Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 73 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Replacement of s 15 (Exemption from scope of operator accreditation and driver authorisation—Act, ss 13(2)(c) and 25(2)(c)) . . 2 15 Public passenger services to which the Act, s 12 does not apply . . 2 15A Requirement for driver authorisation until 31 July 1999—Act, s 25(2)(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 15B Requirement for driver authorisation after 31 July 1999—public passenger services to which the Act, s 24 does not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of sch 8 (Annual fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

s1 2 s4 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 73, 1999 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 1 May 1999. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the TransportOperations(PassengerTransport) Regulation 1994 . ˙ Replacement of s 15 (Exemption from scope of operator accreditation and driver authorisation—Act, ss 13(2)(c) and 25(2)(c)) 4. Section 15— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Public passenger services to which the Act, s 12 does not apply ‘ 15.(1) Section 12 1 of the Act does not apply to ferry services. ‘ (2) Section 12 of the Actdoes not apply to a community transport service or courtesy transport service if— (a) no more than 2 vehicles are available, at any time, to provide the service, and each of the vehicles may be driven under a class C driver’s licence under the Traffic Act 1949 ; or (b) the service is not available to the general community. Examples of services available to the general community— 1. Membership of a bowls club is open to the general community. The club provides a courtesy transport service but only to club members. The service is available to the general community. 2. A community transport service is available to all women living within 10 km of a refuge to take them there. The service is available to the general community. 1 Section 12 (What is operator accreditation)

s5 3 s5 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 73, 1999 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ ‘ Requirement for driver authorisation until 31 July 1999—Act, s 25(2)(c) ‘ 15A.(1) A community transport service, courtesy transport service and ferry service are exempted from the public passenger services for which driver authorisation is required. ‘ (2) This section expires on 31 July 1999. ˙ ‘ Requirement for driver authorisation after 31 July 1999—public passenger services to which the Act, s 24 does not apply ‘ 15B.(1) After 31 July 1999, 2 section 24 of the Act does not apply to a community transport service or courtesy transport service if— (a) no more than 2 vehicles are available, at any time, to provide the service, and each of the vehicles may be driven under a class C driver’s licence under the Traffic Act 1949 ; or (b) the service is not available to the general community. 3 ‘ (2) After 31 July 1999, section 24 of the Act does not apply to ferry services.’. ˙ Amendment of sch 8 (Annual fees) 5. Schedule 8, item 3— omit, insert— ‘ 3. Operator accreditation to provide— (a) 1 or more scheduled passenger services, other than accreditation under which only a restricted school service may be operated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) a community transport service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.00 102.00 2 On 1 August 1999, the Act, sections 24 (What is driver authorisation ) and 25 (Scope of driver authorisation) were replaced by a new section 24 (What is driver authorisation), which now covers excluding services, by regulation, from the requirement for driver authorisation. 3 For examples of services available to the general community, see section 15(2).

s5 4 s5 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 73, 1999 Amendment (No. 1) (c) a courtesy transport service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) a limousine service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) a taxi service, other than operator accreditation under which only an exempt taxi may be used to the provide the service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (f) a taxi service under which only an exempt taxi may be used to the provide the service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (g) a service for which no fee is provided under paragraphs (a) to (f), for each service— (i) accreditation under which 1 to 10 vehicles may be used to provide the service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) accreditation under which over 10 vehicles may be used to provide the service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.00 102.00 102.00 51.00 203.00 1016.00’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 29 April 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 30 April 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Transport. © State of Queensland 1999