Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001

A regulation may provide a system for the accreditation of operators of bus services, including, for example—

the kinds of accreditations; and

the bus services that a person who holds a kind of accreditation is entitled to operate; and

the conditions of accreditations; and

matters relating to the giving, refusal or surrender of accreditations; and

the action that may be taken in relation to accreditations in circumstances prescribed by regulation, including—

the suspension or cancellation of an accreditation; and

the imposition of a condition on, or the amendment of a condition of, an accreditation; and

an order that an accredited person pay to the Territory an amount of not more than—

for an individual—$5 000; or

for a corporation—$25 000; and

the reprimanding of an accredited person.

A regulation may make provision in relation to the accreditation of people to operate bus services, including, for example—

requirements about the suitability of the applicant and each person who will be concerned with, or take part in, the management of the services; and

capacity to meet service standards; and

financial viability.

For subsection (1) (a), the regulations must provide for the accreditation of people to operate the following kinds of bus services:

regular route services;

tour and charter services.

However, this section does not require the regulations to provide an accreditation system for all kinds of bus services.