The operator of a bus service must have, and adhere to, a vehicle maintenance plan that:
(a)  is consistent with the bus manufacturer’s maintenance standards, and
(b)  specifies the steps to be taken to ensure that the buses are roadworthy, and
(c)  specifies the way in which the buses are to be maintained, and
(d)  specifies the way in which defects are to be recorded and rectified, and
(e)  is capable of being audited.
(8) Cleaning of buses The operator of a bus service must maintain a cleaning program so as to ensure that the interior, exterior and fittings (including seats, seat covers and floor covers and any device that is required by or under the Act to be fitted to the bus) of the bus are clean, undamaged and in good condition.
(9) Changes to information provided The operator of a bus service must notify the Director-General in writing of any of the following changes within the time specified in relation to the change:
(a)  a change of address of the premises from which the bus service is carried on—no later than 7 days after the change,
(b)  a change of address of the premises at which the buses are kept—no later than 7 days after the change.
(10) Management of day-to-day operation of bus services provided by corporation If the operator of a bus service is a corporation, it must not suffer or permit any person other than a designated director or manager to have management of the day-to-day operations of the bus services provided by the corporation (except for a person appointed, under any law, to manage the affairs of the corporation).
cll 5B: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [2].
6   Buses to show accreditation details
(1)  The operator of a bus service must ensure that each bus used in the service displays, in accordance with this clause, the information required by this clause.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)  The bus must display the following information:
(a)  the name under which the accreditation for the bus service in which the bus is normally used is held,
(b)  the accreditation number allocated by the Director-General to the operator in respect of that bus service,
(c)  the location of the depot at which the bus is normally based.
(3)  The information must be displayed as follows:
(a)  on the front nearside or offside panel of the bus,
(b)  as far forward as possible (forward of the wheel arch, if possible),
(c)  in block letters at least 50 millimetres high,
(d)  in such a manner as to be clearly readable from a distance of 5 metres.
7   Equipment and condition of buses
(1)  The operator of a bus service must ensure that each bus used in the service is fitted with a device suitable for holding the driver’s authority card in such a manner as to enable the driver to display the card as required by clause 13 (1).
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The operator of a bus service must not allow a bus to be used in the service unless the bus is clean and tidy.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
8   Timetables
(1)  The operator of a long-distance bus service must ensure that the timetable for the service can reasonably be met without any need for buses to break any relevant speed limits.
(2)  The operator of a long-distance bus service must, on request by the Director-General, provide a copy of the timetable for the service so that the timetable may be checked to ensure that it complies with this clause.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
9   (Repealed)
cl 9: Rep 2004 No 54, Sch 2.2 [1].
10   Driving of buses
The operator of a bus service must not permit a person to drive any bus in the course of providing the service unless satisfied that the person is the holder of:
(a)  an appropriate authority, and
(b)  an appropriate licence under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
cl 10: Subst 2005 (237), Sch 1 [3].
11   Records in relation to the operation of a bus service
(1)  The operator of a bus service must keep a written record of the following particulars for each person who drives a bus in connection with the service:
(a)  the person’s full name and residential address,
(b)  the dates and times during which the bus was driven by the person,
(c)  the person’s driver licence details, including its number and expiry date,
(d)  the person’s driver’s authority number (that is, the number allocated by the Director-General and displayed on the front of the person’s driver’s authority card).
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)  A person who is or has been the operator of a bus service:
(a)  must keep in the English language any record required to be kept by the person under the Act or this Regulation, and
(b)  except where otherwise provided, must retain the record for a period of not less than 5 years after the date of the last entry in it, and
(c)  must, on demand by an authorised officer, produce the record for inspection, and
(d)  must, if required by the Director-General in writing to do so, deliver the record to the Director-General when required.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3)  The records kept under this clause must be capable of being audited.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(4)  Subclause (2) (a) does not prevent a person from keeping a record referred to in that paragraph in a language other than English if the record is also kept in the English language.
cl 11: Subst 2005 (237), Sch 1 [4].
12   Third party property insurance
(1)  The operator of a bus must (unless otherwise advised by written notice of the Director-General) maintain a policy of insurance issued by an authorised insurer providing cover of at least $200,000 against liability in respect of damage to property caused by or arising out of the use of the bus.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)  In this clause, authorised insurer means a corporation authorised under the Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth to carry on insurance business.
12A   Operator must notify test results
(1)  It is a condition of accreditation of the operator of a bus service that the operator notify the Director-General in accordance with this clause within forty-eight hours after becoming aware that a test carried out under the Passenger Transport (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Regulation 2004 indicates that a transport safety employee of the operator may have carried out transport safety work while:
(a)  the prescribed concentration of alcohol (within the meaning of that Regulation) was present in the employee’s blood, or
(b)  under the influence of alcohol or any other drug.
(2)  The notice must be in writing and must contain the particulars (if any) required by the Director-General.
cl 12A: Ins 27.2.2004. Am 2005 (237), Sch 1 [5].
12B   Management information system
(1)  The operator of a bus service must maintain the following records:
(a)  a fleet register that includes the vehicle identification number, fleet number (if allocated) and registration details of each vehicle in the fleet,
(b)  a register of insurance details for each vehicle in the fleet,
(c)  maintenance records for each vehicle in the fleet,
(d)  records under the Roads and Traffic Authority’s Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme in relation to each vehicle in the fleet,
(e)  copies of drivers’ vehicle defect reports,
Note—
See clause 12C for the requirement for these reports.
(f)  a register of reports of accidents involving vehicles in the fleet,
(g)  details of accidents involving vehicles in the fleet,
(h)  a complaints register detailing all complaints received in respect of the bus service and the action taken in respect of each complaint.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The records kept under this clause must be capable of being audited.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3)  In this clause:
vehicle identification number, in relation to a motor vehicle, means the number allocated to the vehicle in accordance with the requirements of the Australian Design Rules under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12C   Vehicle defect reports
(1)  The operator of a bus service must make available in respect of each bus in the fleet a blank vehicle defect form for each day that the bus is used in the provision of the service.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  Each driver of the bus must fill in the form as appropriate at the end of the driver’s period of driving the bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3)  The completed form must be returned to the operator of the bus service, in accordance with the relevant procedures established by that operator, as soon as practicable after the bus’s last journey on the day to which the form relates (or, in the case of a service that extends beyond midnight on any day, on the following day).
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12D   Security cameras
(1)  An operator of a bus service who carries on a regular passenger service partly or wholly within the Metropolitan, Newcastle or Wollongong transport district or within the City of Gosford or the Wyong local government area must ensure that each bus in the fleet is fitted with an approved security camera system by 1 July 2006.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)  A person must not deliberately:
(a)  interfere with any part of an approved security camera system fitted to a bus, or
(b)  cause or permit any such interference,
in such a manner as to prevent or impede the proper working of the system.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3)  Schedule 1 has effect in relation to any security camera system with which a bus is fitted (whether or not pursuant to this clause).
(4)  Nothing in this clause prevents any authorised officer or other person authorised by the Director-General for the purpose of this clause from carrying out an inspection, check or other test of, or performing any proper function in relation to, a security camera system.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12E   Duress alarm system
(1)  An operator of a bus service who carries on a regular passenger service partly or wholly within the Metropolitan, Newcastle or Wollongong transport district or within the City of Gosford or the Wyong local government area must ensure that each bus in the fleet is fitted with an approved duress alarm system by 1 July 2006.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)  A person must not deliberately:
(a)  interfere with any part of an approved duress alarm system fitted to a bus, or
(b)  cause or permit any such interference,
in such a manner as to prevent or impede the proper working of the system.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3)  Nothing in this clause prevents any authorised officer or other person authorised by the Director-General for the purpose of this clause from carrying out an inspection, check or other test of, or performing any proper function in relation to, a duress alarm system.
(4)  In this clause:
duress alarm system means an alarm by which the driver of a bus can notify the driver’s whereabouts to the depot at which the bus is normally based from anywhere in the bus’s area of operation.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12F   Manifest of passengers
(1)  The operator of a long-distance, tourist or charter service that is provided by means of buses must provide to the driver of each bus concerned, for each day that the bus is used to provide the service, a manifest of passengers that complies with this clause.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The manifest must contain the following information in respect of each passenger:
(a)  the passenger’s name,
(b)  contact details (such as an address and telephone number) for the passenger,
(c)  the date and time that the passenger is due to board the bus,
(d)  the seat number (if any) allocated to the passenger.
(3)  The driver of the bus must return the manifest to the operator as soon as practicable after the completion of the relevant journey.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(4)  The operator of the service must retain each manifest for a period of 60 days after the completion of the journey concerned.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12G   Operator training
(1)  An accredited bus operator must, whenever reasonably required to do so by the Director-General, undertake and satisfactorily complete (or pass an examination in respect of) such course, or refresher course, relating to the operation of bus services as is approved by the Director-General and conducted by a person or body so approved.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The Director-General may:
(a)  suspend an accreditation issued to an accredited bus operator pending the satisfactory completion of (or the passing of an examination in respect of) such a course, or
(b)  determine (either generally or in a particular case) that an accreditation issued to an accredited bus operator will be renewed only on the satisfactory completion of (or on the passing of an examination in respect of) such a course.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12H   Information in buses
(1)  The operator of a bus service must ensure that information is displayed inside the bus in accordance with this clause while the bus is being used to provide the service.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The following information must be displayed:
(a)  a summary of the rights and obligations of passengers,
(b)  brief details (including a telephone number) as to how complaints relating to the bus services might be made.
(3)  The information:
(a)  must be approved by the Director-General, and
(b)  must be displayed in a position where it may easily be read by passengers.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12I   Destination signs on buses
(1)  The operator of a bus service must not use a bus to conduct a regular passenger service unless the bus displays a destination sign in accordance with this clause.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The sign:
(a)  must be displayed on the front of the bus, and
(b)  must show the route number and the destination of the bus, and
(c)  must be capable of being illuminated.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12J   Notification of accidents and incidents
(1)  An operator of a bus service who becomes aware that a vehicle being used to provide the service has been involved in an accident or incident must notify the Director-General (or a nominee of the Director-General) of the accident or incident, in accordance with this clause, if the accident or incident:
(a)  resulted in any injury to any person, or
(b)  prevented the vehicle from continuing its journey, or
(c)  is, in the reasonable opinion of the operator of the service, otherwise likely to arouse serious public concern.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  A notification required by this clause:
(a)  must be given as soon as practicable after the operator becomes aware of the accident or incident concerned, and
(b)  must contain reasonable details of the accident or incident.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12K   Seat belts in buses
(1)  The operator of a bus service must take reasonable steps to ensure that every passenger on a bus operated by the operator is made aware that the passenger is required to wear a seatbelt (if fitted) in the bus unless the passenger is exempt from that requirement under rule 267 of the Australian Road Rules.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)  Steps that may be taken under subclause (1) include (but are not limited to) the following:
(a)  putting up signs inside the bus,
(b)  arranging for the driver of the bus to notify passengers (for example, through a public address system on the bus or by means of a recorded audio message or video).
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12L   Audit
(1)  The Director-General may require an operator of a bus service, at regular intervals or at any particular time, to undertake (at the operator’s expense) an audit of such of the operator’s records and bus operations as the Director-General may specify.
(2)  An operator of whom a requirement is made under subclause (1):
(a)  must cause the audit to be carried out in accordance with the Director-General’s requirements, and
(b)  must submit the audit to the Director-General within the period, or by the date, specified by the Director-General.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3)  The Director-General may require any one or more of the audits under this clause to be carried out by an auditor, or by an auditor from a class, approved by the Director-General.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12M   Lost property
The operator of a bus service must develop and implement responsible procedures, capable of being audited, for dealing with any article found in, or handed in by passengers on, a bus, including (but not limited to) procedures involving:
(a)  the keeping of registers of the following:
(i)  articles found or handed in,
(ii)  enquiries as to lost property, and
(b)  the keeping of written records of when and how articles found or handed in are returned or disposed of.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12N   Renewal of accreditation
(1)  For avoidance of doubt, the accreditation under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Act of an operator of a bus service can be renewed only if the renewal fee referred to in section 9A (1) of the Act is paid before the end of the period during which the accreditation is in force.
(2)  This clause is subject to clause 12O in respect of an existing accreditation (within the meaning of that clause) of an operator of a bus service.
cll 12B–12N: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6].
12O   Existing accreditations
(1)  For the purposes of clause 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act, the date prescribed in respect of an existing accreditation of an operator of a bus service is as set out in this subclause and subclause (2):
(a)  the prescribed date in relation to a holder of an existing accreditation who applied for renewal of the accreditation, and paid the renewal fee, on or after 1 January 2006 but before 1 April 2006 is 30 June 2006, and
(b)  the prescribed date in relation to a holder of an existing accreditation who applies for renewal of the accreditation, and pays the renewal fee, on or after 1 April 2006 but before 1 January 2007 is 31 March 2007.
(2)  The prescribed date in relation to a holder of an existing accreditation who does not apply for renewal of the accreditation, or pay the renewal fee, as set out in subclause (1), is 31 March 2007.
(3)  The holder of an existing accreditation referred to in subclause (2) is not eligible to apply for renewal of the accreditation concerned, but may apply for a new accreditation.
(4)  In this clause:
existing accreditation means an accreditation referred to in clause 8 of Schedule 3 to the Act.
renewal fee means the fee referred to in section 9A of the Act.
cl 12O: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [6]. Am 2006 (293), Sch 1 [1] [2].
Division 2 Bus drivers
13   Driver to display driver’s authority card
(1)  The driver of a bus must not drive the bus unless the appropriate driver’s authority card:
(a)  is contained in a holder firmly affixed to the interior of the bus, and
(b)  is displayed so that its face can be easily seen by any passenger in the bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The driver of a bus must not fail to produce the appropriate driver’s authority card for inspection by an authorised officer on demand made by the officer.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
14   Conveyance of passengers
(1)  Subject to this clause, the driver of a bus:
(a)  must stop the bus and set down any passenger who indicates to the driver that the passenger wishes to leave the bus, and
(b)  must stop the bus and pick up any person who indicates to the driver that the person wishes to board the bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The driver of a bus must not stop the bus on a road or road related area for the purpose of setting down or picking up passengers otherwise than close to and parallel with the side of the carriageway of the road or area.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3)  The driver of a bus may refuse to stop the bus:
(a)  at any place at which stopping the bus would be unlawful or, in the opinion of the driver, unsafe, or
(b)  in the case of a bus operating along a route for which bus stops are indicated by signs, at any place other than a bus stop.
(4)  The driver of a bus may refuse to stop the bus to set down a passenger at a bus stop at which the bus is not scheduled, as indicated on the bus or in the timetable for the journey concerned, to set down passengers.
(5)  The driver of a bus may refuse to stop the bus to pick up a passenger:
(a)  if by doing so the driver would contravene the provisions of clause 15 (Overloading) or 16 (Carriage of goods and animals), or
(b)  if the intending passenger is a person referred to in clause 43 (Luggage and soiled clothing) or 44 (Passengers who are intoxicated), or
(c)  at a bus stop at which the bus is not scheduled, as indicated on the bus or in the timetable for the journey concerned, to pick up passengers.
15   Overloading
(1)  The driver of a bus must not:
(a)  carry at any one time in a single-decked bus (or on either deck of a two-decked bus) a greater number of passengers seated than the number authorised to be carried seated in the single-decked bus (or on that deck of the two-decked bus), or
(b)  carry at any one time in a single-decked bus (or on the lower deck of a two-decked bus) a greater number of passengers standing than the number authorised to be carried standing.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  In calculating the number of passengers being carried, the following persons are not to be taken into account:
(a)  any child apparently under the age of 5 years who is being held on the lap of a seated passenger,
(b)  of the children apparently under the age of 12 years (whether seated or standing), every third such child.
(3)  For the purposes of subclause (2) (b), the following children are to be ignored:
(a)  children who are seated on single seats,
(b)  children who are seated on multiple seats that are designed (either by means of fixed armrests or seating places contoured for individual passengers) so as to be impracticable for use by more than the number of passengers for whom they are designed.
(4)  The operator of a bus must ensure that there is displayed on the bus, in a conspicuous position on the outside of the rear of the bus and in letters at least 25 mm high and of proportionate breadth, the number of passengers authorised to be carried on the bus, seating and standing respectively.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(5)  The number of passengers who, for the purposes of this clause, are authorised to be carried seated, or are authorised to be carried standing, is the appropriate number specified in a certificate issued by the manufacturer of the bus or by a consulting engineer approved by the Roads and Traffic Authority for the purposes of this clause.
16   Carriage of goods and animals
(1)  The driver of a bus must not permit any person to place or carry in or on the bus any article or animal that is of such size or has such dimensions that it cannot be accommodated in or on the bus without inconvenience to any other person.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  Subclause (1) does not apply in respect of an assistance animal or an assistance animal in training.
17   Passengers not to be carried on certain portions of a bus
The driver of a bus must not:
(a)  carry any passenger on any portion of the bus not set apart or intended for the conveyance of passengers, or
(b)  in the case of a two-decked bus, permit any passenger to stand on the upper deck of the bus, or
(c)  permit any person to occupy any portion of the driving seat or of the bus on the right-hand side of that seat and abreast of it, or
(d)  permit any person to be on any portion of the bus in front of the driving seat.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
18   Drivers of buses on regular passenger services
The driver of a bus on a regular passenger service must drive the bus in accordance with the timetable and the route for the service as identified and published by the operator of the service.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
19   Behaviour of drivers
The driver of a bus must not do any of the following:
(a)  smoke in a bus at any time,
(b)  eat or drink in a bus while the bus is conveying any passenger,
(c)  solicit for passengers or for a hiring,
(d)  move the bus while the doors are open,
(e)  negligently or wilfully start or cause the bus to be started so that any passenger or intending passenger in or on it or entering or alighting from it is subjected to the risk of injury.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
20   Dress and conduct of drivers
A driver of a bus must not fail to do the following:
(a)  be clean and tidy and wear clean and respectable clothes,
(b)  behave in an orderly manner and with civility and propriety towards any passenger, intending passenger or authorised officer,
(c)  comply with every reasonable requirement of any passenger.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
21   Driver to remain in bus
The driver of a bus must not, without reasonable excuse, leave the driving seat of the bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
22   Driver not to interfere with bus equipment or damage bus
The driver of a bus must not:
(a)  without reasonable excuse, interfere with any equipment attached to, or forming part of, a bus, or
(b)  maliciously damage any part of a bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
Division 3 Conditions of service contracts
pt 2, div 3 (cl 22A): Ins 16.7.2004.
22A   Conditions of service contracts
(1)  The following are conditions of every service contract that authorises the carrying on of a bus service:
(a)  the operator of the bus service must ensure that every driver of a bus in the service is made aware of the provisions of Part 4 and of any guidelines referred to in clause 47A (2),
(b)  the operator must take all reasonable steps to notify a parent or guardian of a school student:
(i)  before action is taken by the operator or a driver of a bus in the service in relation to a contravention of this Regulation by the school student, or
(ii)  as soon as possible after such action is taken if immediate action was required in the circumstances,
unless the operator considers that the action or the behaviour was of a minor nature,
(c)  the operator must take all necessary steps to comply with any requirement given to the operator by the Director-General as a result of a review undertaken under clause 47E.
(2)  An operator is to be considered to have taken all reasonable steps to notify a parent or guardian for the purposes of subclause (1) (b) if the operator sends the notification to the last address that the operator has recorded for the parent or guardian.
(3)  The conditions specified in subclause (1) for a service contract are in addition to the terms and conditions set out in the contract under section 16 (1) of the Act.
(4)  An operator of a bus service who is the holder of a service contract authorising the carrying on of the bus service must not contravene or fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the service contract.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(5)  Nothing in this clause affects the operation of Part 3 of the Act.
pt 2, div 3 (cl 22A): Ins 16.7.2004.
Part 3 Tickets
23   Validity of tickets
(1)  A ticket is valid for travel only for the journey or journeys for which it is issued.
(2)  A ticket transferred in contravention of clause 24 is not a valid ticket.
24   Tickets not transferable
(1)  A person who is issued with a ticket must not transfer (or offer to transfer) the ticket, or a portion of the ticket, to another person.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  This clause does not apply if:
(a)  the ticket was bought on behalf of that other person, or
(b)  the transfer is authorised by the bus operator.
25   Alteration or defacement of tickets prohibited
A person must not, with intent to deceive, alter or deface a ticket or make a ticket illegible (or, in the case of a ticket with a magnetic strip, inoperative).
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
26   Valid ticket required for travel
(1)  A person must not travel or attempt to travel in a bus without holding a valid ticket for the travel concerned.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  In this clause, hold a ticket means be able to produce the ticket on request.
27   Concession tickets
(1)  A person must not travel in a bus on the authority of a concession ticket unless the person is, because of his or her age, occupation or status, entitled to the concession ticket.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The driver of a bus or an authorised officer may direct a person:
(a)  who is travelling in a bus on the authority of a concession ticket, or
(b)  who makes a concession ticket available for inspection under clause 28, or
(c)  who offers a concession ticket for collection or processing under clause 29,
to produce to the driver or authorised officer evidence (for example, the person’s pensioner or student concession card) that the person is entitled to the concession ticket.
(3)  A person must not fail to comply with any such direction.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(4)  A person may not be prosecuted for offences under both subclause (1) and subclause (3) in relation to the same travel.
(5)  A person must not:
(a)  in or in connection with an application for a concession ticket, or
(b)  in purported compliance with a direction under this clause,
knowingly give any information or tender any document that contains a false or misleading particular with respect to the age, occupation or status of the person to whom the application or direction relates.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
28   Inspection of tickets
A person who is in a bus must make his or her ticket available for inspection or processing by an authorised officer on that officer’s request. In the case of a return ticket, this requirement extends to making the return half of the ticket available on the forward journey, if an authorised officer so requests.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
29   Tickets to be offered for collection or processing
(1)  A person must not, without reasonable excuse, board a bus without offering the person’s ticket for processing in accordance with this clause.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  For the purposes of this clause, a person offers a ticket for processing:
(a)  by putting it into automatic equipment provided to read or record any details on the ticket, or
(b)  by showing the ticket to an authorised officer on request.
(3)  A person must offer his or her ticket for processing in the manner specified in subclause (2) (a), unless:
(a)  the person’s ticket is not designed for insertion in automatic equipment, or
(b)  the bus concerned is not supplied with automatic equipment, or
(c)  the person has a reasonable excuse for not using the automatic equipment.
Part 4 Conduct of passengers
Division 1 General provisions
pt 4, div 1, hdg: Ins 16.7.2004.
30   Conduct generally
(1)  A passenger must not in any bus wilfully interfere with the comfort or safety of other persons.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  Without limiting subclause (1), a passenger who does any of the following interferes with the comfort or safety of other persons:
(a)  puts his or her feet on a seat,
(b)  spits,
(c)  uses offensive language,
(d)  behaves offensively,
(e)  uses a scooter, roller skates, roller blades or a skateboard.
31   Seating for aged persons or persons with a disability
(1)  An operator may, by appropriate notices, set aside seating in a bus for persons who are aged or have a disability.
(2)  A passenger who is not aged and does not have a disability must not continue to occupy a seat set aside for the aged and persons with disabilities if an aged person or a person with a disability wanting to use the seat (or a person on behalf of that person) asks the passenger to vacate it.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
32   Drinking of alcohol generally prohibited
(1)  A passenger must not drink any intoxicating liquor in any bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  This clause does not apply if the liquor is supplied in the bus by, or with the permission of, the bus operator.
(3)  In this clause, drink includes be in possession of an opened container of intoxicating liquor.
33   Smoking, eating and drinking
(1)  A passenger must not smoke in any bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  A passenger must not eat or drink in any bus or part of a bus in which eating and drinking is prohibited by signs displayed in the bus or part, except with the written permission of the bus operator.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3)  However, nothing in this clause prohibits a passenger from drinking water, or eating or drinking for medical reasons, in a bus.
34   No unauthorised commercial activities
(1)  A passenger must not carry on a commercial activity in any bus, except with the written permission of the bus operator.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  For the purposes of this clause, a commercial activity means any one or more of the following:
(a)  the sale or hire (or the offer of sale or hire) of any thing,
(b)  the touting or soliciting for custom, hire or employment,
(c)  the distribution of handbills to any person,
(d)  the soliciting of money from any person (whether by way of busking or otherwise).
35   Entry to and exit from buses
A passenger must not, without reasonable excuse, enter or leave a bus:
(a)  while the bus is in motion, or
(b)  by getting through a window.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
36   Limited stop buses
(1)  An intending passenger must not board a bus at a bus stop at which the bus is not scheduled to pick up passengers.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  A passenger must not leave a bus at a bus stop at which the bus is not scheduled to set down passengers.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
37   No interference with bus equipment or damage to bus
(1)  A passenger must not, without reasonable excuse:
(a)  interfere with any equipment attached to or forming part of a bus, or
(b)  block a bus door, or
(c)  open a locked bus door at any time, or
(d)  open an unlocked bus door while the bus is in motion, or
(e)  in any way interfere with an automatically operated bus door.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  A passenger must not maliciously damage any part of a bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3)  Subclause (1) does not apply to an authorised officer in the execution of his or her duty.
38   No entry to driver’s compartment of bus
(1)  A passenger must not enter the driver’s compartment of a bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  This clause does not apply to an authorised officer in the execution of his or her duty.
39   Travel not allowed on certain parts of bus
(1)  A passenger must not, without reasonable excuse, travel on any portion of a bus not intended for the conveyance of passengers.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  Without limiting subclause (1), portions of a bus not intended for the conveyance of passengers include the following:
(a)  the roof, steps and footboard,
(b)  the stairs of a two-decked bus.
40   Property not to be removed
(1)  A passenger must not remove any property of the bus operator from any bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  This clause does not apply to an authorised officer in the execution of his or her duty.
41   No littering
A passenger must not in any bus:
(a)  deposit any litter otherwise than in a receptacle provided for that purpose, or
(b)  deposit any thing that may endanger any person or property.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
42   Animals
(1)  A passenger must not take into or on any bus any dog, cat, bird or other animal, except with the consent of the driver of the bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  Subclause (1) does not apply in respect of an assistance animal or an assistance animal in training.
43   Luggage and soiled clothing
(1)  If, in the opinion of the driver of a bus or an authorised officer, a passenger’s (or an intending passenger’s) clothing or luggage (or any other thing on or carried by the passenger or intending passenger):
(a)  may soil or damage the bus or the clothing or luggage of other passengers, or
(b)  is of such a size or has such dimensions that it cannot be accommodated in the bus without inconvenience to other passengers,
the driver or authorised officer may direct the person concerned to leave, or not to enter, the bus.
(2)  A passenger must not fail to comply with such a direction.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
44   Passengers who are intoxicated
(1)  If, in the opinion of a driver or an authorised officer, a passenger (or an intending passenger):
(a)  is under the influence of alcohol or any drug, and
(b)  is causing, or is likely to cause, a nuisance or annoyance to other passengers,
the driver or authorised officer may direct the person concerned to leave, or not to enter, any bus.
(2)  A passenger must not fail to comply with such a direction.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
45   Throwing things
A passenger must not, without reasonable excuse, throw any thing in or from a bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
46   Leaving bus when directed
(1)  If, in the opinion of the driver of a bus or an authorised officer, a passenger is committing an offence under this Part, the driver or authorised officer may direct the passenger to leave the bus.
(2)  A passenger must not fail to comply with such a direction.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
Note—
Clause 47C contains further provisions relating to the giving of directions under this clause to school students.
cl 46, note: Ins 16.7.2004.
46A   Driver to take action in relation to dangerous conduct
(1)  The driver of a bus is to take such action as is appropriate (for example, contacting the operator of the bus or the police for help) if the driver believes on reasonable grounds that the conduct of a passenger is endangering the safety of any person.
(2)  This clause has effect despite clause 47C.
cl 46A: Ins 16.7.2004.
47   Lost property
(1)  A passenger who finds any article in or on a bus must:
(a)  return it to its owner, or
(b)  give it to the driver of the bus or an authorised officer.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  Any article given to the driver of a bus or an authorised officer under this clause is to be dealt with according to directions given by the Director-General.
(3)  Those directions may, if the Director-General considers it appropriate, be directions for the disposal of the article.
Division 2 Special provisions relating to conduct of school students on buses
pt 4, div 2 (cll 47A–47E): Ins 16.7.2004.
47A   Dealing with contraventions of this Regulation by school students
(1)  Despite any other provision of this Regulation, the operator of a bus service, a driver of a bus or an authorised officer may take only such action under this Regulation as is reasonable in the circumstances when dealing with a school student who has contravened a provision of this Regulation.
(2)  In determining what action is reasonable for the purposes of subclause (1), regard is to be had to any guidelines for managing the behaviour of school students on buses published from time to time by the Director-General.
pt 4, div 2 (cll 47A–47E): Ins 16.7.2004.
47B   Directions to move to certain part of the bus
(1)  A driver of a bus, or an authorised officer on a bus, may direct a school student on the bus to occupy a specified seat on the bus, or to move to a particular part of the bus, if the driver or authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary for the preservation of order on the bus.
(2)  A person must not fail to comply with such a direction.
Maximum penalty (subclause (2)): 5 penalty units.
pt 4, div 2 (cll 47A–47E): Ins 16.7.2004.
47C   Leaving bus when directed
A driver of a bus, or an authorised officer on a bus, is not to make a direction under clause 46 in relation to a person who the driver or authorised officer knows is a school student or ought reasonably to know is a school student unless:
(a)  on leaving the bus, the school student will be in the care of a person who is legally responsible for the student, or
(b)  the place at which the student is directed to leave the bus would appear to a reasonable person to be appropriate, having regard to the traffic conditions, proximity to other transport and nature of the locality.
pt 4, div 2 (cll 47A–47E): Ins 16.7.2004.
47D   Refusal to pick up school student
A driver of a bus may refuse to stop for, or to allow onto the bus, a school student who the driver believes on reasonable grounds has contravened a provision of this Regulation (whether or not the student has been prosecuted in relation to the contravention).
pt 4, div 2 (cll 47A–47E): Ins 16.7.2004.
47E   Review of action taken by operator or driver
The Director-General may review any action taken by the operator of a bus service or by a driver of a bus that involves the refusal to carry a particular school student on a bus or the placing of conditions on the carrying of a particular school student on a bus.
pt 4, div 2 (cll 47A–47E): Ins 16.7.2004.
Part 5 Penalty notice offences
48   Penalty notice offences
(1)  For the purposes of section 59 of the Act:
(a)  each offence created by a provision specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 is declared to be a penalty notice offence, and
(b)  the prescribed penalty for such an offence is the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2.
(2)  If the reference to a provision in Column 1 of Schedule 2 is qualified by words that restrict its operation to specified kinds of offences or to offences committed in specified circumstances, an offence created by the provision is a prescribed offence only if it is an offence of a kind so specified or is committed in the circumstances so specified.
cl 48: Am 27.2.2004; 2005 (237), Sch 1 [7].
49   (Repealed)
cl 49: Rep 27.2.2004.
Part 6 Miscellaneous
50   Drivers’ authority cards
(1)  The Director-General may issue a driver’s authority card to the holder of an authority to drive a bus.
(2)  A driver’s authority card must display:
(a)  a photograph of the person, and
(b)  the number of the authority, and
(c)  the expiry date for the card.
(3)  A driver’s authority card expires at midnight on the date specified on the card as the expiry date.
51   Appointment of bus stops
(1)  The Director-General may appoint bus stops, to be indicated by signs erected or displayed with the approval of the roads authority for the road concerned and on which the words “BUS STOP”, “BUS STAND” or “BUS ZONE”, or some suitable pictorial representation, appear.
(2)  An operator of a bus service may appoint bus stops, but only in accordance with a prior written approval of the roads authority for the road concerned.
(3)  If times are specified on a sign referred to in this clause, the sign operates only during those times, but if no times are so specified the sign operates at all times.
(4)  In this clause, roads authority has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993.
52   Change of address of operator or driver
If:
(a)  an operator of a bus service, or
(b)  a driver of a bus,
changes his or her name or residential address, the operator or driver concerned must, within 7 days after the change, give written notice of the fact and of the new name or address to the Director-General.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
53   Misuse of authorities and authority cards
(1)  This clause applies to authorities to drive buses and to drivers’ authority cards.
(2)  A person must not:
(a)  alter or deface any authority or driver’s authority card, or
(b)  lend or part with any authority or driver’s authority card.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3)  An authority or driver’s authority card that has been altered or defaced is void and may be returned to the Director-General for replacement.
(4)  On the return of an authority or driver’s authority card, or on proof to the satisfaction of the Director-General that an authority or driver’s authority card has been destroyed, stolen or lost, the Director-General may cause a duplicate of it to be issued, and any such duplicate then becomes, for the purposes of the Act and this Regulation, the authority or driver’s authority card in respect of which the duplicate is issued, and the original authority or driver’s authority card becomes void.
54   Return of authorities
(1)  The holder of an authority to drive a bus who has received notice of the variation, cancellation or suspension of the authority must immediately deliver the authority to the Director-General at an address specified in the notice.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)  The holder of an expired driver’s authority card must, on the receipt of a written notice from the Director-General, immediately deliver the card to the Director-General at an address specified in the notice.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
55   Buses registered interstate
A person must not carry on a bus service using a bus that is not registered under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 unless there is displayed in the bus, in a manner and form approved by the Director-General, an indication that the person is an accredited bus operator.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
56   Interstate bus drivers: exemption from section 11
(1)  A person who holds a licence, permit or other authority:
(a)  that allows the person to drive a public bus (that is, a bus that is used to provide a public passenger service) in some other State or Territory, and
(b)  that is recognised by the Department of Transport for the purposes of this clause,
is exempt from the provisions of section 11 (1) of the Act, and so does not have to hold an authority under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act in order to drive such a bus in New South Wales.
(2)  This exemption does not apply in relation to journeys that take place wholly within New South Wales.
57   (Repealed)
cl 57: Subst 19.7.2002. Rep 2004 No 54, Sch 2.2 [2].
58   Service of notices
Any notice required to be served or given under this Regulation is sufficiently served on any person if it is:
(a)  served personally, or
(b)  left at the last known place of residence or business of the person to be served, or
(c)  sent by prepaid letter or post to the person at the person’s last known place of residence or business (in which case notice is to be taken to be served on the date on which the letter would in the ordinary course of post be delivered to the place to which it is addressed).
59   Saving
Any act, matter or thing that had effect under the Passenger Transport (Bus Services) Regulation 1995 immediately before the repeal of that Regulation by the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 is taken to have effect under this Regulation.
Schedule 1 Approved security camera systems
(Clause 12D)
1   Definitions
In this Schedule:
authorised purpose, in relation to the use of a video recording made by a security camera system, means the purpose of, or any purpose in connection with, any of the following:
(a)  the prosecution of, or the issue of a penalty notice in respect of, an offence committed in or about a bus,
(b)  ensuring an operator’s compliance with the operator’s conditions of accreditation,
(c)  ensuring a driver’s compliance with the driver’s conditions of authorisation,
(d)  ensuring a passenger’s compliance with any approved scheme of subsidised travel (as referred to in section 39 of the Transport Administration Act 1988).
video recording includes:
(a)  any electronically stored information from which a recorded image can be generated, and
(b)  any print-out or other reproduction of the recorded image.
2   Use of recording for unauthorised purpose
A person must not use a video recording made by a security camera system for a purpose other than an authorised purpose.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
3   Presence of camera in bus to be indicated
The operator of a bus service must ensure that signs are conspicuously placed within and on the outside of a bus that is fitted with a security camera system, advising persons that they may be under video surveillance while in or about the bus.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
4   Storage of recordings made by security camera
(1)  The operator of a bus service must cause:
(a)  such security safeguards as the Director-General may specify, and
(b)  such other security safeguards as are reasonable in the circumstances,
to be taken, to ensure that any video recordings made by a security camera system are protected against misplacement and against use for unauthorised purposes, until disposed of in accordance with clause 5.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The Director-General may, by notice in writing to the operator of a bus service, specify reasonable security safeguards for the purposes of subclause (1) (a).
5   Disposal of recordings made by security camera
(1)  The operator of a bus service must cause any video recording made by a security camera system to be disposed of in accordance with subclause (2) within 30 days after the recording was made.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2)  The recording may be disposed of by destroying it by deletion or otherwise or, if it is to be used for an authorised purpose, by giving it to:
(a)  a police officer, or
(b)  an officer of the Ministry of Transport authorised by the Director-General to receive it.
(3)  It is the duty of the Commissioner of Police or the Director-General (as the case requires) to ensure the destruction of any video recording that was given to a police officer or to an officer of the Ministry of Transport but which is no longer to be used for an authorised purpose.
(4)  Subclause (1) does not apply in respect of a video recording made during the installation or testing of the security camera.
sch 1: Ins 2005 (237), Sch 1 [8].
Schedule 2 Penalty notice offences
(Clause 48)
Part 1 Offences under the Passenger Transport Act 1990
Column 1
Column 2
Provision
Penalty
Section 9B (3)
$500
Section 11 (1)
$200
Column 1
Column 2
Provision
Penalty
Clause 6 (1)
$200
Clause 7 (1)
$200
Clause 7 (2)
$200
Clause 8 (1)
$200
Clause 8 (2)
$200
Clause 10
$300
Clause 11 (1)
$200
Clause 11 (2) (a)
$200
Clause 11 (2) (b)
$200
Clause 11 (2) (c)
$200
Clause 11 (2) (d)
$200
Clause 11 (3)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (a)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (b)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (c)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (d)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (e)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (f)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (g)
$200
Clause 12B (1) (h)
$200
Clause 12B (2)
$200
Clause 12C (1)
$200
Clause 12C (2)
$200
Clause 12D (1)
$300
Clause 12D (2)
$300
Clause 12E (1)
$300
Clause 12E (2)
$300
Clause 12F (1)
$200
Clause 12F (3)
$200
Clause 12G (1)
$300
Clause 12H (1)
$150
Clause 12I (1)
$200
Clause 12J (1)
$200
Clause 12K
$300
Clause 12L (2)
$200
Clause 12M
$150
Clause 13 (1)
$100
Clause 13 (2)
$100
Clause 14 (1) (a)
$100
Clause 14 (1) (b)
$100
Clause 14 (2)
$100
Clause 15 (1) (a)
$100
Clause 15 (1) (b)
$100
Clause 15 (4)
$100
Clause 17 (a)
$200
Clause 17 (b)
$200
Clause 17 (c)
$200
Clause 17 (d)
$200
Clause 18
$100
Clause 19 (a)
$100
Clause 19 (b)
$100
Clause 19 (c)
$100
Clause 19 (d)
$200
Clause 19 (e)
$200
Clause 20 (a)
$100
Clause 20 (b)
$100
Clause 21
$100
Clause 22 (a)
$200
Clause 22 (b)
$200
Clause 22A (4)
$1,000
Clause 24 (1)
$100
Clause 25
$100
Clause 26
$100
Clause 27 (1)
$100
Clause 27 (3)
$100
Clause 27 (5) (a)
$100
Clause 27 (5) (b)
$100
Clause 28
$100
Clause 29 (1)
$100
Clause 30 (1)
$200
Clause 31 (2)
$100
Clause 32 (1)
$200
Clause 33 (1)
$200
Clause 33 (2)
$100
Clause 34 (1)
$100
Clause 35 (a)
$200
Clause 35 (b)
$200
Clause 36 (1)
$100
Clause 36 (2)
$100
Clause 37 (1) (a)
$200
Clause 37 (1) (b)
$200
Clause 37 (1) (c)
$200
Clause 37 (1) (d)
$200
Clause 37 (1) (e)
$200
Clause 37 (2)
$200
Clause 38 (1)
$200
Clause 39 (1)
$200
Clause 40 (1)
$200
Clause 41
$100
Clause 42 (1)
$100
Clause 43 (2)
$100
Clause 44 (2)
$100
Clause 45
$200
Clause 46 (2)
$100
Clause 47 (1)
$100
Clause 47B (2)
$100
Clause 52
$100
Clause 52
$100
Clause 53 (2) (a)
$100
Clause 53 (2) (b)
$200
Clause 54 (1)
$200
Clause 54 (2)
$200
Clause 55
$200
Schedule 1, clause 2
$500
Schedule 1, clause 3
$200
Schedule 1, clause 4 (1)
$200
sch 2 (previously Sch 1): Am 27.2.2004; 16.7.2004. Renumbered 2005 (237), Sch 1 [9]. Am 2005 (237), Sch 1 [10] [11].