Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 129ZJ

129ZJ What is a civil banning order

(1) A
"civil banning order" is an order made in relation to a person who is an adult (the
"respondent" ) that prohibits the respondent, until a stated date, from doing, or attempting to do, any of the following—

(a) using the public transport network for a period of not more than 12 months; or

(b) restricting, for a period of not more than 12 months, a person’s use of the public transport network in 1 or more of the following ways—

(i) restricting the general route services or public transport infrastructure the person may use;

(ii) restricting the days, or the times or periods of a day, when the person may use the public transport network;

Examples—

• restricting the use of the public transport network to during the day only

• restricting the use of the public transport network to weekdays only

(iii) restricting the purpose for which the person may use the public transport network.

Examples—

• restricting the use of the public transport network to travel to and from work or an educational institution

• restricting the use of the public transport network to travel to and from a hospital or another place providing medical treatment

(2) The stated date in the civil banning order must be a date no later than 12 months after—

(a) if an interim civil banning order is made—the day on which the interim civil banning order is made; or

(b) otherwise—the day on which the civil banning order is made.

(3) A civil banning order takes effect—

(a) if the respondent or a legal or other representative of the respondent is present at the hearing of the application—when it is made; or

(b) otherwise—when the order is served on the respondent.