Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) STANDARD 2010 - REG 29

29 Maintenance of vehicles

(1) The operator of a relevant service must have and comply with a documented maintenance program for each vehicle providing the service.

(2) The program must provide—

(a) for the servicing and other maintenance of the vehicle to a standard that complies with, or exceeds, the servicing and maintenance program specified by the vehicle’s manufacturer; and

(b) for a daily pre-trip inspection of the vehicle, to a standard appropriate to an experienced driver of that general type of vehicle, to identify defects in the vehicle that may endanger public safety or substantially reduce passenger comfort; and

(c) a system to ensure—

(i) defects in the vehicle that come to the notice of the driver or anyone else involved in providing the service are reported to the operator and recorded; and

(ii) the vehicle is not returned to service until a reported defect that may endanger public safety has been fixed; and

(iii) reported defects in the vehicle that substantially reduce passenger comfort are fixed within a reasonable time; and

(iv) action taken to fix defects in the vehicle is recorded.

(3) The operator must keep a record of all servicing or other maintenance, including a record of the daily pre-trip inspection, on each vehicle used to provide the service.

(4) Subsection (3) applies to all maintenance, whether or not performed under the program.