Requirements about design generally
31 Requirements about design generally
Subject to subsection (2), the bus must comply with the following ADRs as in force when the bus was manufactured—
if it is an open classification bus—the ADRs applying to a non-route service bus with high-back seats;
if it is a regional classification bus—the ADRs applying to a non-route service bus with high-back seats or low-back seats;
if it is a local classification bus—the ADRs applying to a route service bus.
If the bus is used in the wilderness, it must comply with the ADRs applying to a non-route service bus that were in force when the bus was manufactured.
The seating of the bus must be—
if it is an open classification bus—forward or rearward facing, coach-style, high-back seats; or
if it is a regional classification bus or local classification bus—forward, rearward or side facing seats.
The brakes of the bus must be a dual circuit system.
If the bus is a regional classification bus and has side facing seats, the seats must be fitted with lap seatbelts complying with ADR 4/00 and ADR 5/00.
In this section—
low-back seat, for a bus, means a seat having a height of less than 1m when measured from the floor of the bus, where the passenger’s heels touch, to the top of the seat back, excluding any head restraint.
wilderness see the Nature Conservation Act 1992, schedule.
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