New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PASSENGER TRANSPORT REGULATION 2007

- Made under the Passenger Transport Act 1990
- As at 7 April 2009
- Reg 421 of 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Regulation does not apply to conduct of certain ferry services

   PART 2 - ACCREDITATION TO CARRY ON PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   5.      Definition

           Division 2 - Applications for accreditation to carry on public passenger services

   6.      Standards to be met by applicants for accreditation to carry on public passenger services
   7.      Applicant to be of good repute
   8.      Applicant to be fit and proper person to carry on relevant service
   9.      Applicant to be competent to carry on relevant service
   10.     Applicant to be financially capable of carrying on relevant service
   11.     Applicant to have access to maintenance facilities for vehicles
   12.     Additional requirement: bus services
   13.     Fees relating to accreditations to carry on certain public passenger services

           Division 3 - Conditions of accreditation to carry on public passenger services

   14.     Conditions of accreditation to carry on relevant service
   15.     Safety of drivers, passengers and the public
   16.     Vehicle maintenance
   17.     Condition of vehicles
   18.     Changes to information provided

           Division 4 - Other obligations of accredited operators

   19.     Records relating to operation of public passenger vehicles
   20.     Operator training
   21.     Records of drivers
   22.     Vehicle insurance
   23.     Evidence of accredited operator’s continuing financial capacity
   24.     Operators to notify detrimental change in driver’s medical condition
   25.     Management of public passenger services
   26.     Operator not to permit vehicle subject to non-compliance notice or non-compliance label to be driven

   PART 3 - AUTHORITIES FOR DRIVERS OF PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES

   27.     Definition
   28.     Categories of driver authorities
   29.     Criteria for authorisation to drive public passenger vehicles
   30.     Fees relating to authorisations to drive certain public passenger vehicles
   31.     Driver authority cards
   32.     Misuse of driver authority cards
   33.     Replacement of driver authority cards

   PART 4 - GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF DRIVERS OF PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES
   Note

   34.     Definition
   35.     Dress and conduct of drivers
   36.     Driver not to smoke, eat or drink in vehicle
   37.     Driver to ensure vehicles are clean
   38.     Driver not to interfere with equipment of, or damage, vehicle
   39.     Driver not to drive vehicle subject to non-compliance label
   40.     Driver to move and drive vehicles carefully
   41.     Carriage of goods and animals
   42.     Lost property given to drivers
   43.     Training of drivers
   44.     Driver to notify Director-General of alleged offence
   45.     Driver to hand over driver licence for inspection
   46.     Driver to hand over driver authority card for inspection
   47.     Medical condition of drivers

   PART 5 - CONDUCT OF PASSENGERS IN OR ON PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES
   Note

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   48.     References to passengers

           Division 2 - Conduct generally

   49.     No offensive behaviour or language
   50.     No smoking
   51.     Limitation on eating and drinking in certain public passenger vehicles
   52.     No animals
   53.     Direction to leave public passenger vehicle
   54.     Lost property
   55.     No wilful damage
   56.     No removal of property
   57.     No littering
   58.     No throwing
   59.     Driver to take action in relation to dangerous conduct

           Division 3 - Additional prohibitions on certain conduct on buses and ferries

   60.     No unauthorised commercial activities
   61.     Entry to and exit from buses and ferries
   62.     Limited stop buses and ferries
   63.     No travel allowed on certain parts of bus or ferry
   64.     No entry to driver’s compartment of bus or ferry or crew compartment of ferry
   65.     No interference with equipment on buses and ferries
   66.     Passengers not to hinder use of ferry facilities by others
   67.     No scooters or rollerblades or the like
   68.     Seating on buses for aged persons or persons with a disability

   PART 6 - TICKETS

   69.     Definitions
   70.     Meaning of “travelcard”
   71.     Valid tickets
   72.     Tickets generally not transferable
   73.     Alteration or defacement of tickets prohibited
   74.     Valid ticket required for travel
   75.     Concession tickets
   76.     Tickets to be processed
   77.     Inspection of tickets

   PART 7 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BUSES

           Division 1 - Bus operators

   78.     Buses to show accreditation details
   79.     Buses to be fitted with driver authority card holders
   80.     Management information system
   81.     Vehicle defect reports
   82.     Security camera systems and duress alarm systems
   83.     Timetables
   84.     Manifest of passengers
   85.     Information in buses
   86.     Buses to be clean and tidy
   87.     Destination signs on buses
   88.     Notification of accidents and incidents
   89.     Passengers to be notified of requirement to use seatbelts in buses
   90.     Audit

           Division 2 - Conditions of service contracts

   91.     Conditions of service contracts

           Division 3 - Drivers of buses

   92.     Driver to display driver authority card
   93.     Driver to stop bus to pick up and set down passengers
   94.     Driver not to overload bus
   95.     Operator to display sign showing maximum number of passengers
   96.     Driver not to carry passengers on certain portions of bus
   97.     Driver to remain in bus
   98.     Driver to provide medical certificates

           Division 4 - Special provisions relating to conduct of school students on buses

   99.     Dealing with contraventions of this Regulation by school students
   100.    Directions to move to certain part of the bus
   101.    Direction to leave bus
   102.    Refusal to pick up school student
   103.    Review of action taken by operator or driver

           Division 5 - Miscellaneous

   104.    Appointment of bus stops
   105.    Buses registered interstate
   106.    Interstate bus drivers: exemption from section 11

   PART 8 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TAXI-CABS

           Division 1 - Operators of taxi-cab services and taxi-cabs

   107.    Identification of taxi-cabs
   108.    Wheelchair accessible taxi-cabs
   109.    Accommodation standard for taxi-cabs
   110.    Maximum age of taxi-cabs
   111.    Taxi-meters
   112.    Duress alarm systems
   113.    Vehicle tracking devices
   114.    Security cameras
   115.    Driver protection screens
   116.    Air-conditioning
   117.    Fitting of prohibited communication devices
   118.    Information in taxi-cabs
   119.    Regular inspection of taxi-cabs
   120.    Child restraint anchorage bolts in taxi-cabs
   121.    Signs and lights on taxi-cabs
   122.    Network decals and livery
   123.    Taxi-cabs to display registration details
   124.    Stand-by taxi-cabs
   125.    Taxi-cabs to comply with on-road standards when inspected
   126.    Advertisements and notices in or on outside of taxi-cabs
   127.    Alteration of a taxi-cab
   128.    Network uniforms to be provided
   129.    Taxi-cab to be fitted with driver authority card holders
   130.    Driver to be supplied with worksheets
   131.    Driver to be indemnified

           Division 2 - Drivers of taxi-cabs

              Subdivision 1 - General

   132.    Driver to display driver authority card
   133.    Driver of wheelchair accessible taxi-cab to be trained
   134.    Driver’s worksheets
   135.    Certain behaviour prohibited
   136.    Driver to wear uniform
   137.    Driver to remain with taxi-cab
   138.    Taxi zones
   139.    Standing otherwise than in a taxi zone
   140.    Use of taxi-cab network
   141.    Use of prohibited communication device
   142.    Display of destination sign on taxi-cab

              Subdivision 2 - Drivers in Sydney Airport precinct

   143.    Driver to be hired only at specific zones
   144.    Driver to supply information on hirings
   145.    Directions to driver by authorised officers

           Division 3 - Taxi-cab hirings

   146.    Driver of taxi-cab to accept hiring
   147.    Driver of taxi-cab not to direct a person to unauthorised network
   148.    Driver of wheelchair accessible taxi-cab to give preference to person using wheelchair
   149.    Police officer may direct driver to accept hiring
   150.    Manner in which hiring to be carried out
   151.    Wheelchair to be safely and securely attached to taxi-cab
   152.    Operation of taxi-cab’s air conditioning
   153.    Journey by taxi-cab to pick-up point
   154.    Carriage of luggage and goods
   155.    Driver waiting or instructed to return
   156.    Termination of hiring by hirer
   157.    Termination of hiring by driver
   158.    Additional passengers
   159.    Sharing of taxi-cabs
   160.    Multiple hiring of taxi-cabs
   161.    Operation of meter by taxi-cab driver
   162.    Hirings outside area of operation
   163.    Fares for taxi-cabs

           Division 4 - Taxi-cab networks

              Subdivision 1 - Authorisations to operate taxi-cab networks

   164.    Standards to be met, and information to be provided, by applicants for authorisation to operate taxi-cab networks
   165.    Applicant to be of good repute
   166.    Applicant to be fit and proper person to operate taxi-cab network
   167.    Applicant to have technical competence to operate taxi-cab network
   168.    Applicant to be financially capable of operating taxi-cab network
   169.    Applicant to have managerial competence to operate taxi-cab network
   170.    Information to be provided
   171.    Fees relating to authorisations to operate taxi-cab networks

              Subdivision 2 - Conditions of authorisation to operate taxi-cab network

   172.    Conditions of authorisation to operate taxi-cab network
   173.    Continuing capacity to operate taxi-cab network
   174.    Driver safety
   175.    Operator of taxi-cab service to be given access to booking service
   176.    Child restraints to be carried in at least 10% of taxi-cabs
   177.    Persons booking wheelchair accessible taxi-cabs to be notified of estimated time that taxi-cab will arrive
   178.    Lost property
   179.    Affiliates of network
   180.    Drivers to be authorised and affiliates to be accredited
   181.    Use of network equipment

           Division 5 - Miscellaneous

   182.    Performance reports
   183.    Appointment of taxi zones
   184.    Director-General to be notified of lease of licence for taxi-cab
   185.    Condition of licence: information concerning transfer
   186.    Reduction or waiver of fees for licences for taxi-cabs

   PART 9 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES

           Division 1 - Design, equipment and fittings of private hire vehicles

   187.    Specifications for private hire vehicles
   188.    Meters not to be installed in private hire vehicles

           Division 2 - Drivers of private hire vehicles

              Subdivision 1 - General

   189.    No plying or standing for hire
   190.    Manner in which hiring to be carried out
   191.    Termination of hiring by hirer
   192.    Additional passengers
   193.    Fares not to be charged for avoidable delays
   194.    Payment of fares for hiring private hire vehicles

              Subdivision 2 - Drivers in Sydney Airport precinct

   195.    Driver to remain with vehicle
   196.    Driver to be hired only at specific zones
   197.    Driver to supply information on hirings
   198.    Directions to driver by authorised officers

           Division 3 - Miscellaneous

   199.    Alteration of a private hire vehicle
   200.    Condition of licence: information concerning transfer
   201.    Reduction or waiver of fees for licences for private hire vehicles

   PART 10 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOURIST SERVICE VEHICLES

           Division 1 - General

   202.    Tourist services
   203.    Only tourists to be carried

           Division 2 - Motor cycle tourist services
           Note

   204.    Certain kinds of motor cycles required for unsealed roads
   205.    Specifications for certain motor cycles
   206.    Protective clothing to be available for passengers on motor cycles
   207.    Pillion passengers on motor cycles
   208.    Motor cycle headlight to be on

           Division 3 - Four-wheel drive tourist services

   209.    Four-wheel drive vehicles not to be used wholly on sealed roads
   210.    Emergency equipment for four-wheel drive vehicles

   PART 11 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FERRIES

           Division 1 - Ferry operators

   211.    Condition of ferries
   212.    Records in relation to operation of ferry
   213.    Notification of accidents and incidents

           Division 2 - Ferry masters

   214.    Ferry master to observe timetable
   215.    Ferry master not to smoke on ferry
   216.    Ferry master not to damage ferry

           Division 3 - Regular ferry services

   216A.   Regular ferry services

   PART 12 - PENALTY NOTICES

   217.    Penalty notice offences

   PART 13 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ARBITRATIONS UNDER CLAUSE 39 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO ACT

           Division 1 - General

   218.    Interpretation
   219.    Application of Arbitration Act to valuation arbitrations

           Division 2 - Appointment of arbitrators

   220.    Modification of Arbitration Act in relation to appointment of arbitrators
   221.    Arbitrators panel
   222.    Appointment of arbitrators to conduct valuation arbitrations

           Division 3 - Conduct of valuation arbitrations

   223.    Parties to valuation arbitration
   224.    Commencement of valuation arbitrations
   225.    Duties of parties
   226.    Valuation principles
   227.    Nature of awards that can be made
   228.    Draft award to be provided to parties for comment
   229.    Final awards
   230.    Costs
   231.    Early termination of valuation arbitration

   PART 14 - MISCELLANEOUS

   232.    Non-compliance labels and notices
   233.    No touting or soliciting for passengers or hirings
   234.    False advertising
   235.    Change of name or address of operator or driver
   236.    Additional agencies with whom regulator may exchange information
   237.    Exemptions
   238.    Service of notices
   239.    Authorised officers
   240.    Savings
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           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3