75Inspections and safety audits

75 Inspections and safety audits

(a) bus inspections, including in relation to—

(i) the nature of the inspections;

(ii) the frequency of the inspections;

(iii) the manner in which inspections are to be carried out;

(iv) who may conduct the inspections and the qualifications, experience and certifications required by inspectors;

(v) the form and content of inspection reports;

(vi) circumstances when an inspector cannot conduct an inspection;

(b) regulating the manner in which inspectors are to make recommendations to operators including with respect to—

(i) the type and nature of recommendations which may be obligatory and require compliance by operators;

(ii) the consequences for noncompliance by operators with the recommendations made by inspectors;

S. 75(b)(iii) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 1.60).

(iii) the notification of Safe Transport Victoria by an operator if an operator is unable to comply with a recommendation;

S. 75(c) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 1.60).

(c) requiring inspectors to notify Safe Transport Victoria in prescribed circumstances;

S. 75(d) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 1.60).

(d) prescribing the process by which Safe Transport Victoria may impose requirements on operators, which must be complied with, following an inspection, or based on a notification by an inspector or an operator;

S. 75(e) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 1.60).

(e) prescribing the consequences for non-compliance by an operator with a requirement imposed by Safe Transport Victoria;

S. 75(f) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 1.60).

(f) regulating the notifications required before a safety audit can be conducted by Safe Transport Victoria on an operator;

(g) the manner in which a safety audit is to be conducted;

S. 75(h) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 1.60).

(h) the requirements Safe Transport Victoria may impose on an operator, which must be complied with, following a safety audit.

S. 76 (Heading) amended by No. 30/2021 s. 11(1).

S. 76 amended by No. 34/2023 s. 10(a).