AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MOTOR OMNIBUS SERVICES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 13 of 1986

The Motor Omnibus Services (Amendment) Ordinance 1986 amends the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955 (“the Ordinance”) to enable the Minister to set bus fares by determination.

The Motor Omnibus Services Regulations (Amendment) (“the amending Regulations”) make consequential amendments to the Motor Omnibus Services Regulations (“the Regulations”).  Details of the amending Regulations are set out below.

Regulation 1 deals with interpretation.

Regulation 2 repeals regulation 16 of the Regulations.  Regulation 16 empowered conductors, police officers and inspectors to police the payment of bus fares.  This matter is now dealt with in the Ordinance.

Regulation 3 inserts a new regulation 36A into the Regulations.  The regulation makes it an offence to interfere with a section sign.  This matter was previously dealt with by regulation 12 of the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations which have been repealed by the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (Repeal).