17School buses

17 School buses

17 School buses

(1) The owner of a bus must, before permitting a person to drive the bus for school purposes—

(a) attach to the bus 2 signs complying with subsection (2), or

(b) provide for use by the driver—

(i) 2 signs complying with subsection (2), and

(ii) the means of attaching the signs to the bus.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A sign must contain the words “School Bus” in block letters—

(a) not less than—

(i) if the sign is to be displayed at the front of the bus—100 millimetres high, and

(ii) if the sign is to be displayed at the rear of the bus—120 millimetres high, and

(b) in black lettering on a fluorescent yellow background.

(3) This section does not apply to a vehicle operated in accordance with section 18.

(4) In this section—

drive a bus for school purposes means the driving of a bus that—

(a) is being used solely or principally for the conveyance of children to or from school, and

(b) is being used on a journey wholly outside a transport district.

transport district has the same meaning as in the Transport Administration Act 1988.