Passenger Transport Act 2014

TfNSW may determine an application for accreditation as an operator of a public passenger service by granting or refusing the application.

TfNSW must not grant an application for accreditation as the operator of a public passenger service unless it is satisfied that the applicant meets the general standards for accreditation or the standards for a current operator.

The general standards for accreditation (other than as the operator of a public passenger service that is an air transport service) are as follows—

that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be responsible for the management of a public passenger service,

in the case of a body corporate, that the directors or managers nominated for the purposes of this Part are fit and proper persons to be responsible for the management of a public passenger service,

that the applicant has demonstrated the capacity to comply with the standards for financial viability, passenger and public safety and vehicle maintenance prescribed by the regulations for any such service or operator.

(Repealed)

The general standards for accreditation as an operator of a public passenger service that is an air transport service are as follows—

that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be responsible for the management of a public passenger service,

in the case of a body corporate, that the directors or managers nominated for the purposes of this Part are fit and proper persons to be responsible for the management of a public passenger service,

that the applicant and the applicant’s aircraft, pilots and passengers will be adequately insured,

that the applicant owns, or has sufficient rights to operate, the aircraft to be used by the applicant.

The standards for a current operator are as follows—

that the applicant is the holder of an accreditation to operate another public passenger service of the same or a different kind,

that the applicant has demonstrated that the applicant complies with any standards applicable to the accreditation being applied for that are additional to those for the accreditation currently held,

that the applicant is not the subject of any action being taken or proposed to be taken by TfNSW relating to an accreditation held by the applicant.

In the case of a joint application for an accreditation, each individual applying for the joint accreditation must meet the requirements for accreditation.

The regulations may prescribe additional standards that are required to be met for accreditation as an operator of a public passenger service, either generally or in a particular case or class of cases.