AIRPORTS (CONTROL OF ON-AIRPORT ACTIVITIES) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 106 Definitions for Division 2

AIRPORTS (CONTROL OF ON-AIRPORT ACTIVITIES) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 106

    In this Division, and for the application of the rules mentioned in regulation   106E to the landside of an airport:

" Australian Road Rules" means the document titled Australian Road Rules , published by the National Road Transport Commission, as it exists when this definition commences.

"authorised person" , for a provision of this Division, means an authorised person appointed under regulation   114 for the provision.

"charter service" means a public passenger service:

  (a)   for which a public bus, and the services of a driver of the bus, are pre - booked for hire to take passengers for an agreed fee; and

  (b)   for which the following conditions are satisfied:

  (i)   the hirer is entitled to determine the route for the journey and the time of travel;

  (ii)   all passengers' journeys have a common origin or a common destination, or both;

  (iii)   individual fares are not payable by the passengers (either to the operator of the service or to the driver of the bus);

  (iv)   the service is not provided according to regular routes and timetables.

"driver" has the same meaning as in the Australian Road Rules.

"hire car" means a vehicle (other than a public bus or taxi) which is used to provide a public passenger service (other than a regular passenger service, a long - distance service, a charter service or a tourist service).

"infringement notice offence" means an offence that is declared to be an infringement notice offence by a provision of this Division.

"long-distance service" means a public passenger service conducted according to one or more regular routes, in which each passenger is carried for a distance of not less than 40   kilometres.

"parking control provision" means rule   165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 197, 198, 202, 203, 203A, 204, 205, 205A, 206, 207, 208, 208A, 209, 210, 211 or 212 of the Australian Road Rules as applied by regulation   106E.

"passenger" does not include the driver of a vehicle.

"permit zone" has the same meaning as in subrule 185(2) of the Australian Road Rules.

"public bus" means:

  (a)   for an airport the landside of which is in New South Wales -- a bus within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Act 1990 of New South Wales, as in force at the commencement of this Division; or

  (b)   for an airport in Victoria -- a bus within the meaning of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations   2009 of Victoria, as in force at the commencement of this Division; or

  (c)   for an airport the landside of which is in Queensland -- a bus within the meaning of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management -- Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation   2010 of Queensland, as in force at the commencement of this Division; or

  (d)   for an airport in Western Australia -- a public bus within the meaning of the Road Traffic Code 2000 of Western Australia, as in force at the commencement of this Division; or

  (e)   for an airport in Tasmania -- a bus within the meaning of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 of Tasmania, as in force at the commencement of this Division.

"public passenger service" means the carriage of passengers for a fare or other consideration by a vehicle along a road or road - related area.

"regular passenger service" means a public passenger service conducted according to regular routes and timetables, but does not include a tourist service or a long - distance service.

"road" has the same meaning as in the Australian Road Rules.

"road-related area" has the same meaning as in the Australian Road Rules.

"taxi" means a vehicle:

  (a)   which is used to provide a public passenger service (other than a regular passenger service, a long - distance service, a charter service or a tourist service); and

  (b)   which, for the purpose of procuring passengers, is made to ply or stand for hire on a road or road - related area.

"taxi zone" has the same meaning as in rule   182 of the Australian Road Rules.

"tourist service" means a public passenger service, provided by a public bus, that is:

  (a)   a pre - booked service designed for the carriage of tourists to destinations listed on a publicly available itinerary; or

  (b)   a service designed for the carriage of tourists where all passengers' journeys have a common origin or a common destination, or both.

"traffic control device" has the same meaning as in the Australian Road Rules.