New Zealand Legislation: Acts

29 Register of public transport services

• (1) A regional council must keep a current register of—

  • (a) all commercial public transport services registered by it under this subpart; and

  • (b) all public transport services contracted by it.

  (2) A regional council must record in the register—

  • (a) the name of the operator of the public transport service; and

  • (b) if the operator is a company that is not a listed company, the name of each shareholder of the operator (or, if the operator is a subsidiary within the meaning of section 5 of the Companies Act 1993, the name of its ultimate holding company); and

  • (c) the contact details of the operator of the public transport service (including the operator’s business address, telephone number, fax number (if any), and email address (if any)); and

  • (d) routes of the public transport service; and

  • (e) timetables of the public transport service; and

  • (f) fares of the public transport service; and

  • (g) the date the public transport service commenced; and

  • (h) the date the public transport service was registered; and

  • (i) the intended duration of the public transport service (if applicable); and

  • (j) the expiry date of any contract between the regional council and the operator of a public transport service under which a contracted public transport service is supplied.

  (3) The register may be kept in the manner that the regional council thinks fit, including, either wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility that—

  • (a) records or stores information electronically or by other means; and

  • (b) permits the information so recorded to be readily inspected or reproduced in usable form; and

  • (c) permits the information in the register to be accessed by electronic means, including (without limitation) by means of remote logon access.

  Compare: 1989 No 74 s 52(1)