Passenger Transport Amendment Regulations 2005

Passenger Transport Amendment Regulations 2005

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Passenger Transport Act 1997 .

5 September 2005

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

BRYAN GREEN

Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Passenger Transport Amendment Regulations 2005 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Passenger Transport Regulations 2000 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 27 substituted

Regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted:

27.   Additional limited passenger services

(1)  For the purposes of item 1(h) of Schedule 2 to the Act, the following are prescribed to be limited passenger services:

(a) a passenger service that involves the hiring out of a small passenger vehicle other than a bus, together with a driver, for irregular tours or general hire –

(i) within a part of Tasmania that the Commission reasonably determines is not serviced, or only rarely serviced, by a taxi; and

(ii) in accordance with guidelines issued by the Commission for the purposes of that item;

(b) a passenger service that involves the hiring out of a novelty vehicle, together with a driver, to carry passengers for reward.

(2)  In this regulation –

novelty vehicle means a vehicle that is –

(a) custom-made or substantially modified from its original design; and

(b) used to carry passengers for entertainment.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 14 September 2005

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Passenger Transport Regulations 2000 by prescribing an additional passenger service to be a limited passenger service for the purposes of item 1(h) of Schedule 2 to the Passenger Transport Act 1997 .