New Zealand Legislation: Bills
Bills are proposed Acts
(1) A regional council, in a regional public transport plan must plan,—
(a) state or must describe, as appropriate,—
(i) the public transport services that the regional council proposes to be provided wants in its region, and may include (but is not limited to) a statement or description of routes, capacity, and times and frequency of services; and
(ii) any taxi services or shuttle services under section 9(1)(c) that the regional council for which it intends to provide financial assistance for; and
(iii) how the public transport services and any services referred to in subparagraph (ii) will assist the transport disadvantaged; and
(b) specify any policies that apply to the public transport services and the services described in paragraph (a)(ii) that operate in the region; and
(c) specify the methods for implementing these policies, including any controls adopted under section 12; and
(d) state why the regional council is satisfied that each control contributes to the purpose of the regional public transport plan; and
(b) must specify any policies that are to apply to public transport services, and to any services referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii), in the regional council's region; and
(ba) must specify the classes of service to which the policies apply; and
(bb) must describe how it will implement the policies; and
(c) may specify any controls under section 12 and, if it does so, must state the matters required by subsection (3); and
(d) may require a minimum period of notice (which may be not less than 35 working days and no more than 65 working days) for—
(i) commencing a commercial public transport service:
(ii) varying a commercial public transport service; and
(e) identify any control that the regional council considers likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial viability of any registered commercial public transport service; and
(e) may require a minimum period of notice (which may not be more than 65 working days) for withdrawing a commercial public transport service; and
(f) specify the date or dates that any controls take effect; and
(g) describe the manner in which the regional council took into account the matters specified in section 14 when preparing the regional public transport plan; and
(h) set out the regional council’s general approach to determining whether a proposed amendment to the regional public transport plan is significant for the purpose of section 16(4); and
(h) must set out the policy the regional council will apply in determining whether a proposed variation to the regional public transport plan is significant for the purpose of section 18(6); and
(i) contain transitional arrangements (other than those provided under section 13(2)), if any control is adopted that the regional council considers likely to have a material adverse effect on a registered commercial public transport service; and
(j) specify any other matter must state or describe anything else prescribed by regulations made under this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(b), the policies specified in the a regional council may include in a regional public transport plan may include (but are not limited to)—
(a) policies on—
(i) the information that the regional council will seek from public transport operators must supply to the regional council for public transport planning, contracting, and monitoring purposes:
(ii) quality standards and performance standards:
(iii) providing or promoting an integrated public transport system, which may include (without limitation) policies on integrated services, integrated ticketing, integrated fares, and integrated technology:
(iv) identifying services that are to be contracted for or registered collectively, and those not contracted for or registered separately:
(iv) specifying services that are to be operated as a group of all contracted public transport services or all commercial public transport services whether or not they are on the same route:
(v) maximum fares for contracted public transport services in the region or the method or formula for setting those fares or other bases on which those fares may be set for setting those fares, for example, time, zone or stage, mode of travel, number of journeys, and the availability of concessions:
(vi) the application of common colour schemes, emblems, signs, or designs to the vehicles, boats, craft, or other modes of transport used in public transport services in the region:
(vi) the application of common emblems, signs, or designs to the vehicles, or other modes of transport used in public transport services in the region:
(vii) fostering co-operation between the regional council and public transport operators in making to make timetables and journey-planning information available to the public in a specified format, for example, in electronic or printed form or on their respective Internet sites:
(viii) the minimum period of operation of public transport services in the region:
(b) special policies and provisions for any users of any specified class or description of public transport services or any services referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii):
(b) special policies and provisions for any users of any specified class or description of—
(i) public transport services; or
(ii) taxi service or shuttle service for which the regional council intends to provide financial assistance:
(ba) policies on the standards and procedures for monitoring compliance with controls:
(c) any other policies that the regional councilscouncil thinks fit.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(ii),—
performance standards includes (but is not limited to) service reliability standards
quality standards includes (but is not limited to) vehicle age, cleanliness, emissions, and accessibility standards.
(3) If any controls are specified in a plan, the plan must include a summary of—
(a) the regional council's reasons for including the controls in the plan, including a statement explaining why the regional council is satisfied that the controls contribute to the purpose of the plan; and
(b) the alternatives to those controls (including alternative controls) that were considered by the regional council; and
(c) the likely effectiveness of those alternatives in implementing the policies in the plan.
(4) A regional public transport plan may provide that an action described in the plan must or may be done by a regional council or a committee or other subordinate decision-making body or a member or officer of the regional council, and may specify conditions applying to the doing of the action.
(5) Subsection (4) does not limit or affect anything in the Local Government Act 2002.