Scheduled passenger services that are not general route services—Act, sch 3, def general route service
265 Scheduled passenger services that are not general route services—Act, sch 3, def general route service
For the Act, schedule 3, definition general route service, the following are not general route services—
a scheduled passenger service that is restricted to use for 1 specific purpose;
Examples—
a scheduled passenger service that is restricted to use by—
• spectators travelling to or from a football game
• tourists travelling to or from a common tourist attraction
a scheduled passenger service that—
is provided for 1 specific purpose; and
is subject to a condition that prevents a person from using the service primarily for another purpose.
Example—
a hop-on hop-off style tour service that is intended to be used by tourists who want to travel to multiple tourist attractions and, because of the higher fare, practically prevents a person from using the service to go to work
However, subsection (1) does not apply to a scheduled passenger service to or from the Brisbane airport unless the service is—
an accommodation transfer service; or
a tourist service; or
a tourist transfer service; or
a service that may only be used by a person who has booked the service—
for a service from a place to the Brisbane airport—before the vehicle used to provide the service arrives at the place; or
for a service from the Brisbane airport to a place—before the person arrives at the airport to use the service.
In this section—
accommodation house means a place providing lodging or food and lodging to the public.
accommodation transfer service means a public passenger service, other than a booked hire service—
that—
is provided for travellers arriving in or departing from an area; and
operates between an airport, ferry terminal, intercity bus terminal or railway terminal and an accommodation house in the area; and
that requires journeys on the service to be pre-booked and travel documentation for the journeys to be issued before the travellers arrive in the area.
tourist transfer service means a public passenger service, other than a booked hire service—
that operates between—
an accommodation house; and
a tourist attraction or tourist service; and
for which journeys are pre-booked before the time of travel.
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