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New Zealand Legislation: Bills

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Hon Annette King

Public Transport Management Bill

Government Bill

155—2

As reported from the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee

Contents

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

4 Interpretation

5 Act binds the Crown

Part 2
Regulation of public transport

6 Application of certain provisions of Local Government Act 2002 to ARTA

Subpart 1—Regional public transport plan

7 Purpose of regional public transport plans

8 Validity of regional public transport plans not affected by certain events

General requirements

9 Adoption of regional public transport plans

10 Contents of regional public transport plans

~~11 Regional public transport plans take effect 20 working days after date adopted~~

~~12 Controls on commercial public transport services~~

~~13 Implementation of controls on commercial public transport services~~

~~14 Matters to take into account when preparing or adopting regional public transport plans~~

~~15 Consultation requirements~~

~~16 Currency of regional public transport plans~~

~~17 Copies of regional public transport plans to be made available to certain persons~~

~~18 Provision of information~~

11 Notification and provision of copies of plans

11A When regional public transport plans take effect

12 Controls on commercial public transport services

13 Power to require information from operators of commercial public transport services

14 Implementation of controls on commercial public transport services

15 Regional council not liable to pay compensation

16 Matters to take into account when preparing or adopting regional public transport plans

17 Consultation requirements for regional public transport plans

18 Currency and variation of regional public transport plans

18A Provision of information

Incorporation by reference

19 Incorporation of documents by reference in regional public transport plans

20 Effect of amendments to, or replacement of, material incorporated by reference in regional public transport plans

21 Proof of material incorporated by reference

22 Effect of expiry of material incorporated by reference

23 Consultation on proposal to incorporate material by reference

24 Access to material incorporated by reference

Subpart 2—Registration of public transport services

Register of public transport services

25 Register of public transport services

26 Contents of register to be made available to public

Registration of commercial public transport services

27 All commercial public transport services to be registered

28 Notification of proposal to operate commercial public transport services

29 Grounds for declining to register commercial public transport services

~~30 Process for declining to register commercial public transport services~~

~~31 Registration of commercial public transport services~~

30 Process for declining to register commercial public transport services

31 Registration of commercial public transport services

Variation to registered commercial public transport services

32 Notification of proposed variation to registered commercial public transport services

33 Grounds for declining to vary registered commercial public transport services

~~34 Process for declining to register variation to registered commercial public transport services~~

34 Process for declining variation to registered commercial public transport services

35 Variation to registered commercial public transport services

35A Procedure for consideration of information

Monitoring and deregistration of commercial public transport services

~~36 Deregistration of commercial public transport services~~

~~37 Circumstances in which regional councils may not deregister commercial public transport services~~

~~38 Regional councils may issue notices to comply~~

36 Deregistration of commercial public transport services and removing details of variations

37 Process for deregistering commercial public transport services or removing details of variations

38 Regional councils may issue notices to comply

38A Court orders requiring compliance

39 Withdrawal of commercial public transport services

Subpart 3—Miscellaneous

Appeals to Environment Court

40A Appeals in respect of controls

40B Procedure for appeals to Environment Court

Appeals to District Court

41 Appeals to District Court

42 Procedure for appeals to District Court

43 Decisions of regional councils to continue in force pending appeals, etc

44 Appeals to High Court on questions of law

45 Further appeals to Court of Appeal

46 Operating unregistered commercial public transport services

47 Varying registered commercial public transport services without giving notice required by section 32

48 Withdrawing registered commercial public transport services without giving notice required by section 39

49 Withdrawing registered commercial public transport services before expiry of minimum duration specified in regional public transport plans

~~50 Failure to comply with section 25~~

51 Power to inspect records

Repeals and consequential amendments

53 Repeals and consequential amendments

Transitional and savings provisions

54 Transitional provision for existing registered services

55 Transitional provision for notifications received but not processed before commencement of Act

56 Transitional provision for existing regional passenger transport plans

~~57 Transitional provision for existing contracted services~~

58 Transitional provisions for register of services

Schedule 1
Acts consequentially amended

Schedule 2
Land Transport Rule: Operator Licensing 2007 (81001) consequentially amended

Legislative history

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: