46Pioneer routes

46 Pioneer routes (1) Where the Director is satisfied that, without protection under this section: (a) a motor omnibus route service (being a route service that has been in operation for less than 12 months) is unlikely to be continued; or (b) a proposed motor omnibus route service for an unserviced route is unlikely to be proceeded with, the Director may, by notice in the Gazette, declare the route to be a pioneer route. (2) A declaration under subsection (1) gives the operator or proposed operator of the route service on the pioneer route exclusive rights of route service operation on that route in the same manner and to the same extent as exist or are proposed at the date the declaration is made, subject to such conditions as are specified in the notice, for a period of 12 months commencing with the day of publication of the notice. (3) If, on application made in that behalf before the expiry of the 12 month period specified in subsection (2), the Director, after a review of the operations of the operator of the route service on a pioneer route, is satisfied that protection is still needed to maintain the route service, the Director may extend, by notice in the Gazette, the protection under subsection (2) for one further consecutive

Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991 38 period not exceeding 12 months.