New Zealand Legislation: Acts

31 All commercial public transport services to be registered

• (1) No person may operate a commercial public transport service in a region unless, at the time it is operated, the service is registered with the regional council of that region.

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the commercial public transport service does not pick up or drop off passengers in the region.

  (3) A commercial public transport service must be registered whether or not it provides a service that is described in a regional council’s regional public transport plan as a public transport service that the regional council proposes to be provided.