Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 98 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new s 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7A Renewing driver authorisation—medical certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Replacement of s 17 (Market entry restrictions—Act, s 36) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 17 Market entry restrictions—Act, s 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Insertion of new s 17A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 17A Scope of service contracts—Act, s 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Insertion of new s 18A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 18A Matters to be considered—Act, s 61(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Replacement of sch 1 (Market entry restrictions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MARKET ENTRY RESTRICTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

s1 2 s4 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 98, 1997 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1997 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the TransportOperations(PassengerTransport) Regulation 1994 . ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 3. Section 3— insert — ‘ “commercial scheduled service” , for schedule 1, means a public passenger service (other than a community transport service, a courtesy transport service, a school service and a tourist service) conducted on a established route on a road in accordance with a regular timetable for which the operator is remunerated— (a) from revenue generated by passengers’ fares; or (b) by payments from anyone else for, or to provide, the service.’. ˙ Insertion of new s 7A 4. After section 7— insert — ˙ ‘ Renewing driver authorisation—medical certificates ‘ 7A.(1) This section applies if— (a) a driver has been granted a driver authorisation; and (b) the driver provided a certificate of the driver’s medical fitness under section 8(2)(a) of the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Standard 1995 ( “section 8(2)(a)” ) for the authorisation; and

s5 3 s6 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 98, 1997 Amendment (No. 1) (c) the driver applies to renew the authorisation for a term ending less than 5 years and 1 month from the making of the certificate; and (d) the chief executive has no reason to believe that the driver’s medical condition has changed under the approved standard for section 8(2)(a) since the making of the certificate. ‘ (2) For section 8(2)(a), the driver is taken to have provided a certificate for the driver’s medical fitness if the driver gives a copy of the certificate to the chief executive. ‘ (3) This section expires 1 year after it commences.’. ˙ Replacement of s 17 (Market entry restrictions—Act, s 36) 5. Section 17— omit, insert — ˙ ‘ Market entry restrictions—Act, s 36 ‘ 17. For chapter 5 1 of the Act, a public passenger service mentioned in schedule 1, column 1 is to be provided with market entry restrictions in the area or over the route listed opposite the service in column 2 if the chief executive declares as required under section 42 or 71 of the Act 2 in relation to the service.’. ˙ Insertion of new s 17A 6. Before section 18— insert — ˙ ‘ Scope of service contracts—Act, s 39 ‘ 17A. A long distance scheduled passenger service is prescribed for section 39(e) of the Act. 3 ’. 1 Chapter 5 (Market entry restrictions) 2 Section 42 (Declaration that service contracts are required) Section 71 (Taxi service areas) 3 Section 39 (Scope of service contracts)

s7 4 s7 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 98, 1997 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Insertion of new s 18A 7. After section 18— insert — ˙ ‘ Matters to be considered—Act, s 61(4) ‘ 18A.(1) This section applies if an arbitrator is deciding an amount of compensation under section 61(3) of the Act. 4 ‘ (2) The arbitrator must consider the following— (a) the present value of the future maintainable profits or future cash flows of the services (the “services” ) of the kind provided for in the new service contract that were previously provided by an existing operator or operators who are a party or parties to the arbitration; (b) the capitalisation of future maintainable profits or the discounting of future cash flows as the principal valuation methodology; (c) the definition “future maintainable profits” in subsection (4) when selecting the appropriate capitalisation rate to apply to the future maintainable profits; (d) the definition “future cash flows” in subsection (4) when selecting the appropriate discount rate to apply to the future cash flows; (e) relevant risk factors including the life of the contract; (f) the value of the services derived using implied revenue multiples or other customary industry benchmarks. ‘ (3) The arbitrator must not consider the following— (a) capital gains tax; (b) additional costs incurred by the existing operator or operators which are not related to the services acquired by the new operator, including for example costs of, or in relation to— (i) advisers; 4 Section 61 (Compensation)

s7 5 s7 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 98, 1997 Amendment (No. 1) (ii) emotional distress; (iii) loss of employment, life style or public standing; (iv) mortgage or loan foreclosures; (v) relocation; (c) income and expenses from activities outside the scope of the new service contract such as tourist and charter bus services; (d) economies of scale and operating efficiencies available to a new operator but not able to be achieved or accrued by the existing operator or operators. ‘ (4) In this section— “future maintainable profits” means earnings before financial leases, interest and tax determined on the basis of past profits adjusted for the following— (a) abnormal or exceptional revenue or expense items; (b) owners remuneration; (c) variations in accounting standards application; (d) future changes to revenues and costs resulting from announced changes to government policy including, for example, changes in policy about— (i) school payment rates; and (ii) subsidy arrangements; and (iii) average vehicle age. “future cash flows” means future maintainable profits adjusted for depreciation and capital expenditure.’.

s8 6 s8 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 98, 1997 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Replacement of sch 1 (Market entry restrictions) 8. Schedule 1— omit, insert — ´ ‘ SCHEDULE 1 ´ ‘ MARKET ENTRY RESTRICTIONS section 17 Column 1 Public passenger service Column 2 Area or route 1. Commercial scheduled services 2. School services 3. Taxi services 4. Air services 1. Cities and towns having a population more than 7 500. 2. Routes for distances not more than 40 km between cities or towns each having a population more than 7 500. 3. Routes for distances not more than 40 km between a village and a city or town if the village has a population more than 500 and the city or town has a population more than 7 500. Routes serving schools. Queensland. 1. Toowoomba /St. George /Cunnamulla /Thargomindah /Cunnamulla /St. George /Toowoomba.

s8 7 s8 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 98, 1997 Amendment (No. 1) 2. Brisbane /Roma /Charleville /Quilpie /Windorah /Birdsville /Bedourie /Boulia /Bedourie /Birdsville /Windorah /Quilpie /Charleville /Roma /Brisbane. 3. Boulia /Mount Isa /Boulia. 4. Brisbane /Roma /Charleville /Longreach /Charleville /Roma /Brisbane. 5. Brisbane /Roma /Longreach /Roma /Brisbane. 6. Brisbane/Blackall/Longreach/Blackall /Brisbane. 7. Brisbane /Barcaldine /Longreach /Barcaldine /Brisbane. 8. Townsville /Hughenden /Winton /Longreach /Winton /Hughenden /Townsville. 9. Townsville /Hughenden /Richmond /Julia Creek /Cloncurry / Julia Creek /Richmond /Hughenden /Townsville. C10lo. ncurry /Mount Isa /Cloncurry. 1C1a.irns /Weipa /Cairns. C12a.irns/ Horn Island/ Cairns.’.

8 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment (No. 1) No. 98, 1997 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 24 April 1997. 2. Notified in the gazette on 24 April 1997. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is Queensland Transport. © State of Queensland 1997