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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
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#### 18 Warning signs and lights for school buses
18 Warning signs and lights for school buses
> > (1) The owner of a bus must not permit a person to drive the bus for school purposes on a road unless a warning system is attached to the bus.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (2) This section does not apply to a bus—
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> > > (a) operating on charter for a school excursion or being used for community service activities, and
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> > > (b) where no individual fares are being directly collected or school passes used.
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> > (3) This section does not apply to the owner of a bus whom Transport for NSW exempts from compliance with this section.
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> > (4) Transport for NSW is to make a technical specification it has approved for the purposes of this section available on request.
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> > (5) In this section—
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> > drive a bus for school purposes means the driving of a bus—
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> > > (a) to convey children, whether with or without adult passengers, to or from school—
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> > > > (i) between 7am and 9.30am on a weekday, or
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> > > > (ii) between 2.30pm and 5pm on a weekday, or
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> > > (b) solely for the purpose of conveying children to or from school.
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> > warning system means a system of signs and flashing lights that—
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> > > (a) is designed to warn motorists of the presence of children on a bus, and
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> > > (b) complies with the requirements of the technical specification approved by Transport for NSW from time to time for the purposes of this section.