Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) A driver of a relevant vehicle must operate it safely.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) the driver must ensure--
(a) the vehicle is not overloaded; and
(b) if the vehicle is used for long distance scheduled passenger services or tourist services, it does not carry standing passengers; and
(c) if the vehicle is a bus that carries standing passengers--
(i) the bus is specifically designed and constructed for the purpose; and
(ii) no passenger stands for more than 20km; and
(iii) when carrying standing passengers, the bus does not travel on a road notified by the chief executive, by gazette notice, as a road on which the bus must not carry standing passengers.
(3) Despite subsection (2)(c), a driver of a bus fitted with seatbelts for every seated passenger must ensure the bus is used only to carry seated passengers, unless each seat of the bus is occupied.
(4) A driver of a bus mentioned in subsection (3) that carries a permitted standing passenger during the driver's shift must, at the end of the shift, give the following information to the operator of the bus --
(a) the date and time when, and place where, the passenger boarded the bus to become a permitted standing passenger; and
(b) the number of passengers, including the passenger, who boarded the bus when the passenger boarded it.
(5) In this section--
permitted standing passenger means a passenger the bus is permitted to carry as a standing passenger under subsection (3).