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IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - SECT 19F Regulations relating to sharing services

IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - SECT 19F

Regulations relating to sharing services

19F Regulations relating to sharing services

(1) The regulations may make further provision for the obligations of operators of sharing services in respect of the operation of sharing services and shared devices.
(2) In particular, the regulations may provide for matters relating to the safety, operation or maintenance of sharing services and shared devices, including the following--
(a) protecting the public amenity of land on which shared devices are used or left,
(b) managing risks to the safety of users of sharing services, other road users, impounding officers and other members of staff of impounding authorities, and the general public,
(c) managing any public liability of impounding authorities incurred in connection with the carrying on of business by an operator of a sharing service,
(d) planning for the operation of an integrated transport network.
(3) The regulations may prescribe a code of practice that provides for any of the matters referred to in subsection (1) or (2).
(4) The regulations, or a code of practice, may impose enforceable obligations or restrictions on operators and former operators of sharing services (including by creating offences with a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units).
(5) The regulations, or a code of practice, may provide for further circumstances in which a shared device left in a public place (whether by a user or any other person) is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have been abandoned by the operator of the sharing service that owns the shared device.
(6) The regulations may exempt, or provide for the exemption of, unconditionally or subject to conditions, any persons, shared devices or sharing services from any or all of the provisions of this Division, the regulations under this Division or a code of practice.