How to obtain a 5-year service life extension
6 How to obtain a 5-year service life extension
An operator that uses a heavy bus to provide the service may obtain a 5-year service life extension from the chief executive if sections 7 to 14 and division 3 have been complied with for the bus.
Sections 7 to 13, 19(1) and 21 are taken to have been complied with for the heavy bus if the operator gives the chief executive—
a copy of a certificate from a prescribed inspection entity, in relation to the 5-year service life extension being sought by the operator, stating that on a particular day the prescribed inspection entity inspected the frame of the bus and found the bus to be in a satisfactory structural condition; and
a copy of a certificate from a prescribed inspection entity, in relation to the 5-year service life extension being sought by the operator, stating that on a particular day the prescribed inspection entity inspected the bus and found no defect that would affect the bus’s safe use on the road.
If the operator satisfies the chief executive that sections 7 to 14 and division 3 have been complied with for the bus, the chief executive must, by written notice given to the operator—
grant the 5-year service life extension; and
state the date the 5-year service life extension is granted.
However, the chief executive may grant a 5-year service life extension for the bus only if—
the bus is an open classification bus, regional classification bus or local classification bus that is at least 18 but not more than 25 years old; and
a 5-year service life extension has not previously been granted for the bus under the Act.
If a 5-year service life extension is granted for a heavy bus, the maximum age of the bus under section 4(2) is extended by 5 years.
Examples—
1 If an open classification bus mentioned in section 4(2)(a)(i)(B) is granted a 5-year service life extension, it may continue to be used as an open classification bus until it is 30 years old.
2 If a regional classification bus is granted a 5-year service life extension, it may continue to be used as a regional classification bus until it is 30 years old.
3 If a local classification bus is granted a 5-year service life extension, it may continue to be used as a local classification bus until it is 30 years old.
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