New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1990 - SECT 4

4 Objects

The objects of this Act are:

(a) to require the accreditation or authorisation, by the Director-General, of the operators of and drivers involved in public passenger services (other than ferry services), and

(b) to dispense with the licensing of ferries and buses used to provide a public passenger service, providing instead for:

(i) ferry and bus services to be operated under fixed-term contracts entered into between the Director-General and operators, and

(ii) deregulation of long-distance and tourist services, and

(iii) regulation of government and non-government buses and ferries on a more equal basis, and

(c) to encourage the provision of school bus services on a more commercial basis, without disregarding the reasonable expectations of traditional service operators, and

(d) to provide for rail services contracts between RailCorp and the Director-General, and

(e) to encourage public passenger services that meet the reasonable expectations of the community for safe, reliable and efficient passenger transport services, and

(f) to encourage co-ordination of public transport services.