Australian Capital Territory

Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Demand Responsive Services Guidelines 2006 (No 1)

Disallowable instrument DI2006-124

made under the

Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001, section 83 (Demand responsive services - guidelines for giving authorisations)
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1.	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Demand Responsive Services Guidelines 2006 (No. 1).

2.	Commencement
This instrument commences on 3 July 2006.

3.	Guidelines

I approve the following Guidelines for giving authorisations to operate demand responsive services:

A.	An authorisation to operate a demand responsive service may be granted if the proposed service meets the following requirements.

1.	The service must be a multi-hire service, where a passenger does not have a right to the exclusive use of the vehicle.

2.	The service must be a flexible service capable of responding to changes in demand.

4.	The service must be designed to meet transport demands:

i.	at night, on weekends, during early morning periods from midnight to 5am, or during Parliamentary sitting weeks or other periods of concentrated demand; and/or 
ii.	in remote or low density areas, at the Airport or other areas of concentrated demand; and/or
iii.	from particular kinds of passengers including the aged, people with disabilities and tourists.

5.	The service must provide a telephone booking service for customers that operates during the hours the service is operating. 

6.	The service must be provided using passenger vehicles with 5 or more seats.

B.	An authorisation to operate a demand responsive service must not be given if the operation of the service will have an adverse impact on the viability of an existing regular route service.

John Hargreaves
Minister for the Territory and Municipal Services

20 June 2006