"Australian Road Rules"—see the Road
Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulations 2000, regulation
5.
"authorised person"—see the Act,
dictionary.
"bus" means a bus (as defined in section 100 of the
Act) operated for a bus service for which a bus service licence is in
force.
"bus driver" means the person driving the bus if the
person holds a public vehicle licence authorising the person to drive the bus
for hire or reward.
"bus service licence"—see the Act,
subsection 142 (1).
"bus stop" means a bus stop
appointed under regulation 46.
"concession ticket" means a
ticket issued free or at a reduced fare.
"drive" a bus includes
stop or park the bus.
"driver", of a bus—see bus
driver".
"fittings, of a vehicle, includes the seats,
seat covers and floor coverings of the vehicle.
"goods" includes
luggage.
"home address"—see the Act,
dictionary.
"in" a bus includes on the bus.
inspect
a vehicle includes observe the performance of the vehicle or any of its
equipment, with or without the use of instruments.
noncompliance
notice—see regulation
48.
"operate" a bus includes drive a bus.
operator means—
(a) for a bus service—the holder of the bus service licence for the
bus service; or
(b) for a bus—the holder of the bus service licence for the bus
service for which the bus is operated.
public vehicle
licence—see the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999,
dictionary.
"responsible person", for a vehicle—see the
Act, sections 10 and 11.
"road"—see the Act,
dictionary.
"road transport authority"—see the Act,
dictionary.
"road transport legislation"—see the Act,
section 6 (What is the road transport legislation?).
"the Act"
means the "Road Transport (General) Act 1999".
ticket
means anything issued by or on behalf of the operator of a bus service for the
purpose of authorising a person to travel in a bus operated in the
service.
"valid "ticket—see
regulation 18 (Validity of tickets).
"wheeled recreational device"—see Australian Road
Rules, dictionary.
1 Notified in the Gazette on 29 February 2000.
2 Section 33AA of the Interpretation Act 1967 (as applied by section
9 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989) deals with the meaning of offence
penalties that are expressed in penalty units.
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