AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MOTOR OMNIBUS SERVICES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 7 of 1986

The Motor Omnibus Services Regulations (Amendment) (“the amending Regulations”) amends the Motor Omnibus Services Regulations (“the principal Regulations”) in order to control the consumption and carriage of food and beverages on motor omnibuses in the Australian Capital Territory.

Regulation 1 of the amending Regulations adds a new regulation 27A to the principal Regulations.  Regulation 27A(1) prohibits people from taking into or having on a bus any food of a kind normally intended for immediate consumption, and any drink, that is not securely wrapped or contained.  Regulation 27A(2) prohibits the consumption of any food or drink on a bus.

Regulation 2 of the amending Regulations amends Regulation 34 of the principal Regulations to provide that a passenger who breaches the new regulations 27A may be removed from the bus.

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