78CTransitional provision for bus operators no longer required to be accredited from commencement day

78C Transitional provision for bus operators no longer required to be accredited from commencement day

Despite the repeal of Part 2 of the Public Transport Competition Act 1995 by this Act, a person who—

(a) immediately before the commencement day, was accredited to operate a road transport passenger service within the meaning of the Public Transport Competition Act 1995; and

(b) on and after the commencement day—

(i) is not required to be accredited as an operator of a bus service under Division 2 of Part 4; and

(ii) is required to be registered as an operator of a bus service under section 22—

continues to be, on and after the commencement day, a person accredited under the Public Transport Competition Act 1995, as if Part 2 of that Act had not been repealed, until 31 December 2011 unless that person is registered under section 22 before 31 December 2011.

S. 78D inserted by No. 19/2010 s. 61.