Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

MOTOR OMNIBUS REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Application of Regulations  
   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      Omnibus not to be withdrawn from specified route  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  
   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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