New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1990 - SECT 6B

6B Arrangements with ITSR for exercise of TfNSW’s safety functions

(1) TfNSW and the Independent Transport Safety Regulator ( "ITSR") may enter into an arrangement for the ITSR to assist TfNSW in connection with the exercise of any of TfNSW’s transport safety functions under this Act.

(2) For the purposes of any such arrangement, TfNSW may delegate any of TfNSW’s functions under this Act to the ITSR and the ITSR may subdelegate to any member of staff of the ITSR any function delegated to the ITSR.

(3) Any such arrangement may make provision for the re-imbursement of the ITSR by TfNSW for the costs incurred in connection with the provision of assistance under the arrangement.

(4) In this section, "transport safety functions" include:

(a) functions relating to the assessment of the capacity of an accredited service operator (or of a prospective such operator) to meet the government’s standards of safety of passengers and the public, and

(b) functions relating to the safety management systems of accredited service operators, and

(c) functions relating to the drug and alcohol programs for employees of accredited service operators, and

(d) functions relating to any other conditions of accreditation of an accredited service operator that affect the safety of passengers and the public.