Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs) are proposed amendments to Bills
Clause 29
To add the following subclauses as subclauses (2) and (3) (after line 28 on page 53):
(2) A regional council must decline to register a commercial public transport service if a contracting requirement applies to the service.
(3) If a service to be registered is described in a proposed regional public transport plan as a service to which a contracting requirement will apply, the regional council may not decline to register the service under subsection (2) but, before registering the service, must advise the operator of the proposal.