5Public passenger services

5 Public passenger services

5 Public passenger services

(1) In this Act, public passenger service means the transport, by a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, train, or other vehicle prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition, of passengers within, or partly within, New South Wales for a fare.

(2) A community transport service is also a public passenger service for the purposes of this Act.

(3) The regulations may provide that the provision of any transport prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section is or is not a public passenger service.

(4) A road-ferry service under the control of a roads authority under the Roads Act 1993 is not a public passenger service.

(5) A service providing transport by a motor vehicle that is generally conducted on land that is not a road or road related area is not a public passenger service.

(5A) Subject to this Act, a passenger service under the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 is not a public passenger service.

(6) In this Act, passenger does not include a transport safety employee employed with respect to a public passenger service or any person carrying out work for the operator of a public passenger service, or any authorised officer or transport safety investigator, while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity.

s 5: Am 2016 No 34, Sch 5 [5].