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New South Wales
Transport Administration Amendment
(Travel Concession) Bill 2006
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109 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
Transport Administration Amendment
(Travel Concession) Bill 2006
Act No , 2006
An Act to amend the Transport Administration Act 1988 with respect to travel
concessions.
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 Transport Administration Amendment (Travel Concession) Bill 2006
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Transport Administration Amendment (Travel
Concession) Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent.
3 Amendment of Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109
The Transport Administration Act 1988 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(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act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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Transport Administration Amendment (Travel Concession) Bill 2006
Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 39 Government subsidised travel schemes
Insert after section 39 (1):
(1A) If the regulations so provide, persons of a class prescribed by the
regulations are not entitled to subsidised travel under any such
scheme. This subsection applies despite any approval or direction
of the Minister or the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
[2] Section 88 Free or subsidised railway, bus or ferry travel
Insert after section 88 (3):
(3A) If the regulations so provide, persons of a class prescribed by the
regulations are not entitled to be issued with a free travel pass or
a concessional travel pass under this section. This subsection
applies despite any determination or direction of the Minister or
of an Authority or the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
[3] Schedule 7 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert at the end of clause 2 (1):
Transport Administration Amendment (Travel Concession)
Act 2006
[4] Schedule 7
Insert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause numbers:
Part Provisions consequent on enactment of
Transport Administration Amendment
(Travel Concession) Act 2006
Student travel passes--transitional provision
(1) Until the regulations otherwise provide, full fee paying overseas
students:
(a) are not entitled to be issued with a concessional travel pass
(as referred to in section 88) of a kind that is available only
to persons who are students at tertiary educational
institutions, and
(b) are not entitled to the benefit of concessional travel in
circumstances where only a person who is entitled to be
issued with such a pass is entitled to that benefit.
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Transport Administration Amendment (Travel Concession) Bill 2006
Schedule 1 Amendments
(2) This clause extends to travel under a scheme for Government
subsidised travel as referred to in section 39.
(3) In this clause, full fee paying overseas student means a person
who has been permitted to enter Australia on a visa issued on the
basis that while in Australia the person will be enrolled as a
full-time student at a tertiary educational institution, paying the
full cost of their tuition and will have sufficient funds to meet
their educational and living costs in Australia.
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