Stopping places
15D Stopping places
In this section —
local government includes the Commissioner of Main Roads, in relation to any road in relation to which the Commissioner may exercise power under the Main Roads Act 1930;
passenger transport vehicle means a passenger transport vehicle as defined in the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018 section 4(1).
The Minister may appoint stopping places to be used for passenger transport vehicles operated for hire or reward.
The Minister may cause to be erected at a stopping place appointed under subsection (2) —
any sign indicating and identifying the stopping place; and
shelters of any design or construction the Minister thinks fit.
Before a sign or shelter is erected under subsection (3), the Minister must cause the Director General to confer with the local government concerned on the matter.
If agreement cannot be reached on the location, size and type of sign or shelter, the matter is to be determined by —
the Minister; and
as the case requires, the Minister administering the Local Government Act 1995 or the Minister administering the Main Roads Act 1930.
A local government must, if so required by the Minister, appoint within its district any stands for passenger transport vehicles that are agreed on between the Minister and the local government.
If agreement is not reached under subsection (6), the matter must be resolved in the manner provided by subsection (5) for resolving matters in dispute.
[Section 15D inserted: No. 26 of 2018 s. 336.]
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