New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(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.