Traffic (Miscellaneous) Amendment (Public Vehicles Reform) Regulations 2000

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 June 2000

These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations effect a range of amendments to update the Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1968 consequent on the enactment of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 and related legislation and, in particular, to make provision for –

(a) the issue of special certificates to drivers of public passenger vehicles and related matters; and

(b) a general vehicle inspection power and related matters; and

(c) the preservation of certain controls relating to public passenger vehicles, such as bus construction and equipment, that were formerly contained in regulations under repealed Part III of the Traffic Act 1925 .