New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1990 - SECT 16AB

16AB Service contracts for regular ferry services

(1) A ferry service contract is to be for a term not exceeding 8 years.

(2) A ferry service contract may be renewed from time to time in accordance with any provision of the contract concerning renewal.

(3) Provision for regular ferry services in accordance with this section and section 16 may be made in one or more contracts.

(4) It is the duty of the Director-General to ensure that any ferry service contract is not inconsistent with:

(a) the government’s standards of safety for passengers and the public and maintenance, and

(b) standards for, or any other requirements relating to, ferries, the operator of the service or employees of the operator under this or any other Act or any regulation, and

(c) the terms and conditions of any certificate or other authority issued to an employee of the operator of the service under any other Act or regulation.

(5) Nothing in this Division is to be construed as affording a right or expectation of renewal of a ferry service contract.

(6) The Director-General is precluded from entering into a proposed ferry service contract if the Director-General would be precluded from entering into that contract by section 21 (4) if it were a contract to which Division 2 applies.