46HInspections by regulator of bus services

46H Inspections by regulator of bus services

46H Inspections by regulator of bus services

(1) TfNSW may cause inspections to be carried out to ensure that a person who carries on a public passenger service by means of a bus is complying with the terms of the person’s accreditation under this Act or with the requirements of this Act relating to a safety management system.

(1A) TfNSW may cause inspections to be carried out to ensure that a person who carries on a public passenger service by means of a bus is complying with the terms of the person’s service contract under this Act.

(1B) TfNSW may cause inspections to be carried out to ensure that a person who carries on a public passenger service by means of a ferry is complying with the terms of the person’s service contract under this Act.

(2) Inspections under this section may be carried out at such intervals as TfNSW thinks fit.

(3) For the purposes of this section, TfNSW may cause the following to be inspected—

(a) the performance of transport safety employees,

(b) any bus or ferry used for the purposes of a public passenger service and any equipment, furnishings or fittings in or about the bus or ferry,

(c) the carrying out of a public passenger service by means of a bus or ferry,

(d) any other thing TfNSW considers to be relevant to the safe carrying on of a public passenger service by means of a bus or ferry.

s 46H: Ins 2003 No 65, Sch 3 [18]. Am 2005 No 55, Sch 3 [18]; 2012 No 82, Sch 2.11 [93]–[96]; 2012 No 90, Sch 2.10 [4] [5]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.59[3].