Locking in Cost of Living Support (50 Cent Fares Forever) Amendment Bill 2025

Queensland Locking in Cost of Living Support (50 Cent Fares Forever) Amendment Bill 2025

Queensland Locking in Cost of Living Support (50 Cent Fares Forever) Amendment Bill 2025 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Amendment of s 41 (Other matters to be included in service contracts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Insertion of new s 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 53 Translink fares must be 50c or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 62AAC (What is an integrated mass transit service contract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2025 A Bill for An Act to amend the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 for a particular purpose

[s 1] Locking in Cost of Living Support (50 Cent Fares Forever) Amendment Bill 2025 Page 4 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Locking in Cost of Living Support (50 Cent Fares Forever) Amendment Act 2025. 2 Act amended This Act amends the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994. 3 Amendment of s 41 (Other matters to be included in service contracts) Section 41(1)(ea)— insert— Note— See section 53 in relation to fares set by the chief executive under particular contracts. 4 Insertion of new s 53 After section 52— insert— 53 Translink fares must be 50c or less (1) In a service contract for a Translink service, the chief executive must set the fare for a journey using the service at 50c or less. (2) Subsection (1) applies whether the service contract for the Translink service was entered into before or after the commencement of this section. (3) In this section— non-integrated mass transit area see section 67B. 1 Clause 2 3 4 Clause 5 6 7 Clause 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Clause 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

[s 5] Locking in Cost of Living Support (50 Cent Fares Forever) Amendment Bill 2025 Page 5 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Translink service means— (a) a road-based general route service provided under a service contract in a non-integrated mass transit area; or (b) a general route service provided under an integrated mass transit service contract. 5 Amendment of s 62AAC (What is an integrated mass transit service contract) Section 62AAC(1)— insert— Note— See section 53 in relation to fares set by the chief executive. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Clause 7 8 9 10 11 12 13