New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1990 - SECT 20

20 Service levels

(2) A service contract must fix a scale of minimum service levels.

(3) In fixing the scale for a service to be carried on under a commercial contract, regard should be had to:

(a) the needs of the community to be served by the service, and

(b) the average service levels for the time being prevailing in the industry with respect to communities which have similar population densities and which are in other respects comparable.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) (b), average service levels may be analysed with respect to significant time categories such as peak work-based journey periods, shopping off-peak hours, Sundays and holidays, and so forth.