Transport operators: any person or body corporate providing a passenger transport service in SA must hold appropriate accreditation (section 27). This includes bus companies, taxi fleet operators, charter transport providers, and rideshare platforms.

Drivers: any person who drives a public passenger vehicle for the purposes of a passenger transport service must hold driver accreditation (section 28). This applies to bus drivers, taxi drivers, and drivers of other passenger services.

Centralised booking services: operators of taxi dispatch or similar booking services with a minimum number of vehicles must hold booking service accreditation (section 29).

Taxi licensees: operators of taxis (or more precisely, the person who holds the licence for the specific vehicle used as a taxi) must hold a taxi licence under Part 6 in addition to operator accreditation.

The Minister and the Crown: the Minister enters into service contracts and exercises broad powers over licensing, accreditation, and the general administration of passenger transport in SA. Sections 6(3) and 20 establish that the Minister's passenger transport functions are performed on behalf of the Crown and that the Passenger Transport Board (now replaced by ministerial functions) was an instrumentality of the Crown.

Employees of passenger transport operators: indirectly affected because the service contract and accreditation framework determines which private operators hold the right to operate routes, and thus which operator is the employer. The Torrens Transit case shows that Workplace Relations Act obligations can transmit when a service contract changes operators.

Event organizers and venue managers (Part 5A): major event organizers must notify the Minister and cooperate in planning for passenger transport to events.

Operator accreditation (section 27(1)): a person must not operate a passenger transport service within or partly within SA unless they hold appropriate accreditation. Penalty: Division 3 fine.

Driver accreditation (section 28(1)): a person must not drive a public passenger vehicle for the purposes of a passenger transport service unless they hold appropriate accreditation. Penalty: Division 5 fine; expiation fee $315.

Booking service accreditation (section 29(2)): a person must not operate a centralised booking service unless they hold appropriate accreditation. Penalty: Division 3 fine.

Regular passenger service contract (section 39(4)): a person must not operate a regular passenger service otherwise than under the authority of a service contract under the Act. Penalty: Division 3 fine.

Taxi licence requirement (section 45(1)): a person must not operate a taxi displaying the word "TAXI", ply for hire at a designated taxi-stand, or operate a metered taxi without holding a licence for that specific vehicle. Penalty: Division 3 fine.

Service contract terms (section 40): a service contract must provide for the period of operation, manner of termination, service standards, service level scales, timetable and route conditions, penalties for non-performance, performance monitoring, reporting, and other prescribed matters.

Competition principles in Metropolitan Adelaide contracts (section 39(3)(a)): when awarding regular passenger service contracts for Metropolitan Adelaide, the Minister must take into account prescribed principles including: not allowing a single operator to obtain a monopoly or near-monopoly; maintaining sustainable competition; encouraging integration; and supporting efficiency and innovation.

Parliamentary reporting obligations (section 39(3b)-(3d), 39(3e)-(3i)): after awarding a contract in Metropolitan Adelaide, the Minister must prepare and lay before Parliament a report within 14 days of completing it. Large contracts (over $4 million) must be referred to the Auditor-General for probity review.

Conditions compliance (sections 31, 45(8)): accreditation holders and taxi licensees must comply with the conditions of their accreditation or licence. Contravention is an offence.

Accident reporting and notification of events (sections 33, 44B): operators must make periodic returns under section 33. Venue managers hosting prescribed events must notify the Minister under section 44B so transport services can be planned.

Record keeping and inspection (section 54): authorised officers may conduct inspections and operators must cooperate.

Minister:

• Grants, renews, varies, suspends, cancels, and refuses accreditations (sections 27-37) and taxi licences (sections 46-50).
• Invites tenders for service contracts and selects tenderers (section 39(2)-(2a)).
• Enters into, varies, suspends, and cancels service contracts (sections 39, 43).
• Sets conditions on accreditations and licences (sections 31, 45(5)-(7)).
• Acquires land for passenger transport purposes (section 23).
• Undertakes works to establish or improve passenger transport infrastructure (section 24).
• Delegates functions to departmental officers (section 26).
• Issues ministerial notices about taxi-stands and fees (sections 45, 48).
• Appoints authorised officers for inspections (section 53).

Passenger Transport Standards Committee (section 35A): a committee established by the Minister to assist in the exercise of disciplinary powers. The Minister must consult the Committee in prescribed disciplinary matters.

District Court (Administrative and Disciplinary Division): hears appeals from ministerial decisions on accreditation (section 38) and taxi licences (section 51).

Auditor-General (section 39(3f)): reviews probity of processes for service contracts over $4 million. Must report to Parliament within 4 months.

Economic and Finance Committee of Parliament (section 39(2a)(b)): receives reports on tender specifications before invitation is published and may inquire into tendering processes.

Division 3 fine: the standard penalty for operating without a service contract, operating without operator accreditation, operating without booking service accreditation, operating a taxi without a licence, and breaching licence or accreditation conditions.

Division 5 fine plus expiation fee ($315): the penalty for driving a public passenger vehicle without driver accreditation (section 28).

Non-cash payment surcharges (section 52C): overcharging for non-cash payment surcharges is an offence. Maximum fares for taxis are prescribed (section 52D).

False information (section 55): providing false information in connection with an accreditation application or service contract is an offence.

Operator liability for employee acts (section 58): operators are liable for acts or omissions of employees or agents in relation to the passenger transport service.

General offences (section 56): covers offences not specifically dealt with elsewhere in the Act.

Point-to-point transaction levy (Schedule 2): failure to comply with the levy obligations is an offence; corporations are subject to enhanced penalties under clause 8 of Schedule 2.

Authorised officers (sections 53-54): authorised officers may inspect vehicles and premises, require the production of documents and licences, and investigate compliance.

Accreditation application (sections 30-31): the Minister may impose conditions and must follow a prescribed procedure. No fixed decision timeframe is set in the source text, but ministerial decisions may be reviewed by the District Court.

Taxi licence application (sections 46-47): must be made in a form determined by the Minister, with the prescribed fee. If granted, a taxi licence runs for 12 months and may be renewed.

Service contract tender process (section 39(2a)): the Minister must appoint a person to conduct the tender and forward a report to the Economic and Finance Committee within 14 days of publishing the invitation. After awarding the contract (in Metropolitan Adelaide), the Minister must prepare and table a report within 14 days.

Large contract Auditor-General review (section 39(3e)-(3f)): for contracts over $4 million, the contract must be forwarded to the Auditor-General within 28 days of awarding. The Auditor-General must report within 4 months.

Disciplinary process (sections 36-37): the Minister, after consultation with the Standards Committee where required, may take disciplinary action against accreditation holders including imposition of conditions, suspension, or cancellation. Appeals lie to the District Court.

Taxi licence suspension or revocation (section 50): the Minister may suspend or revoke a taxi licence. Appeals lie to the District Court (section 51).

Cancellation of taxi licence at request (section 49): on request of the licensee, subject to prescribed conditions.

Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) / Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth): the service contract and accreditation regime directly interacted with industrial relations law in the Torrens Transit case. The FCA held that a new bus operator under a service contract was a "successor, transmittee or assignee" of the former state operator's business for purposes of Workplace Relations Act obligations, partly because the statutory framework meant the right to operate the service could only be exercised under the Act's authority. Industrial instruments bind successor operators in such circumstances.

Development Act 1993 (SA): the definition of Metropolitan Adelaide incorporates the definition from this Act.

Local Government Act 1934 (SA): councils may designate taxi-stands under this Act, which become "designated taxi-stands" for the purposes of section 45.

Public Finance and Audit Act 1987 (SA): governs the Auditor-General's examination of service contracts (section 34 of that Act applies per section 39(3g) of the Passenger Transport Act).

Road Traffic Act 1961 (SA) / Motor Vehicles Act 1959 (SA): vehicles used in passenger transport services must comply with these Acts independently of the Passenger Transport Act accreditation and licensing requirements.

Rideshare and point-to-point regulation (Schedule 2): the transaction levy in Schedule 2 was inserted to capture rideshare-type platforms (Uber, DiDi, etc.) that are not taxis or regular passenger services but that provide point-to-point transport for a fare.

Accreditation and taxi licence are separate requirements: an operator who holds operator accreditation still needs a separate taxi licence for each taxi vehicle (section 45). The accreditation attests to general fitness; the licence is vehicle-specific and annual.

Section 39(4) is a criminal offence, not just a regulatory breach: operating a regular passenger service without a service contract is directly criminalized. There is no equivalent in most other states where the failure to hold a contract is only a civil matter. In SA, a bus company running a regular route without a contract is committing an offence at each operation.

Competition principles are policy, not rights: section 39(3a) expressly states that the competition principles in section 39(3)(a) are "an expression of policy and do not give rise to rights or liabilities". A tenderer who believes the Minister awarded a contract in breach of those principles cannot bring an action in court based on them.

Statutory framework creates nexus for industrial obligations: as established in the Torrens Transit case, because the right to operate a regular passenger service in SA can only be exercised under a service contract granted by the Minister, the holder of a new service contract is legally proximate to the former operator for purposes of industrial instrument transmission. Operators acquiring new service contracts should take advice on whether any existing awards or enterprise agreements bind them.

Driver accreditation has an expiation fee: unlike operator accreditation (where the penalty is a Division 3 fine), driving without driver accreditation carries a $315 expiation fee as an alternative to prosecution. This makes it easier for regulators to deal with individual driver compliance but does not reduce the criminal exposure.

Non-cash surcharges are regulated but taxis cannot impose higher surcharges than prescribed: section 52C and 52D regulate non-cash surcharges and maximum fares. Any taxi operator seeking to impose higher surcharges or fares than those permitted commits an offence.

Bus company seeking to operate Adelaide metropolitan routes: the company must first obtain operator accreditation (section 27). It then must successfully tender for a service contract under section 39. Without a service contract, operating any regular bus route is a criminal offence (section 39(4)). The company's tender submission, contract award, and the parliamentary reports must all comply with the Act's transparency requirements.

New taxi driver starting work: the driver must hold both driver accreditation (section 28) and their employer/fleet operator must hold operator accreditation (section 27). The taxi vehicle must have a taxi licence (section 45). The driver must ensure the taxi displays "TAXI" as required, uses a compliant taxi-meter, and charges fares in accordance with regulations. Driving without driver accreditation is an offence with a $315 expiation fee.

Service contract changeover and industrial relations: a bus company (Operator A) holds a service contract for several routes in Metropolitan Adelaide. When the service contract expires, the Minister tenders the routes. Another company (Operator B) wins the tender. Under the Torrens Transit case analysis, Operator B may be a "successor, transmittee or assignee" of Operator A's business for purposes of any enterprise agreement binding Operator A. Operator B should seek industrial relations advice before the changeover, as it may be bound to employ former Operator A drivers on existing terms.

Rideshare platform entering SA market: a new rideshare app operating in Adelaide needs operator accreditation for the platform (if it is conducting a passenger transport service) or may only be a platform for accredited operators. The transaction levy in Schedule 2 applies to each trip completed through the platform. The platform must have arrangements in place for collecting and remitting the levy and should ensure its drivers hold driver accreditation.