State Transport (People Movers) Act 1989

section 40(5)

1 The submission to the chief executive of proposals for the construction and operation of people mover systems and the documentation required in connection with such proposals.

2 The application to the chief executive for licences under part 4 and for the transfer thereof.

3 The application to the chief executive for its approval of the leasing or encumbering of a licence under part 4.

4 The delivery to prescribed persons of licences under part 4 that have expired or been cancelled or suspended or for the purpose of altering, varying or amending the conditions thereof.

5 The conduct of proceedings to show cause to the chief executive and of proceedings on appeal therefrom.

6 The payment and manner thereof of fares by passengers using a people mover system and the prevention of the avoidance of such payment.

7 The removal from any part of a people mover system of persons not authorised to be on or in that part and of persons found or reasonably suspected of damaging or defacing any part of the system or whose behaviour is causing a nuisance to or is annoying other persons who are using the system or persons employed in connection with the system’s operation.

8 The conduct of persons using a people mover system or employed in connection with its operation.

9 The forms to be used and the fees to be paid for the purposes of this Act and the purposes for which they are to be used or paid.

10 The furnishing of information to the chief executive in respect of the operation of a people mover system and the persons by whom and the times at which the information is to be so furnished.

11 The carriage of luggage of passengers using a people mover system and of other goods.

12 The identification of people moving vehicles.

13 The safety and comfort of persons using a people mover system or any part thereof and the duties owed by the operator of the system to those persons.

14 The removal of vehicles parked on land used in connection with the operation of a people mover system.

15 The smoking of tobacco and other substances and the eating of food and the drinking of beverages on any part of a people mover system.

16 The standard of facilities and equipment provided in connection with the use by persons of a people mover system.

17 The use of any part of a people mover system for advertising purposes or other purposes ancillary to the carriage of passengers.

18 The standards and specifications to be met by people moving vehicles before they may be approved for use by the chief executive.

19 The service of notices and other writings for the purposes of this Act.

20 The issuing of licences to replace ones that are lost, stolen or defaced or that become illegible.

21 The protection, preservation and safety of any works undertaken by the chief executive in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of a people mover system.

22 Providing for programs to ensure that people mover systems are properly maintained.

23 The making and keeping of records in respect of the operation of people mover systems, the production and inspection of records and the taking of extracts from and the making of copies of records.

24 The compiling of reports and the furnishing of reports to the chief executive by the commissioner of the police service relating to the qualifications, antecedents (including the criminal history), character and conduct of—

and, where the person or the proposed transferee or lessee is a body corporate, of any director or other person concerned in the management of the body.

25 All matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed where the manner of prescription is not specified.