Victorian Consolidated Legislation

PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPETITION ACT 1995

No. 68 of 1995
Version incorporating amendments as at 8 April 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Application of Act
   3B.     Additional matters concerning the meaning of regular
           passenger services
   4.      Crown to be bound

   PART 2-ACCREDITATION OF ROAD TRANSPORT PASSENGER SERVICES

   5.      Operator must be accredited
   6.      Purpose of accreditation
   7.      Application for accreditation
   8.      Matters to be considered by Safety Director
   9.      Giving or refusal of accreditation
   10.     Conditions of accreditation
   11.     Change of conditions etc.
   12.     Duration of accreditation
   13.     Requirement to notify Safety Director of charges etc.
   14.     Periodical returns
   15.     Application for renewal of accreditation
   16.     Renewal of accreditation
   17.     Nature of accreditation
   18.     False or misleading information
   19.     Safety Director not liable for giving accreditation
   20.     Supervision of accredited persons
   21.     Procedure and powers
   22.     Immediate power of suspension
   23.     Effect of suspension
   24.     Review by Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
   24A.    Codes of practice
   24B.    Use of codes of practice in proceedings

   PART 3-REGULAR PASSENGER SERVICES

           Division 1-Service contract requirement for regular passenger services

   25.     Service must not be operated or offered without service
           contract

           Division 2-Service contracts

   26.     Service contracts
   27.     Nature of service contracts
   27A.    Civil penalty provisions in operative service contracts
   28.     Regions or routes of operation
   29.     Repealed

           Division 3-Variation, suspension, cancellation of service
           contracts

   30.     Variation, suspension or cancellation of service contracts

           Division 4-New regular passenger services
           Subdivision 1-Interpretation

   30A.    Definitions
   30B.    When is an affected service contract holder a materially
           affected service contract holder?
   30C.    Certain affected service contract holders may be materially affected service contract holders
           Subdivision 2-Stage 1 procurement process (affected service contract holders)
   30D.    Proposed new regular passenger services that will affect
           only one service contract holder
   30E.    Proposed new regular passenger service that will affect
           more than one existing service contract holder-Stage 1.
   30F.    Outcome of stage 1 of procurement process if an affected
           service contract holder is successful
   30G.    End of stage 1 process-No agreement (and there is no materially affected service contract holder)
   30H.    End of stage 1 process-No agreement (and there is a
           materially affected service contract holder)
           Subdivision 3-Stage 2 procurement process (materially
           affected service contract holders)
   30I.    Stage 2 procurement process-Only one materially affected service contract holder
   30J.    Stage 2 procurement process-More than one materially
           affected service contract holder
   30K.    Outcome of stage 2 procurement process-More than one materially affected service contract holder

           Division 5-Transfer of property used in provision of regular passenger services

   30L.    Definitions
   30M.    Property of certain holders of service contracts and
           associated operators
   30N.    Allocation statement
   30O.    Relevant property transferred in accordance with statement
   30P.    Allocation of relevant property subject to encumbrances
   30Q.    Certificate of Director
   30R.    Consideration for transferred property
   30S.    Former transferor instruments and agreements
   30T.    Interests in land
   30U.    Amendment of Register
   30V.    Proceedings
   30W.    Taxes
   30X.    Evidence
   30Y.    Validity of things done under this Division
   30Z.    Corporations Act displacement

   PART 4-MISCELLANEOUS

           31-33. Repealed
   34.     Fees
   35.     Delegation
   36.     No compensation payable
   37.     Supreme Court-limitation of jurisdiction
   38.     Regulations
   39.     Transitional provisions
   40.     Transitional provisions (1997 amendments)

   PART 5-Repealed

           41-48. Repealed
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details