Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) An operator of a relevant service must take reasonable steps to ensure that a vehicle providing the service is safely operated.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the operator must take reasonable steps to 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), an operator of a bus fitted with seatbelts for every seated passenger must take reasonable steps to ensure the bus is used only to carry seated passengers, unless each seat of the bus is occupied.
(4) An operator of a bus fitted with seatbelts for every seated passenger must--
(a) have a written statement of the training to be given to each driver of the bus about the driver's obligations under section 12, including when the bus may be used under that section to carry standing passengers; and
(b) on or after 1 July 2009, if the operator provides a public passenger service that routinely carries standing passengers under section 12--have a written plan to prevent future occasions on which a standing passenger is carried on a bus, used to provide the service, under that section; and
(c) follow the plan; and
(d) make a written record of the information given to the operator under section 12(4); and
(e) keep the record for at least 5 years.