State Transport (People Movers) Act 1989

The chief executive may from time to time issue a licence that authorises the operation of a people mover system.

A licence may be issued to authorise the operation of a discrete part of a people mover system as well as the operation of the whole of the system.

A licence shall specify all the conditions on which the people mover system (or part to which the licence relates) is to be operated or on breach of which the licence may be cancelled or suspended.

Without in any way limiting the conditions which may be specified in a licence, conditions may relate to—

amenities and facilities for passengers;

facilities for housing people moving vehicles and other equipment used in connection with the operation of the people mover system;

routes and timetables;

the number and type of people moving vehicles to be used in operating the system and the equipment on those vehicles;

the fares to be charged and their manner of collection;

the issue of tickets to passengers and the information to be contained thereon;

the use of any part of the system for a purpose ancillary to the carriage of passengers;

the keeping of records and the making of returns to the chief executive;

the fees payable in respect of the licence and the time and manner of their payment;

the safety of persons using the system;

the maintenance of the system.

A licence shall not be issued to authorise the operation of a people mover system or a part thereof—

where the proposal for the system has been approved by the Governor in Council under section 15—until after the date of practical completion of the system or, as the case may be, the part thereof as provided for in the agreement relating to its construction between the chief executive and the proposer; and

until the chief executive is satisfied that the system or, as the case may be, the part thereof has been shown by practical testing to be safe and complies with the requirements of law relating to its mechanical and structural safety.

The chief executive may, upon the written request of the holder of the licence or, where it is leased, the lessee, vary, alter or otherwise amend the conditions specified in a licence.