Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2018
sec.194Immediate suspension
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sec.194 Immediate suspension
The chief executive may immediately suspend a person’s booking entity authorisation, by giving a written notice to the person, if— for a foreign person— the person’s local nominee stops being a person mentioned in section 91ZD (2) of the Act ; or the person does not have a local nominee; or a relevant person has taken steps to avoid detection of, or prosecution for, an offence committed by the relevant person or another person in relation to providing— a booked hire service; or a booking service for a booked hire service; or a taxi service; or the chief executive considers the suspension is necessary in the public interest. The chief executive considers the person is behaving in a way that is damaging to the reputation of public passenger transport. The written notice must state— that the booking entity authorisation is immediately suspended; and the reasons for the suspension. The immediate suspension has effect until the earlier of the following— the chief executive gives the person a regulation notice under section 193 ; the end of 56 days after the written notice under subsection (1) is given to the person; the chief executive gives the person written notice ending the immediate suspension. This section applies despite sections 191 , 192 and 193 . s 194 amd 2026 SL No. 4 s 27 (sec.194-ssec.1) The chief executive may immediately suspend a person’s booking entity authorisation, by giving a written notice to the person, if— for a foreign person— the person’s local nominee stops being a person mentioned in section 91ZD (2) of the Act ; or the person does not have a local nominee; or a relevant person has taken steps to avoid detection of, or prosecution for, an offence committed by the relevant person or another person in relation to providing— a booked hire service; or a booking service for a booked hire service; or a taxi service; or the chief executive considers the suspension is necessary in the public interest. The chief executive considers the person is behaving in a way that is damaging to the reputation of public passenger transport. (sec.194-ssec.2) The written notice must state— that the booking entity authorisation is immediately suspended; and the reasons for the suspension. (sec.194-ssec.3) The immediate suspension has effect until the earlier of the following— the chief executive gives the person a regulation notice under section 193 ; the end of 56 days after the written notice under subsection (1) is given to the person; the chief executive gives the person written notice ending the immediate suspension. (sec.194-ssec.4) This section applies despite sections 191 , 192 and 193 .
- (a) for a foreign person— (i) the person’s local nominee stops being a person mentioned in section 91ZD (2) of the Act ; or (ii) the person does not have a local nominee; or
- (i) the person’s local nominee stops being a person mentioned in section 91ZD (2) of the Act ; or