New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1990 - SECT 5A

5A Persons who may be accredited

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following are eligible to be accredited to carry on a public passenger service:

(a) a single individual,

(b) two or more individuals carrying or proposing to carry on the service jointly under a partnership or other agreement or arrangement,

(c) a body incorporated by or under the law of this or any other jurisdiction (including the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 or the Co-operatives Act 1992 ).

(2) If 2 or more individuals are jointly accredited and any one of them dies or ceases to jointly carry on the service:

(a) the accreditation is automatically suspended on the expiration of 21 days after the death or cessation if the Director-General has not been notified before that time of the death or cessation, and

(b) the accreditation may be cancelled, suspended or varied under this Act because of the death or cessation (whether before or after any such notification).

(3) If 2 or more individuals are jointly accredited to carry on a public passenger service, each of those individuals has the obligations imposed on accredited operators of any such service under this Act.