Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 10

10 Obligations about public passenger transport

(1) The chief executive must ensure—

(a) public passenger transport is developed in a way that—

(i) takes into account best practice and national benchmarks; and

(ii) promotes, within overall transport objectives, the safety of passengers; and

(iii) encourages efficient, competitive and commercial behaviour in the provision of public passenger transport; and

(iv) ensures a strategic and integrated approach to the provision of public passenger transport; and

(v) promotes energy efficiency and reduces adverse environmental impact; and

(b) public passenger transport operates to achieve—

(i) efficiency; and

(ii) cost effectiveness; and

(iii) the highest quality and accessibility of services, and effective infrastructure, consistent with reasonable cost; and

(c) funding provided by the State for public passenger transport is applied in an efficient, cost effective and equitable way.

(2) Each annual report of the department must include a report on how effect has been given to subsection (1) during the year to which the report relates.