18Warning signs and lights for school buses

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.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) This section does not apply to a bus—

(a) operating on charter for a school excursion or being used for community service activities, and

(b) where no individual fares are being directly collected or school passes used.

(3) This section does not apply to the owner of a bus whom Transport for NSW exempts from compliance with this section.

(4) Transport for NSW is to make a technical specification it has approved for the purposes of this section available on request.

(5) In this section—

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

(a) to convey children, whether with or without adult passengers, to or from school—

(i) between 7am and 9.30am on a weekday, or

(ii) between 2.30pm and 5pm on a weekday, or

(b) solely for the purpose of conveying children to or from school.

warning system means a system of signs and flashing lights that—

(a) is designed to warn motorists of the presence of children on a bus, and

(b) complies with the requirements of the technical specification approved by Transport for NSW from time to time for the purposes of this section.