Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2018
sec.59BRequirements in relation to standing passengers
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sec.59B Requirements in relation to standing passengers
This section applies in relation to a relevant vehicle if the vehicle is a bus that carries standing passengers. The driver of the bus must ensure— the bus is specifically designed and constructed to carry standing passengers; and the bus does not travel on a no standing passenger road while the bus is carrying standing passengers. The driver of the bus is taken to have complied with subsection (2) (a) if the operator of a relevant service that uses the bus to provide the service has advised the driver the bus is specifically designed and constructed to carry standing passengers. s 59B ins 2026 SL No. 4 s 22 (sec.59B-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a relevant vehicle if the vehicle is a bus that carries standing passengers. (sec.59B-ssec.2) The driver of the bus must ensure— the bus is specifically designed and constructed to carry standing passengers; and the bus does not travel on a no standing passenger road while the bus is carrying standing passengers. (sec.59B-ssec.3) The driver of the bus is taken to have complied with subsection (2) (a) if the operator of a relevant service that uses the bus to provide the service has advised the driver the bus is specifically designed and constructed to carry standing passengers.
- (a) the bus is specifically designed and constructed to carry standing passengers; and
- (b) the bus does not travel on a no standing passenger road while the bus is carrying standing passengers.