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New South Wales
Transport Administration Amendment
(Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities)
Bill 2008
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109
and other Acts 2
4 Repeal of Act 2
Schedule 1 Amendments relating to constitution of RailCorp 3
Schedule 2 Amendments relating to rail passenger services 17
Schedule 3 Amendments relating to constitution of Sydney Ferries 21
Schedule 4 Amendments relating to ferry passenger services 33
I certify that this public bill, which originated in the Legislative Assembly, has
finally passed the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of New
South Wales.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2008
New South Wales
Transport Administration Amendment
(Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities)
Bill 2008
Act No , 2008
An Act to amend the Transport Administration Act 1988, the Passenger Transport
Act 1990 and other Acts with respect to the corporate structure of Rail Corporation
New South Wales and Sydney Ferries and the provision and regulation of rail
passenger services and ferry services.
I have examined this bill and find it to correspond in all respects with the bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Assistant Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Transport Administration Amendment (Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities)
Clause 1 Bill 2008
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Transport Administration Amendment (Rail and Ferry
Transport Authorities) Act 2008.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
3 Amendment of Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109 and other Acts
The Acts specified in Schedules 1-4 are amended as set out in those
Schedules.
4 Repeal of Act
(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which all of the
provisions of this Act have commenced.
(2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.
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Schedule 1 Amendments relating to constitution of
RailCorp
(Section 3)
1.1 Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Insert ", RailCorp" after "State Transit Authority" in the definition of
Authority in section 3 (1).
[2] Part 2, Division 1, heading
Omit "as statutory SOC".
[3] Section 4 Constitution of RailCorp
Omit section 4 (2) and the note. Insert instead:
(2) RailCorp is a NSW Government agency.
[4] Section 5 Objectives of RailCorp
Omit section 5 (4).
[5] Section 10 Other functions of RailCorp
Insert at the end of section 10 (2) (d):
, and
(e) acquire and develop any land, and
(f) acquire or build, and maintain or dispose of, any engines,
carriages, vehicles, plant, machinery or equipment, and
(g) make and enter into contracts or arrangements for the
carrying out of works or the performance of services or the
supply of goods or materials, and
(h) make and enter into contracts or arrangements with any
person for the operation by that person, on such terms as
may be agreed on, of any of RailCorp's railway or other
transport services or of any of RailCorp's businesses, and
(i) appoint agents, and act as agents for other persons.
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[6] Section 11A
Insert after section 11:
11A Sale, lease or other disposal of land
(1) RailCorp may, with the approval of the Minister, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of any of its land.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the approval of the Minister is not
required:
(a) for any lease for a term not exceeding 5 years, or
(b) for a sale, lease or other disposal of land not exceeding
such value, or in such circumstances, as the Minister may
determine from time to time.
(3) The Minister may delegate the power of approval under this
section to the Director-General, a member of staff of the Ministry
of Transport or a person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
[7] Section 12 Effect of Division
Omit "the State Owned Corporations Act 1989,".
[8] Part 2, Division 4
Omit Divisions 4 and 5. Insert instead:
Division 4 Management of RailCorp
13 Constitution of RailCorp Board
(1) There is constituted a RailCorp Board.
(2) The Board is to consist of:
(a) the Chief Executive Officer of RailCorp, and
(b) not fewer than 4 and not more than 7 members appointed
by the Minister.
(3) The persons appointed by the Minister must each or together
have such expertise as the Minister considers necessary in order
to realise the principal objectives of RailCorp.
(4) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the constitution and
procedure of the Board.
14 Board to determine policies of RailCorp
(1) The RailCorp Board has the function of determining the policies
of RailCorp.
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(2) In exercising that function, the Board is, as far as practicable, to
ensure that the activities of RailCorp are carried out properly and
efficiently.
15 Chief Executive Officer of RailCorp
(1) The Governor may appoint a Chief Executive Officer of
RailCorp.
(2) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the Chief Executive Officer.
16 Chief Executive Officer to manage RailCorp
(1) The affairs of RailCorp are to be managed and controlled by the
Chief Executive Officer of RailCorp in accordance with the
policies of the RailCorp Board.
(2) Any act, matter or thing done in the name of, or on behalf of,
RailCorp by the Chief Executive Officer is taken to have been
done by RailCorp.
17 Ministerial control
(1) The Minister may give the RailCorp Board written directions in
relation to the exercise of RailCorp's functions.
(2) Subject to this section, the Board and the Chief Executive Officer
of RailCorp must ensure that RailCorp complies with any such
direction.
(3) If the RailCorp Board considers that:
(a) RailCorp would suffer a significant financial loss as a
result of complying with any such direction, and
(b) the direction is not in the commercial interests of RailCorp,
the Board may request the Minister to review the direction.
(4) A request for a review must be made within 7 days after the
direction is given or within such other reasonable period as the
Minister determines.
(5) If the Board requests a review, RailCorp is not required to
comply with the direction until notified of the Minister's decision
following the review.
(6) Following the review the Minister may confirm or revoke the
direction, but the Minister must not confirm the direction unless:
(a) the Minister has estimated the financial loss concerned
from information supplied by RailCorp or from other
sources, and
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(b) the Minister has referred the matter to the Treasurer, and
(c) the Treasurer has approved of the financial loss being
reimbursed from public revenue.
(7) Subsections (3)-(6) do not apply to a direction that may cause
RailCorp to suffer a significant financial loss as a result of
complying with that direction if:
(a) the Minister decides that the direction is warranted on
grounds involving urgency or public safety, and
(b) the direction is given after consultation with the Treasurer.
(8) The Treasurer may approve of any financial loss resulting from a
direction referred to in subsection (7) being reimbursed from
public revenue.
(9) For the purposes of this section, the amount of the financial loss
that RailCorp suffers as a result of complying with a direction
includes the amount of expenditure that RailCorp incurs, and the
amount of revenue that RailCorp forgoes, as a result of
complying with the direction which it would not otherwise incur
or forgo.
(10) The amount to be reimbursed to RailCorp is to be paid, from
money advanced by the Treasurer or appropriated by Parliament
for that purpose, at such times and in such amounts as the
Treasurer determines after receiving advice from the Minister on
the estimated financial loss incurred by RailCorp from time to
time.
17A RailCorp to supply information to Minister
RailCorp must:
(a) supply the Minister or a person nominated by the Minister
with any information relating to its activities that the
Minister or person may require, and
(b) keep the Minister informed of the general conduct of its
activities, and of any significant development in its
activities.
17B Corporate plans
(1) RailCorp must, at least 3 months before the beginning of each
financial year of RailCorp, prepare and deliver to the Minister a
draft corporate plan for the financial year.
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(2) RailCorp must:
(a) consider any comments on the draft corporate plan that
were made by the Minister within 2 months after the draft
plan was delivered to the Minister, and
(b) deliver the completed corporate plan to the Minister before
the beginning of the financial year concerned.
(3) During the preparation of a corporate plan after the
commencement of this subsection, RailCorp is to make a draft
plan available for public comment for at least 30 days and is to
have regard to any submissions it receives about the draft plan
within that period. The arrangements for obtaining or inspecting
the draft plan and for making submissions are to be advertised in
a daily newspaper circulating throughout the State.
(4) RailCorp is to make the completed corporate plan available for
public inspection. However, RailCorp is not required to include
in any draft or completed plan made available for public
comment or inspection information that is of a commercially
sensitive nature or that it would otherwise not be required to
disclose under the Freedom of Information Act 1989.
(5) RailCorp must, as far as practicable, exercise its functions in
accordance with the relevant corporate plan.
(6) A corporate plan is to specify:
(a) the separate activities of RailCorp and, in particular, the
separate commercial and non-commercial activities, and
(b) the objectives of each such separate activity for the
financial year concerned and for future financial years, and
(c) the strategies, policies and budgets for achieving those
objectives in relation to each such separate activity, and
(d) the targets and criteria for assessing RailCorp's
performance.
(7) This section is subject to any requirement made by or under this
Act (including the requirements of any direction by the Minister
under this Division).
17C Exercise of functions through subsidiary corporations, joint
ventures etc
(1) In this section:
subsidiary corporation means:
(a) a public subsidiary corporation referred to in section 17D,
or
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(b) a private subsidiary corporation referred to in section 17E.
(2) Any function of RailCorp may be exercised:
(a) by RailCorp itself, or
(b) by a subsidiary corporation, or
(c) by RailCorp or a subsidiary corporation, or both, in a
partnership, joint venture or other association with other
persons or bodies.
17D Public subsidiary corporations
(1) In this section:
public subsidiary corporation means a corporation constituted in
accordance with this section.
(2) The regulations may constitute a corporation for the purposes of
this section with the corporate name specified in the regulations.
(3) A public subsidiary corporation:
(a) has such of the functions of RailCorp as are specified in the
regulations or delegated to it under this Act, and
(b) is, for the purposes of any Act, a NSW government
agency.
(4) The provisions of or made under this Act or any other Act relating
to RailCorp apply to and in respect of a public subsidiary
corporation in such manner and to such extent as are prescribed
by the regulations.
(5) With the approval of the Minister:
(a) RailCorp may transfer any of its assets, rights or liabilities
to a public subsidiary corporation, and
(b) a public subsidiary corporation may transfer any of its
assets, rights or liabilities to RailCorp or to another public
subsidiary corporation.
(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the
vesting of those assets, rights and liabilities in the transferee
without any transfer, conveyance or assignment.
(7) A public subsidiary corporation is dissolved by the repeal of the
regulations by which it is constituted (unless continued in
existence by the regulations), and on any such dissolution the
assets, rights and liabilities of the corporation become the assets,
rights and liabilities of RailCorp.
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17E Private subsidiary corporations etc
(1) In this section:
private corporation means a corporation within the meaning of
the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth formed in or
outside New South Wales.
private subsidiary corporation means a private corporation in
which RailCorp has a controlling interest.
(2) RailCorp may, subject to subsection (3):
(a) form, or participate in the formation of, private
corporations, and
(b) acquire interests in private corporations, and
(c) sell or otherwise dispose of interests in private
corporations,
whether or not the activities or proposed activities of any such
private corporation are related to rail services.
(3) RailCorp must not, without the approval of the Minister:
(a) form, or participate in the formation of, a private
subsidiary corporation, or
(b) acquire an interest in a private corporation so that, as a
result of the acquisition, the corporation becomes a private
subsidiary corporation, or
(c) sell or otherwise dispose of any interest in a private
subsidiary corporation so that, as a result of the sale or
disposal, it ceases to be a private subsidiary corporation.
(4) A private subsidiary corporation is not a NSW government
agency.
17F Delegation of functions of RailCorp
(1) RailCorp may delegate to an authorised person any of its
functions, other than this power of delegation.
(2) A delegate may sub-delegate to an authorised person any
function delegated by RailCorp if the delegate is authorised in
writing to do so by RailCorp.
(3) In this section, authorised person means:
(a) an officer of RailCorp, or
(b) a person of a class prescribed by the regulations or
approved by the RailCorp Board.
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[9] Section 29 Ministerial control
Insert after section 29 (6):
(6A) Subsections (3)-(6) do not apply to a direction that may cause the
State Transit Authority to suffer a significant financial loss as a
result of complying with that direction if:
(a) the Minister decides that the direction is warranted on
grounds involving urgency or public safety, and
(b) the direction is given after consultation with the Treasurer.
(6B) The Treasurer may approve of any financial loss resulting from a
direction referred to in subsection (6A) being reimbursed from
public revenue.
[10] Section 56 Application of Division
Insert in appropriate order:
(2) This Division does not apply to RailCorp.
[11] Part 7, Division 1A
Insert after Division 1:
Division 1A Staff of RailCorp
58A Employment of staff
RailCorp may employ such staff as it requires to exercise its
functions.
58B Salary, conditions etc of staff
RailCorp may fix the salary, wages and conditions of
employment of its staff in so far as they are not fixed by or under
any other Act or law.
58C Regulations relating to RailCorp staff
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the
employment of the staff of RailCorp, including the conditions of
employment and the discipline of any such staff.
(2) Any such regulations relating to the conditions of employment or
the discipline of staff:
(a) have effect subject to any relevant award made by a
competent industrial tribunal and to any industrial
agreement to which RailCorp is a party, and
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(b) have effect despite any determination of RailCorp under
section 58B, and
(c) may provide for appeals by members of staff in connection
with their employment, including appeals to a Transport
Appeal Board constituted under the Transport Appeal
Boards Act 1980, and
(d) have effect subject to Part 3.1 of the Public Sector
Employment and Management Act 2002.
(3) Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management
Act 2002 does not apply to the employment of staff under this
Division.
[12] Part 8, Division 1
Insert before Division 2:
Division 1 Financial provisions relating to RailCorp
69 RailCorp Fund
There is established in the Special Deposits Account a fund
called the RailCorp Fund.
70 Payments into RailCorp Fund
There is to be paid into the RailCorp Fund:
(a) all money received by or on account of RailCorp, and
(b) all money advanced by the Treasurer for the Fund, and
(c) all money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of
RailCorp, and
(d) all fines and penalties recovered for offences under the
regulations under section 91, or under section 95 of the
Rail Safety Act 2002 or under section 131 of the Rail Safety
Act 2008, in connection with railway services operated by
RailCorp (but only if proceedings or penalty notices for the
offences were instituted or issued by RailCorp or an
employee of RailCorp), and
(e) the proceeds of the investment of money in the Fund, and
(f) all other money required by or under this or any other Act
to be paid into the Fund.
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71 Payments from RailCorp Fund
There is to be paid from the RailCorp Fund:
(a) all payments made on account of RailCorp or otherwise
required to meet expenditure incurred in relation to the
functions of RailCorp, and
(b) all other payments required by or under this or any other
Act to be paid from the Fund.
[13] Section 86 Ministerial supervision of orders fixing charges
Omit "section 29 of" from section 86 (3).
[14] Section 88 Free or subsidised railway, bus or ferry travel
Omit "section 29 of" from section 88 (5).
[15] Section 107 Definition of "transport authority"
Insert before section 107 (1) (a1):
(a) RailCorp, or
[16] Section 107 (2)
Omit "RailCorp and".
[17] Section 112 Personal liability of certain persons
Insert "RailCorp," after "State Transit Authority," in the definition of member
of a transport authority in section 112 (2).
[18] Section 112 (2), definition of "transport authority"
Insert after paragraph (a3) of the definition:
(a4) the RailCorp Board, and
[19] Schedule 1, heading
Omit "State Transit Authority Board". Insert instead "Boards".
[20] Schedule 1
Omit "Sections 9 (4)". Insert instead "Sections 13 (4)".
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[21] Schedule 1, clause 1
Omit the definition of Board. Insert instead:
Board means the following Boards:
(a) the State Transit Authority Board,
(b) the RailCorp Board.
[22] Schedule 1, clause 1, definition of "Chief Executive"
Insert "or RailCorp" after "State Transit Authority".
[23] Schedule 1, clause 10
Omit clause 10 (1). Insert instead:
(1) The Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 does
not apply to the appointment of an appointed member and an
appointed member is not, as such a member, subject to that Act
(except Chapter 5).
[24] Schedule 2 Provisions relating to Chief Executives
Omit "Sections 11 (3), 19Y (2)". Insert instead "Sections 15 (2)".
[25] Schedule 2, clause 1
Insert ", the Chief Executive of RailCorp" after "State Transit Authority" in
the definition of Chief Executive.
[26] Schedule 2, clause 1A
Omit "Part 2A of the Public Sector Management Act 1988, but is not subject
to Part 2".
Insert instead "Part 3.1 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act
2002, but is not subject to Chapter 2".
[27] Schedule 6 Transfer of certain staff
Insert in alphabetical order in clause 1:
former ITSRR staff means the members of staff of the ITSRR
who, after the commencement of clause 11E, are transferred to
the Ministry of Transport by an order made under this Schedule.
ITSRR means the Independent Transport Safety and Reliability
Regulator.
[28] Schedule 6, clause 1, definition of "former RailCorp staff"
Insert "or who, after the commencement of clause 11E, are transferred to the
Ministry of Transport by an order under this Schedule" after "Schedule".
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[29] Schedule 6, Part 3, heading
Omit "of SRA and RIC staff". Insert instead "of other staff".
[30] Schedule 6, clause 11E
Insert after clause 11D:
11E Transfer of RailCorp and ITSRR staff to MOT
(1) The Minister may, by order in writing, provide that such staff of
RailCorp or ITSRR as are specified or described in the order are
transferred to the Ministry of Transport.
(2) A person who is the subject of an order under this clause is taken
for all purposes as having become a member of staff of the
Ministry of Transport, in accordance with the terms of the order,
on the day specified in the order.
[31] Schedule 6, Part 4, heading
Insert before clause 12:
Part 4 General
[32] Schedule 6, clauses 12 (1) and 13 (1) and (3)
Insert ", former ITSRR staff" after "former OCG staff" wherever occurring.
[33] Schedule 6, clause 15 (2)
Insert "ITSRR," after "RailCorp,".
[34] Schedule 7 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert at the end of clause 2 (1):
Transport Administration Amendment (Rail and Ferry Transport
Authorities) Act 2008
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[35] Schedule 7
Insert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause numbering:
Part Provisions consequent on enactment of
Transport Administration Amendment
(Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities) Act
2008
Division 1 Preliminary
Definition
In this Part:
2008 amending Act means the Transport Administration
Amendment (Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities) Act 2008.
[36] Schedule 7
Insert with appropriate Division and clause numbering in the Part inserted by
item [35]:
Division Provisions relating to constitution of
RailCorp
Continuity of RailCorp
RailCorp, as constituted under this Act immediately after the
substitution of section 4 (2) by the 2008 amending Act, is for all
purposes (including the rules of private international law) a
continuation of, and the same legal entity as, RailCorp as
constituted immediately before that substitution.
Existing Chief Executive Officer of RailCorp
(1) The person who, immediately before the commencement of
section 15 (as inserted by the 2008 amending Act), held office as
chief executive officer of RailCorp is taken to have been
appointed as Chief Executive Officer of RailCorp under that
section:
(a) for the balance of the term of office for which the person
was so appointed before the commencement of that
section, and
(b) on the same terms and conditions as the person was so
determined.
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(2) The Minister may, by order, vary the terms and conditions of the
appointment of the Chief Executive Officer as continued by this
clause, having regard to terms and conditions of appointment of
members of the Chief Executive Service under the Public Sector
Employment and Management Act 2002.
Existing Board members
(1) An existing Board member of RailCorp ceases to hold office on
the commencement of section 13, as inserted by the 2008
amending Act, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be
appointed as a member of the RailCorp Board.
(2) A person who so ceases to hold office is not entitled to any
remuneration or compensation because of the loss of the office.
(3) In this clause:
existing Board member means a person (other than the Chief
Executive Officer) who held office as a member of the Board of
RailCorp immediately before the commencement of section 13,
as inserted by the 2008 amending Act.
Corporate plan
(1) RailCorp is to prepare its first corporate plan, in accordance with
section 17B as inserted by the 2008 amending Act, within the
period approved by the Minister for the purposes of this clause.
(2) The statement of corporate intent applicable to RailCorp under
the State Owned Corporations Act 1989 immediately before the
commencement of section 17B continues to apply to RailCorp
until RailCorp complies with that section, subject to any direction
of the Minister.
1.2 State Owned Corporations Act 1989 No 134
Schedule 5 Statutory SOCs
Omit "Rail Corporation New South Wales".
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Schedule 2 Amendments relating to rail passenger
services
(Section 3)
2.1 Passenger Transport Act 1990 No 39
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Insert in alphabetical order in section 3 (1):
rail passenger service means the carriage of passengers for a fare
or other consideration by rail, but does not include any rail
passenger service of a class prescribed for the purposes of this
definition.
rail services contract means a contract entered into under section
28K.
[2] Section 4 Objects
Insert at the end of section 4 (c):
(d) to provide for rail services contracts between RailCorp and
the Director-General, and
[3] Part 3, heading
Insert "and rail passenger services" after "services".
[4] Part 3, Division 4
Insert after Division 3:
Division 4 Rail services
28K Rail services contract for rail services
(1) The terms and conditions on which rail services are to be carried
out by RailCorp are to be set out in a contract entered into
between RailCorp and the Director-General (on behalf of the
Crown).
(2) In this Division, rail services means:
(a) rail passenger services and any bus services (other than
regular passenger services) operated by RailCorp, and
(b) the carrying out of functions as a rail infrastructure owner
(within the meaning of the Transport Administration Act
1988), and
(c) the provision of access and network control services.
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(3) A rail services contract is to be for a term not exceeding 8 years.
(4) A rail services contract may be renewed from time to time in
accordance with any provision of the contract concerning
renewal.
(5) Provision for rail services in accordance with this section may be
made in one or more rail services contracts.
(6) The regulations may provide for matters that are to be included in
rail services contracts.
28L Performance standards
(1) A rail services contract is to provide for performance standards to
be observed by RailCorp.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the performance standards may
include any model performance standards for rail services that
the Director-General may, by order published in the Gazette,
approve from time to time.
[5] Section 48 Review of decisions concerning service contracts
Insert "or a rail services contract" after "regular bus service" in section 48 (2).
[6] Section 53 Exchange of information
Insert "or a rail passenger service" after "ferry" in section 53 (2) (b).
[7] Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions
Insert at the end of clause 2 (1):
Transport Administration Amendment (Rail and Ferry Transport
Authorities) Act 2008
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[8] Schedule 3
Insert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause numbering:
Part Provisions consequent on enactment of
Transport Administration Amendment
(Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities) Act
2008
Division 1 Preliminary
Definition
In this Part:
2008 amending Act means the Transport Administration
Amendment (Rail and Ferry Transport Authorities) Act 2008.
[9] Schedule 3
Insert with appropriate Division and clause numbering in the Part inserted by
item [8]:
Division Provisions relating to rail services contracts
Rail services contracts
(1) RailCorp may continue to carry on a rail passenger service and
provide other rail services (within the meaning of Division 4 of
Part 3 of the Act, as inserted by the 2008 amending Act) without
a rail services contract until such a contract is entered into.
(2) This clause ceases to have effect 2 years after the commencement
of Division 4 of Part 3 of the Act, as inserted by the 2008
amending Act, or on such later day as may be prescribed by the
regulations.
2.2 Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109
[1] Section 38 Functions of ensuring provision of appropriate passenger
services
Insert after section 38 (3):
(4) Nothing in this section affects any obligation under the
Passenger Transport Act 1990 of a body referred to in subsection
(3).
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[2] Section 40 Delegation
Insert "or the Passenger Transport Act 1990" after "Part" in section 40 (1).
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Schedule 3 Amendments relating to constitution of
Sydney Ferries
(Section 3)
3.1 Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Insert "or Sydney Ferries" after "Roads and Traffic Authority" in the
definition of Authority in section 3 (1).
[2] Part 3A, Division 1, heading
Omit "as statutory SOC".
[3] Section 35A Constitution of Sydney Ferries
Omit section 35A (2) and the note. Insert instead:
(2) Sydney Ferries is a NSW Government agency.
[4] Section 35B Objectives of Sydney Ferries
Omit section 35B (4).
[5] Section 35E Other functions of Sydney Ferries
Insert at the end of section 35E (2) (b):
, and
(c) acquire and develop any land, and
(d) acquire or build, and maintain or dispose of, any engines,
vessels, vehicles, plant, machinery or equipment, and
(e) make and enter into contracts or arrangements for the
carrying out of works or the performance of services or the
supply of goods or materials, and
(f) make and enter into contracts or arrangements with any
person for the operation by that person, on such terms as
may be agreed on, of any of Sydney Ferries' ferry or other
transport services or of any of Sydney Ferries' businesses,
and
(g) appoint agents, and act as agents for other persons.
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[6] Section 35EA
Insert after section 35E:
35EA Sale, lease or other disposal of land
(1) Sydney Ferries may, with the approval of the Minister, sell, lease
or otherwise dispose of any of its land.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the approval of the Minister is not
required:
(a) for any lease for a term not exceeding 5 years, or
(b) for a sale, lease or other disposal of land not exceeding
such value, or in such circumstances, as the Minister may
determine from time to time.
(3) The Minister may delegate the power of approval under this
section to the Director-General, a member of staff of the Ministry
of Transport or a person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
[7] Section 35G Effect of Division
Omit "the State Owned Corporations Act 1989,".
[8] Part 3A, Division 4
Omit Divisions 4 and 5. Insert instead:
Division 4 Management of Sydney Ferries
35H Constitution of Sydney Ferries Board
(1) There is constituted a Sydney Ferries Board.
(2) The Board is to consist of:
(a) the Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Ferries, and
(b) not fewer than 4 and not more than 7 members appointed
by the Minister.
(3) The persons appointed by the Minister must each or together
have such expertise as the Minister considers necessary in order
to realise the principal objectives of Sydney Ferries.
(4) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the constitution and
procedure of the Board.
35I Board to determine policies of Sydney Ferries
(1) The Sydney Ferries Board has the function of determining the
policies of Sydney Ferries.
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(2) In exercising that function, the Board is, as far as practicable, to
ensure that the activities of Sydney Ferries are carried out
properly and efficiently.
35J Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Ferries
(1) The Governor may appoint a Chief Executive Officer of Sydney
Ferries.
(2) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the Chief Executive Officer.
35K Chief Executive Officer to manage Sydney Ferries
(1) The affairs of Sydney Ferries are to be managed and controlled
by the Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Ferries in accordance
with the policies of the Sydney Ferries Board.
(2) Any act, matter or thing done in the name of, or on behalf of,
Sydney Ferries by the Chief Executive Officer is taken to have
been done by Sydney Ferries.
35L Ministerial control
(1) The Minister may give the Sydney Ferries Board written
directions in relation to the exercise of Sydney Ferries' functions.
(2) Subject to this section, the Board and the Chief Executive Officer
of Sydney Ferries must ensure that Sydney Ferries complies with
any such direction.
(3) If Sydney Ferries considers that:
(a) Sydney Ferries would suffer a significant financial loss as
a result of complying with any such direction, and
(b) the direction is not in the commercial interests of Sydney
Ferries,
the Board may request the Minister to review the direction.
(4) A request for a review must be made within 7 days after the
direction is given or within such other reasonable period as the
Minister determines.
(5) If the Board requests a review, Sydney Ferries is not required to
comply with the direction until notified of the Minister's decision
following the review.
(6) Following the review the Minister may confirm or revoke the
direction, but the Minister must not confirm the direction unless:
(a) the Minister has estimated the financial loss concerned
from information supplied by Sydney Ferries or from other
sources, and
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(b) the Minister has referred the matter to the Treasurer, and
(c) the Treasurer has approved of the financial loss being
reimbursed from public revenue.
(7) Subsections (3)-(6) do not apply to a direction that may cause
Sydney Ferries to suffer a significant financial loss as a result of
complying with that direction if:
(a) the Minister decides that the direction is warranted on
grounds involving urgency or public safety, and
(b) the direction is given after consultation with the Treasurer.
(8) The Treasurer may approve of any financial loss resulting from a
direction referred to in subsection (7) being reimbursed from
public revenue.
(9) For the purposes of this section, the amount of the financial loss
that Sydney Ferries suffers as a result of complying with a
direction includes the amount of expenditure that Sydney Ferries
incurs, and the amount of revenue that Sydney Ferries forgoes, as
a result of complying with the direction which it would not
otherwise incur or forgo.
(10) The amount to be reimbursed to Sydney Ferries is to be paid,
from money advanced by the Treasurer or appropriated by
Parliament for that purpose, at such times and in such amounts as
the Treasurer determines after receiving advice from the Minister
on the estimated financial loss incurred by Sydney Ferries from
time to time.
35M Sydney Ferries to supply information to Minister
Sydney Ferries must:
(a) supply the Minister or a person nominated by the Minister
with any information relating to its activities that the
Minister or person may require, and
(b) keep the Minister informed of the general conduct of its
activities, and of any significant development in its
activities.
35N Corporate plans
(1) Sydney Ferries must, at least 3 months before the beginning of
each financial year of Sydney Ferries, prepare and deliver to the
Minister a draft corporate plan for the financial year.
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(2) Sydney Ferries must:
(a) consider any comments on the draft corporate plan that
were made by the Minister within 2 months after the draft
plan was delivered to the Minister, and
(b) deliver the completed corporate plan to the Minister before
the beginning of the financial year concerned.
(3) During the preparation of a corporate plan after the
commencement of this subsection, Sydney Ferries is to make a
draft plan available for public comment for at least 30 days and
is to have regard to any submissions it receives about the draft
plan within that period. The arrangements for obtaining or
inspecting the draft plan and for making submissions are to be
advertised in a daily newspaper circulating throughout the State.
(4) Sydney Ferries is to make the completed corporate plan available
for public inspection. However, Sydney Ferries is not required to
include in any draft or completed plan made available for public
comment or inspection information that is of a commercially
sensitive nature or that it would otherwise not be required to
disclose under the Freedom of Information Act 1989.
(5) Sydney Ferries must, as far as practicable, exercise its functions
in accordance with the relevant corporate plan.
(6) A corporate plan is to specify:
(a) the separate activities of Sydney Ferries and, in particular,
the separate commercial and non-commercial activities,
and
(b) the objectives of each such separate activity for the
financial year concerned and for future financial years, and
(c) the strategies, policies and budgets for achieving those
objectives in relation to each such separate activity, and
(d) the targets and criteria for assessing Sydney Ferries'
performance.
(7) This section is subject to any requirement made by or under this
Act (including the requirements of any direction by the Minister
under this Division).
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35O Exercise of functions through subsidiary corporations, joint
ventures etc
(1) In this section:
subsidiary corporation means:
(a) a public subsidiary corporation referred to in section 35P,
or
(b) a private subsidiary corporation referred to in section 35Q.
(2) Any function of Sydney Ferries may be exercised:
(a) by Sydney Ferries itself, or
(b) by a subsidiary corporation, or
(c) by Sydney Ferries or a subsidiary corporation, or both, in
a partnership, joint venture or other association with other
persons or bodies.
35P Public subsidiary corporations
(1) In this section:
public subsidiary corporation means a corporation constituted in
accordance with this section.
(2) The regulations may constitute a corporation for the purposes of
this section with the corporate name specified in the regulations.
(3) A public subsidiary corporation:
(a) has such of the functions of Sydney Ferries as are specified
in the regulations or delegated to it under this Act, and
(b) is, for the purposes of any Act, a NSW government
agency.
(4) The provisions of or made under this Act or any other Act relating
to Sydney Ferries apply to and in respect of a public subsidiary
corporation in such manner and to such extent as are prescribed
by the regulations.
(5) With the approval of the Minister:
(a) Sydney Ferries may transfer any of its assets, rights or
liabilities to a public subsidiary corporation, and
(b) a public subsidiary corporation may transfer any of its
assets, rights or liabilities to Sydney Ferries or to another
public subsidiary corporation.
(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the
vesting of those assets, rights and liabilities in the transferee
without any transfer, conveyance or assignment.
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(7) A public subsidiary corporation is dissolved by the repeal of the
regulations by which it is constituted (unless continued in
existence by the regulations), and on any such dissolution the
assets, rights and liabilities of the corporation become the assets,
rights and liabilities of Sydney Ferries.
35Q Private subsidiary corporations etc
(1) In this section:
private corporation means a corporation within the meaning of
the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth formed in or
outside New South Wales.
private subsidiary corporation means a private corporation in
which Sydney Ferries has a controlling interest.
(2) Sydney Ferries may, subject to subsection (3):
(a) form, or participate in the formation of, private
corporations, and
(b) acquire interests in private corporations, and
(c) sell or otherwise dispose of interests in private
corporations,
whether or not the activities or proposed activities of any such
private corporation are related to ferry services.
(3) Sydney Ferries must not, without the approval of the Minister:
(a) form, or participate in the formation of, a private
subsidiary corporation, or
(b) acquire an interest in a private corporation so that, as a
result of the acquisition, the corporation becomes a private
subsidiary corporation, or
(c) sell or otherwise dispose of any interest in a private
subsidiary corporation so that, as a result of the sale or
disposal, it ceases to be a private subsidiary corporation.
(4) A private subsidiary corporation is not a NSW government
agency.
35QA Delegation of functions of Sydney Ferries
(1) Sydney Ferries may delegate to an authorised person any of its
functions, other than this power of delegation.
(2) A delegate may sub-delegate to an authorised person any
function delegated by Sydney Ferries if the delegate is authorised
in writing to do so by Sydney Ferries.
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(3) In this section, authorised person means:
(a) an officer of Sydney Ferries, or
(b) a person of a class prescribed by the regulations or
approved by the Sydney Ferries Board.
[9] Section 56 Application of Division
Insert in appropriate order:
(3) This Division does not apply to Sydney Ferries.
[10] Part 7, Division 3
Insert after Division 2:
Division 3 Staff of Sydney Ferries
62 Employment of staff
Sydney Ferries may employ such staff as it requires to exercise
its functions.
63 Salary, conditions etc of staff
Sydney Ferries may fix the salary, wages and conditions of
employment of its staff in so far as they are not fixed by or under
any other Act or law.
64 Regulations relating to Sydney Ferries staff
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the
employment of the staff of Sydney Ferries, including the
conditions of employment and the discipline of any such staff.
(2) Any such regulations relating to the conditions of employment or
the discipline of staff:
(a) have effect subject to any relevant award made by a
competent industrial tribunal and to any industrial
agreement to which Sydney Ferries is a party, and
(b) have effect despite any determination of Sydney Ferries
under section 63, and
(c) may provide for appeals by members of staff in connection
with their employment, including appeals to a Transport
Appeal Board constituted under the Transport Appeal
Boards Act 1980, and
(d) have effect subject to Part 3.1 of the Public Sector
Employment and Management Act 2002.
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(3) Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management
Act 2002 does not apply to the employment of staff under this
Division.
[11] Part 8, Division 3A
Insert after Division 3:
Division 3A Financial provisions relating to Sydney
Ferries
80D Sydney Ferries Fund
There is established in the Special Deposits Account a fund
called the Sydney Ferries Fund.
80E Payments into Sydney Ferries Fund
There is to be paid into the Sydney Ferries Fund:
(a) all money received by or on account of Sydney Ferries,
and
(b) all money advanced by the Treasurer for the Fund, and
(c) all money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of
Sydney Ferries, and
(d) all fines and penalties recovered for offences under the
regulations under section 104, or under section 63 of the
Passenger Transport Act 1990, in connection with ferry
services operated by Sydney Ferries (but only if
proceedings or penalty notices for the offences were
instituted or issued by Sydney Ferries or an employee of
Sydney Ferries), and
(e) the proceeds of the investment of money in the Fund, and
(f) all other money required by or under this or any other Act
to be paid into the Fund.
80F Payments from Sydney Ferries Fund
There is to be paid from the Sydney Ferries Fund:
(a) all payments made on account of Sydney Ferries or
otherwise required to meet expenditure incurred in relation
to the functions of Sydney Ferries, and
(b) all other payments required by or under this or any other
Act to be paid from the Fund.
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[12] Section 86 Ministerial supervision of orders fixing charges
Omit "or section 20P of the State Owned Corporations Act 1989, as the case
requires" from section 86 (3).
[13] Section 88 Free, or subsidised railway, bus or ferry travel
Omit "or section 20P of the State Owned Corporations Act 1989, as the case
requires" from section 88 (5).
[14] Section 107 Definition of "transport authority"
Insert after section 107 (1) (c):
(c1) Sydney Ferries, or
[15] Section 107 (3)
Omit the subsection.
[16] Section 112 Personal liability of certain persons
Insert ", Sydney Ferries" after "Independent Transport Safety and Reliability
Regulator" in the definition of member of a transport authority in section
112 (2).
[17] Section 112 (2)
Insert at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of transport authority:
, and
(c) the Sydney Ferries Board.
[18] Schedule 1
Insert ", 35H (4)" after "25 (4)".
[19] Schedule 1, clause 1 (as amended by Schedule 2.1 [21])
Insert at the end of the definition of Board:
(c) the Sydney Ferries Board.
[20] Schedule 1, clause 1, definition of "Chief Executive"
Insert "the Chief Executive of Sydney Ferries," before "State Transit
Authority".
[21] Schedule 2 Provisions relating to Chief Executives
Insert "35J (2)," before "47 (2)".
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[22] Schedule 2, clause 1, definition of "Chief Executive"
Insert "or the Chief Executive of Sydney Ferries" after "Roads and Traffic
Authority".
[23] Schedule 7 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert with appropriate Division and clause numbering in the Part inserted by
Schedule 1.1 [35]:
Division Provisions relating to constitution of Sydney
Ferries
Continuity of Sydney Ferries
Sydney Ferries, as constituted under this Act immediately after
the substitution of section 35A (2) by the 2008 amending Act, is
for all purposes (including the rules of private international law)
a continuation of, and the same legal entity as, Sydney Ferries as
constituted immediately before that substitution.
Existing Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Ferries
(1) The person who, immediately before the commencement of
section 35J (as inserted by the 2008 amending Act), held office
as chief executive officer of Sydney Ferries is taken to have been
appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Ferries under
that section:
(a) for the balance of the term of office for which the person
was so appointed before the commencement of that
section, and
(b) on the same terms and conditions as the person was so
appointed.
(2) The Minister may, by order, vary the terms and conditions of the
appointment of the Chief Executive Officer as continued by this
clause, having regard to terms and conditions of appointment of
members of the Chief Executive Service under the Public Sector
Employment and Management Act 2002.
Existing Board members
(1) An existing Board member of Sydney Ferries ceases to hold
office on the commencement of section 35H, as inserted by the
2008 amending Act, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be
appointed as a member of the Sydney Ferries Board.
(2) A person who so ceases to hold office is not entitled to any
remuneration or compensation because of the loss of the office.
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(3) In this clause:
existing Board member means a person (other than the Chief
Executive Officer) who held office as a member of the Board of
Sydney Ferries immediately before the commencement of
section 35H, as inserted by the 2008 amending Act.
Corporate plan
(1) Sydney Ferries is to prepare its first corporate plan, in accordance
with section 35N as inserted by the 2008 amending Act, within
the period approved by the Minister for the purposes of this
clause.
(2) The statement of corporate intent applicable to Sydney Ferries
under the State Owned Corporations Act 1989 immediately
before the commencement of section 35N continues to apply to
Sydney Ferries until Sydney Ferries complies with that section,
subject to any direction of the Minister.
3.2 State Owned Corporations Act 1989 No 134
Schedule 5 Statutory SOCs
Omit "Sydney Ferries".
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(Section 3)
4.1 Passenger Transport Act 1990 No 39
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Insert in alphabetical order in section 3 (1):
ferry service contract--see section 16AA.
regular ferry service means any regular passenger service
conducted by ferry, but does not include any service of a class
prescribed for the purposes of this definition.
[2] Part 3, Division 1A
Insert after Division 1:
Division 1A Service contracts for regular ferry services
16AA Application of Division
This Division applies to service contracts for regular ferry
services (ferry service contracts).
16AB Service contracts for regular ferry services
(1) A ferry service contract is to be for a term not exceeding 8 years.
(2) A ferry service contract may be renewed from time to time in
accordance with any provision of the contract concerning
renewal.
(3) Provision for regular ferry services in accordance with this
section and section 16 may be made in one or more contracts.
(4) It is the duty of the Director-General to ensure that any ferry
service contract is not inconsistent with:
(a) the government's standards of safety for passengers and
the public and maintenance, and
(b) standards for, or any other requirements relating to, ferries,
the operator of the service or employees of the operator
under this or any other Act or any regulation, and
(c) the terms and conditions of any certificate or other
authority issued to an employee of the operator of the
service under any other Act or regulation.
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(5) Nothing in this Division is to be construed as affording a right or
expectation of renewal of a ferry service contract.
(6) The Director-General is precluded from entering into a proposed
ferry service contract if the Director-General would be precluded
from entering into that contract by section 21 (4) if it were a
contract to which Division 2 applies.
16AC Matters to be included in ferry service contracts
(1) A ferry service contract (other than for a service operated by
Sydney Ferries) must make provision with respect to the
following:
(a) requirements relating to the financial viability of the
operator,
(b) requirements relating to the fitness of the operator to be an
operator and the character of the operator or of any
directors and managers of the operator.
(2) A ferry service contract may specify a region or route of
operation.
(3) A route may proceed across water and a region may consist of a
navigational area.
(4) The regulations may provide for other matters that are to be
included in ferry service contracts.
16AD Performance standards
(1) A ferry service contract is to provide for performance standards
to be observed by the contract holder.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the performance standards may
include any model performance standards for ferry services that
the Director-General may, by order published in the Gazette,
approve from time to time.
(3) Performance standards are to be enforced by civil penalty
provision or in such other manner as the contract may provide.
(4) In subsection (5), civil penalty provision means a provision of a
ferry service contract that is expressed to be a civil penalty
provision for the purposes of this section.
(5) Despite anything to the contrary in any Act or other law, a person
who breaches a civil penalty provision is liable to pay, as a debt
due to the State, an amount determined in accordance with the
ferry service contract as the penalty for the breach of that
provision.
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(6) Subsections (3)-(5) do not apply to a contract between the
Director-General and Sydney Ferries.
16AE Determination of maximum fare pricing policy for ferry services
(1) This section applies to any ferry service contract that authorises
or otherwise provides for the fares charged by the contract holder
to be determined in accordance with this section.
Note. If its ferry service contract does not provide for this matter, Sydney
Ferries may make an order under section 85 of the Transport
Administration Act 1988 determining fares.
(2) The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (the Tribunal)
is to conduct investigations and make reports to the Minister on
the following matters:
(a) the determination of appropriate maximum fares for
regular ferry services supplied under contracts to which
this section applies,
(b) a periodic review of fare pricing policies in respect of such
services.
(3) In respect of an investigation or report under this section, the
Minister may require the Tribunal to consider specified matters
when making its investigations.
(4) Division 7 of Part 3 of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory
Tribunal Act 1992 is taken to apply to an investigation under this
section in the same way as it applies to an investigation under
Part 3 of that Act.
(5) In making a determination under this section, the Tribunal is to
consider the following matters:
(a) the cost of providing the services concerned,
(b) the protection of consumers from abuses of monopoly
power in terms of prices, pricing policies and standards of
service,
(c) the need for greater efficiency in the supply of services so
as to reduce costs for the benefit of consumers and
taxpayers,
(d) the need to maintain ecologically sustainable development
(within the meaning of section 6 of the Protection of the
Environment Administration Act 1991) by appropriate
pricing policies that take account of all of the feasible
options to protect the environment,
(e) the social impact of the determination,
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(f) standards of quality, reliability and safety of the services
concerned (whether those standards are specified by
legislation, agreement or otherwise) and any suggested or
actual changes to those standards,
(g) contractual arrangements prevailing in the industry,
(h) such other matters as the Tribunal considers relevant.
(6) A ferry service contract to which this section applies is taken to
include a term to the effect that the contract holder must not
charge a passenger of the service a fare that exceeds the
maximum fare determined under this section from time to time
for the provision of such a service to a passenger of that kind.
(7) Any contravention of the term implied in a ferry service contract
by subsection (6) may be remedied at law or in equity as though
the term were an essential term to which the parties had by
contract agreed.
(8) A ferry service contract to which this section applies may make
provision for maximum fares for the provision of regular ferry
services concerned to passengers pending the first determination
of maximum fares under this section.
(9) Any provision of the kind referred to in subsection (8) ceases to
have effect as part of the ferry service contract on and from the
first determination of maximum fares under this section that
applies to the provision of the regular ferry services to which the
contract relates.
[3] Part 3, Division 2, heading
Insert "subject to existing contracts" after "ferry services".
[4] Section 16A
Omit the section. Insert instead:
16A Application of Division
(1) This Division applies to service contracts for ferry services in
force immediately before the commencement of Division 1A, or
that are renewed as referred to in subsection (3).
(2) A service contract must not be entered into under this Division
after the commencement of Division 1A.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the renewal, under this Division,
of a contract in force immediately before the commencement of
Division 1A or any succeeding renewed contract.
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[5] Section 48 Review of decisions concerning service contracts
Insert "a ferry service contract," after "with respect to" in section 48 (2).
[6] Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions
Insert with appropriate Division and clause numbering in the Part inserted by
Schedule 2.1 [8]:
Division Provisions relating to ferry service contracts
Ferry service contracts
(1) Sydney Ferries may continue to carry on a regular ferry service
without a ferry service contract until such a contract is entered
into.
(2) This clause ceases to have effect 2 years after the commencement
of Division 1A of Part 3 of the Act, as inserted by the 2008
amending Act, or on such later day as may be prescribed by the
regulations.
4.2 Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992 No 39
Schedule 1 Government agencies for which Tribunal has standing
reference
Insert "(but excluding any services provided by Sydney Ferries under a ferry
service contract to which section 16AE of the Passenger Transport Act 1990
applies)" after "Sydney Ferries".
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