sec.143CUnclaimed credit in passenger accounts

### sec.143C Unclaimed credit in passenger accounts This section applies in relation to a passenger account that is in credit, including credit of a deposit paid in relation to the account. The chief executive may, with the Minister’s approval, use the credit in the passenger account for an objective of this Act mentioned in section 2 if, in the previous 5 years, no transaction has been recorded on the account. Subsection (2) does not affect a person’s right to a refund of the credit in the person’s passenger account. The Public Trustee Act 1978 , section 102B does not apply in relation to the credit in the passenger account. In this section— passenger account means an account with the department held by a person for the purpose of paying a fare for the use or hire of a public passenger vehicle. s 143C ins 2014 No. 43 s 72 sub 2019 No. 24 s 129 (sec.143C-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a passenger account that is in credit, including credit of a deposit paid in relation to the account. (sec.143C-ssec.2) The chief executive may, with the Minister’s approval, use the credit in the passenger account for an objective of this Act mentioned in section 2 if, in the previous 5 years, no transaction has been recorded on the account. (sec.143C-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not affect a person’s right to a refund of the credit in the person’s passenger account. (sec.143C-ssec.4) The Public Trustee Act 1978 , section 102B does not apply in relation to the credit in the passenger account. (sec.143C-ssec.5) In this section— passenger account means an account with the department held by a person for the purpose of paying a fare for the use or hire of a public passenger vehicle.