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 TfNSW, 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 TfNSW 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 TfNSW, 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.