Tasmanian Numbered Acts

PASSENGER TRANSPORT SERVICES ACT 2011 (NO. 59 OF 2011)

- Act 59 of 2011
- Royal Assent 15 December 2011

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Timing of administrative actions of Commission
   5.      Determination of seating capacity
   6.      Act does not apply to personal private use of motor vehicles
   7.      Act does not apply to private passenger services
   8.      Act does not apply to incidental passenger services
   9.      Act binds Crown

   PART 2 - Accreditation

           Division 1 - Accreditation policy

   10.     Operator of passenger transport service must be accredited
   11.     What is a passenger transport service operator?
   12.     Operator of hire and drive passenger service must be accredited
   13.     What is a hire and drive passenger service operator?
   14.     Voluntary accreditation
   15.     Purpose of accreditation
   16.     Safety, security and related operational standards of accredited services
   17.     Who may be accredited?

           Division 2 - Application and accreditation procedure

   18.     Application for accreditation
   19.     Determination of application for accreditation
   20.     Refusal of application for accreditation
   21.     Approval of application for accreditation
   22.     Accreditation certificate
   23.     Accreditation Register

           Division 3 - Nature of accreditation

   24.     Duration of accreditation
   25.     Accreditation not transferable
   26.     Surrender of accreditation
   27.     Death of individual accredited operator
   28.     External accreditation

           Division 4 - Management of accreditation

   29.     Contravention of conditions of accreditation
   30.     Variation of conditions of accreditation, &c.
   31.     Cancellation and suspension, &c., of accreditation
   32.     Information requirements
   33.     Notification requirements, &c.

   PART 3 - Regular Passenger Services

           Division 1 - Authorisation

   34.     Regular passenger service must be authorised
   35.     What is a regular passenger service?
   36.     Application for authorisation
   37.     Determination of application for authorisation
   38.     Refusal of application for authorisation
   39.     Approval of application for authorisation
   40.     Nature of authorisation
   41.     Contravention of conditions of authorisation
   42.     Variation of conditions of authorisation, &c.
   43.     Cancellation and suspension of authorisation

           Division 2 - Operation of regular passenger services

   44.     Emergency operation, &c., of regular passenger services
   45.     Trial operation of regular passenger services
   46.     Operation of unprovided regular passenger services
   47.     Variation of independently operated regular passenger services
   48.     Variation of contractually operated regular passenger services
   49.     Term of passenger service contracts, &c.
   50.     Qualification of Secretary's contracting power
   51.     Service eligibility guidelines

           Division 3 - Compensation

   52.     Compensation not payable

   PART 4 - Review of Decisions

   53.     Interpretation of Part
   54.     Right of internal review
   55.     Nature of internal review
   56.     Application for internal review
   57.     Effect of application for internal review
   58.     Consideration of application for internal review
   59.     External review of decisions

   PART 5 - Miscellaneous

   60.     Ministerial advisory committees
   61.     Administration and enforcement
   62.     Offences by bodies corporate
   63.     False or misleading information
   64.     Exemptions
   65.     Service of notices
   66.     Application procedure
   67.     Status and promulgation of administrative determinations, &c.
   68.     Regulations
   69.     Administration of Act
   70.     Savings and transitional provisions
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