COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (PASSENGER BUSES) REGULATIONS 1992

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (PASSENGER BUSES) REGULATIONS 1992 As in force at 21 January 2026 Table of provisions Part 1 Preliminary 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1 3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1 Part 2 Operators 4 Operator to keep records ................................................................. 2 6 Operator to supply information ........................................................ 2 7 Fares, timetables and notices .......................................................... 2 Part 3 Conduct of drivers and passengers 8 Limitation on passengers ................................................................. 3 12 Illegal purposes ............................................................................... 3 Part 4 Miscellaneous 16 Fees ................................................................................................ 3 20 Offences .......................................................................................... 4 Schedule Fees ENDNOTES -- 1 of 9 -- -- 2 of 9 -- NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA ____________________ As in force at 21 January 2026 ____________________ COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (PASSENGER BUSES) REGULATIONS 1992 Regulations under the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Citation These regulations may be cited as the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Passenger Buses) Regulations 1992. 2 Commencement These regulations shall come into operation on the commencement of the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991. 3 Interpretation In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears: bus means a motor omnibus. bus stop means a bus stop as defined under the Traffic Act 1987. driver means the person driving or in control of a bus. operator means a person who operates a bus otherwise than only as a driver. passenger includes any person travelling on a bus other than the driver. ticket includes a pass, voucher or other document that entitles a person to travel on a bus as a passenger. -- 3 of 9 -- Part 2 Operators Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Passenger Buses) Regulations 1992 2 Part 2 Operators 4 Operator to keep records (1) The operator of a bus must make a record of the following: (a) each bus operated by the operator; (b) the name and residential address of each driver engaged or employed by the operator and the number of the driver's licence issued in relation to that person under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949; (c) a general description of the route on which the bus was operated on each day it was operated; and (d) any other matter that the Director requires as a condition of the operator's licence. Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units. (2) The operator of a bus must ensure that the record mentioned in subregulation (1): (a) is kept in a safe place at the principal place of business of the operator; and (b) is produced whenever required by an inspector. Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units. 6 Operator to supply information The operator of a bus shall whenever requested by the Director to do so furnish to the Director full and correct information of any kind that relates to journeys undertaken by a bus as is specified by the Director in the request. Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units. 7 Fares, timetables and notices (1) The operator of a bus who provides a route service must make available to the Director, or any other person, on request the following information: (a) each route along which the bus is operated; (b) the bus stops along each route; -- 4 of 9 -- Part 4 Miscellaneous Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Passenger Buses) Regulations 1992 3 (c) the approximate times at which a bus will be available along each route; (d) the fares payable by passengers; (e) the class of bus provided for the route service. (2) The operator of a bus must amend any timetable issued for subregulation (1) whenever requested to do so by the Director. (3) The operator of a bus must paint in legible letters or display, in the manner the Director sees fit, in a conspicuous place on the inside and outside of the bus the particulars that the Director requires as to any of the following: (a) the timetable for the bus; (b) the fares payable by passengers; (c) the route of the bus; (d) the places or areas at or within which passengers may not be taken up or set down. Part 3 Conduct of drivers and passengers 8 Limitation on passengers The driver of a bus shall ensure that: (a) the number of passengers carried on a bus does not exceed the maximum number that is permitted to be carried on the bus; (b) a passenger is not carried in any part of the bus unless that part of the bus is designed to carry passengers. 12 Illegal purposes The driver of a bus shall not use the bus for an illegal purpose or cause or permit the bus to be used for an illegal purpose. Part 4 Miscellaneous 16 Fees The fees set out in the Schedule are payable in relation to the matters specified in that Schedule. -- 5 of 9 -- Part 4 Miscellaneous Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Passenger Buses) Regulations 1992 4 20 Offences A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of these Regulations commits an offence. Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units. -- 6 of 9 -- Schedule Fees Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Passenger Buses) Regulations 1992 5 Schedule Fees regulation 16 $ For issuing or renewing a licence 550 For each endorsement on a licence 66 For an application to extend the period of a declaration of a pioneer route 60 For an urban service area licence 60 -- 7 of 9 -- ENDNOTES Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Passenger Buses) Regulations 1992 6 ENDNOTES 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Passenger Bus Regulations (SL No. 56, 1992) Notified 21 October 1992 Commenced 21 October 1992 Amendments of Passenger Bus Regulations (SL No. 60, 1998) Notified 23 December 1998 Commenced 1 January 1999 (r 1 and s 2 Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 83, 1998)) Statute Law Revision Act 2003 (Act No. 12, 2003) Assent date 18 March 2003 Commenced 18 March 2003 Amendments of Passenger Bus Regulations (SL No. 43, 2003) Notified 1 August 2003 Commenced 1 October 2003 (r 1) Passenger Bus Amendment (Inspector Powers) Regulations 2005 (SL No. 36, 2005) Notified 19 October 2005 Commenced 19 October 2005 Public Transport (Passenger Safety) Act 2008 (Act No. 15, 2008) Assent date 18 June 2008 Commenced 18 July 2008 (Gaz S35, 18 July 2008) Fees and Charges (Transport) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SL No. 45, 2012) Notified 14 December 2012 Commenced 1 January 2013 (r 2) Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013) Assent date 12 July 2013 Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2) -- 8 of 9 -- ENDNOTES Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Passenger Buses) Regulations 1992 7 Commercial Passenger Vehicle Legislation Amendment Regulations 2016 (SL No. 33, 2016) Notified 6 July 2016 Commenced 1 October 2016 (r 2) Commercial Passenger Vehicle Legislation Amendment Regulations 2017 (SL No. 34, 2017) Notified 29 November 2017 Commenced 1 December 2017 (r 2) Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 23, 2025) Assent date 12 September 2025 Commenced pts 2, 4, 5 and 6: 21 January 2026 (Gaz S5, 19 January 2026); rem: 18 November 2025 (Gaz S69, 17 November 2025) 3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: rr 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS r 1 amd Act No. 23, 2025, s 66 r 4 amd No. 60, 1998, r 2; No. 34, 2017, r 46 r 5 rep No. 34, 2017, r 47 r 6 rep No. 34, 2017, r 48 r 7 sub No. 33, 2016, r 20 r 9 rep No. 34, 2017, r 48 r 10 amd Act No. 15, 2008, s 38 rep No. 34, 2017, r 48 r 11 amd No. 36, 2005, r 3 rep Act No. 15, 2008, s 38 r 13 rep Act No. 15, 2008, s 38 r 14 amd Act No. 12, 2003, s 19 rep Act No. 15, 2008, s 38 r 15 rep Act No. 15, 2008, s 38 r 16 amd No. 60, 1998, r 3; No. 43, 2003, r 3 r 17 amd Act No. 12, 2003, s 19 rep No. 34, 2017, r 48 r 18 rep Act No. 15, 2008, s 38 r 19 rep No. 34, 2017, r 48 r 20 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4 r 21 ins No. 60, 1998, r 4 rep No. 43, 2003, r 4 sch amd No. 60, 1998, r 5; No. 43, 2003, r 5; No. 45, 2012, r 10 -- 9 of 9 --