Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

MOTOR OMNIBUS REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART I - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Application of Regulations
   4.      [Repealed]
   5.      Definitions

   PART II - MOTOR OMNIBUS PASSENGER SERVICE

   6.      Publication of time-table
   7.      Registrar may grant permit
   8.      Licensee to adhere to route and time-table
   9.      Omnibus not to be withdrawn from specified route
   10.     Owner to paint notices on omnibus if required
   11.     Omnibus not to be altered
   12.     Collection of fares
   13.     Exact legal fare to be demanded
   14.     Conductor to give information to public
   15.     Advertisements on omnibus
   16.     Advertisements within omnibus
   17.     Relief omnibus to be used in case of breakdown

   PART III - DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS

           Division 1 - Licensing of Drivers

   18.     Drivers to be specially licensed
   19.     Qualifications of drivers of omnibus
   20.     Certificate as to fitness and competency
   21.     Certificate as to character
   22.     Medical examination of omnibus drivers

           Division 2 - Licensing of Conductors

   23.     Conductors to be licensed
   24.     Qualifications of a conductor
   25.     Certificate of character
   26.     Grant of conductor's licence
   27.     Term of licence
   28.     Cancellation or suspension of licence
   29.     Licence to be produced on demand
   30.     Conductor to produce licence for cancellation, &c.

           Division 3 - Conduct, &c., of Drivers and Conductors

   31.     Drivers to re-start omnibus on signal from conductor
   32.     Omnibus not to start while passengers boarding or alighting from omnibus
   33.     Stopping at bus stops
   34.     [Repealed]
   35.     Passengers not to be carried on driver's seat, &c.
   36.     Passengers not to be carried on step, &c.
   37.     Journey to be performed according to licence
   38.     Carriage of animals
   39.     Conductor not to moisten his finger with saliva
   40.     Conduct of drivers and conductors
   41.     Rules as to cleanliness, &c., to be observed by drivers and conductors
   42.     Drivers and conductors to produce a copy of the Regulations on request
   43.     Omnibus not to be driven by unauthorized persons
   44.     Drivers to remain on driving seat
   45.     Persons suffering from infectious diseases, &c., not to be carried
   46.     Offensive substances, &c., not to be carried
   47.     Breach of Regulations attended with danger to public

   PART IV - OFFENCES BY PASSENGERS AND OTHER PERSONS

   48.     Payment of fares
   49.     Ticket to be exhibited on demand
   50.     Tender or delivery of defaced ticket
   51.     Only passengers allowed on omnibus
   52.     Expectoration
   53.     Standing on seats prohibited
   54.     Boarding or alighting from omnibus in motion
   55.     Luggage
   56.     Conduct of passengers
   57.     Smoking
   58.     Intoxicated persons
   59.     Drinking intoxicating liquors
   60.     Offensive persons
   61.     Persons not to enter driver's compartment
   62.     Passengers not to ride on step
   63.     Certain articles not to be brought on omnibus
   64.     Offensive language
   65.     Defacing notices on omnibuses, &c.
   66.     Interference, &c., with omnibus
   67.     Damaging omnibus
   68.     Dogs or other animals
   69.     Persons suffering from infectious diseases not to be passengers
   70.     Persons not to board full omnibus

   PART V - MISCELLANEOUS

   71.     Unlicensed person acting as driver or conductor to be subject to regulations
   72.     Taking charge of omnibus where driver or conductor arrested
   73.     Notice of accident
   74.     Vehicle not to be used for illegal purposes
   75.     Power to remove where omnibus overcrowded
   76.     Driver to demand name and address
   77.     Records to be kept
   78.     Production of certificate or licence to employee
   79.     Children may be required to surrender seats
   80.     Licensees to produce licences to Registrar
   81.     Omnibus to ply only on certain streets
           81A School buses
   82.     Metal plate to be affixed inside omnibus
   83.     Label to be carried on omnibuses not registered under the act
   84.     Cyclists not to hold on to omnibuses
   85.     Oil, &c., to be prevented from falling on roadway
   86.     Omnibus stops
   87.     Penalties
   87A.    Regulatory offences
   88.     Offences resulting from accidents or other unavoidable causes
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