Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 (Qld)

Queensland Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 Subordinate Legislation 2011 No. 285 made under the TransportOperations(PassengerTransport)Act1994 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Standard amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 25 (Design and construction of bus manufactured before 20 May 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new s 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 46 Transitional provision for Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of sch 1 (Vehicle requirements and operator’s obligations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of sch 2 (Heavy bus service life extensions) . . . . . . 4

Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 [s 1] 1 Short title This standard may be cited as the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 . 2 Standard amended This standard amends the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Standard 2010. 3 Amendment of s 25 (Design and construction of bus manufactured before 20 May 1992) Section 25, note, ‘at the offices of the department at Transport House, Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane or’— omit . 4 Insertion of new s 46 After section 45— insert — ‘46 Transitional provision for Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 ‘(1) This section applies if—— (a) an operator of a relevant service that uses a heavy bus to provide the service has applied for a 5-year service life extension for that vehicle under former schedule 2, part 1; and (b) immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided. ‘(2) Former schedule 2, part 1 continues to apply to the application as if it had not been amended by the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 . ‘(3) In this section— commencement means the commencement of this section. Page 2 2011 SL No. 285

Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 [s 5] former schedule 2, part 1 means schedule 2, part 1 as in force immediately before the commencement.’. 5 Amendment of sch 1 (Vehicle requirements and operator’s obligations) (1) Schedule 1, section 4(2)(a)(i)— omit , insert — ‘(i) an open classification vehicle— (A) if the vehicle was manufactured on or after 1 January 1990 and is a vehicle for which the chief executive has granted a 5-year service life extension under former schedule 2, part 1—30 years; or (B) if the vehicle was manufactured on or after 1 January 1995 and is a vehicle for which the chief executive has not granted a 5-year service life extension under former schedule 2, part 1—25 years; or (C) otherwise—15 years; or’. (2) Schedule 1, section 4— insert — ‘(4) In this section— former schedule 2, part 1 means schedule 2, part 1 as in force immediately before the commencement of the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 .’. (3) Schedule 1, section 30(6)— omit , insert — ‘(6) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply if an age zero refurbishment service life extension has been obtained for the bus under schedule 2 and the extension is in force.’. 2011 SL No. 285 Page 3

Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2011 [s 6] 6 Amendment of sch 2 (Heavy bus service life extensions) (1) Schedule 2, section 1(4)(a)— omit , insert — ‘(a) the bus is an open classification vehicle, regional classification vehicle or local classification vehicle that is at least 18 but not more than 25 years old; and’. (2) Schedule 2, section 1(5), examples, item 1— omit , insert — ‘1 If an open classification vehicle has a 5-year service life extension, it may continue to be used as an open classification vehicle until it is 30 years old or may be used as a regional classification vehicle or local classification vehicle until it is 30 years old.’. (3) Schedule 2, section 12(5), ‘section 112(2)’— omit , insert — ‘section 107(2)’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the chief executive on 16 November 2011. 2 Approved by the Governor in Council on 8 December 2011. 3 Notified in the gazette on 9 December 2011. 4 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 5 The administering agency is the Department of Transport and Main Roads. © State of Queensland 2011 Page 4 2011 SL No. 285