BUS SAFETY REGULATIONS 2020 - REG 52 Payment of annual accreditation fee by bus operator previously registered

BUS SAFETY REGULATIONS 2020 - REG 52

    (1)     This regulation applies to a bus operator that—

        (a)     was registered to operate a bus service under section 22 of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022; and

        (b)     becomes an accredited bus operator on and from that date.

    (2)     For the purposes of regulation 25(1), the date on which the accreditation is taken to be granted to the bus operator is the first occurrence after 1 March 2022 of the anniversary of the date that the operator was registered to operate a bus service by the Safety Director under section 22(5) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022.

    (3)     A bus operator to which this regulation applies is entitled to the following reductions in the annual accreditation fee under regulation 25(1) —

        (a)     100 per cent, from 1 March 2022 to 28 February 2023;

        (b)     75 per cent, from 1 March 2023 to 29 February 2024;

        (c)     50 per cent, from 1 March 2024 to 28 February 2025;

        (d)     25 per cent, from 1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026.

Reg. 53 inserted by S.R. No. 17/2022 reg. 32.