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New South Wales
Passenger Transport Amendment
Bill 2006
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Passenger Transport Act 1990 No 39 2
4 Repeal of Act 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2006
New South Wales
Passenger Transport Amendment
Bill 2006
Act No , 2006
An Act to amend the Passenger Transport Act 1990 to make further provision with
respect to the accreditation of operators of public passenger services; and for other
purposes.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill
as finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Passenger Transport Amendment Bill 2006
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Passenger Transport Amendment Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
3 Amendment of Passenger Transport Act 1990 No 39
The Passenger Transport Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Repeal of Act
(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act
commences.
(2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.
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Passenger Transport Amendment Bill 2006
Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Insert in alphabetical order in section 3 (1):
corporation means any incorporated body of the kind referred to
in section 5A (1) (c).
[2] Section 5A
Insert after section 5:
5A Persons who may be accredited
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following are eligible to be
accredited to carry on a public passenger service:
(a) a single individual,
(b) two or more individuals carrying or proposing to carry on
the service jointly under a partnership or other agreement
or arrangement,
(c) a body incorporated by or under the law of this or any other
jurisdiction (including the Corporations Act 2001 of the
Commonwealth, the Associations Incorporation Act 1984
or the Co-operatives Act 1992).
(2) If 2 or more individuals are jointly accredited and any one of
them dies or ceases to jointly carry on the service:
(a) the accreditation is automatically suspended on the
expiration of 21 days after the death or cessation if the
Director-General has not been notified before that time of
the death or cessation, and
(b) the accreditation may be cancelled, suspended or varied
under this Act because of the death or cessation (whether
before or after any such notification).
(3) If 2 or more individuals are jointly accredited to carry on a public
passenger service, each of those individuals has the obligations
imposed on accredited operators of any such service under this
Act.
[3] Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions
Insert at the end of clause 2 (1):
Passenger Transport Amendment Act 2006
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Schedule 1 Amendments
[4] Schedule 3
Insert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause numbers:
Part Provisions consequent on enactment of
Passenger Transport Amendment Act 2006
Definition
In this Part:
the amending Act means the Passenger Transport Amendment
Act 2006.
Validation of accreditation, contracts and other matters
(1) This clause applies to:
(a) any accreditation purportedly issued or renewed under this
Act, or
(b) any service contract purportedly entered into under this
Act, or
(c) any other act or thing purportedly done or omitted under
this Act or under any such accreditation or contract,
at any time before the commencement of the amending Act.
(2) Any such accreditation, contract, act or thing that would have
been validly issued, renewed, entered into, done or omitted if the
amending Act had been in force at that time is taken to be (and
always to have been) validly issued, renewed, entered into, done
or omitted.
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