New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 300-4

300-4 NSW rule: school bus signs for school buses

(1) A driver must not drive a bus for school purposes unless a school bus sign is clearly displayed on both the front and the rear of the bus.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

Note :
"Bus" is defined in the Dictionary.

(2) For the purposes of this rule, a bus is driven for
"school purposes" if the bus is being used--

(a) solely or principally for the conveyance of children to or from school, and

(b) on a journey wholly outside a transport district.

Note :
"Transport district" is defined in the Dictionary.

(3) This rule does not apply to the driver of a bus that is operated in accordance with rule 222- 2.

Note : Rule 222- 2 provides for the use by drivers of warning systems fitted to buses used to convey school children.

(4) In this rule--

"school bus sign" means a sign that complies with the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021 , section 17(2).

Note 1 : The Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021 , section 17 requires the owner of a bus that is driven for school purposes to attach school bus signs, or to provide school bus signs for the driver to attach, to the bus. A school bus sign is a sign containing the words "School Bus" in block letters of a certain height and coloured black on a fluorescent yellow background.

Note 2 : This rule is an additional NSW road rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules .