Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 154J

154J Authorisations for coordination and integration of public passenger services

The following things are specifically authorised for the competition legislation—

(a) 2 or more service entities making a contract or arrangement, or arriving at an understanding, that includes an identified provision, but only if the contract, arrangement or understanding was first approved by the Minister;

(b) a service entity giving effect to an identified provision mentioned in paragraph (a) ;

(c) 2 or more service entities making a contract or arrangement, or arriving at an understanding, containing a fare provision;

(d) a service entity giving effect to a fare provision mentioned in paragraph (c) ;

(e) 2 or more service entities making a contract or arrangement, or arriving at an understanding, containing a provision under which the service entities—

(i) are to share revenue or profits received by any of them in relation to a public passenger service of 1 or more of them; or

(ii) are to pay all or part of the costs related to providing a public passenger service of 1 or more of them;

(f) a service entity giving effect to a provision mentioned in paragraph (e) ;

(g) 2 or more service entities making a contract or arrangement, or arriving at an understanding, containing a service entity provision;

(h) a service entity giving effect to a service entity provision mentioned in paragraph (g) ;

(i) 1 or more service entities and a management entity making a contract or arrangement, or arriving at an understanding, containing an identified provision, a fare provision, a management entity provision or a service entity provision;

(j) a service entity or management entity giving effect to a provision mentioned in paragraph (i) ;

(k) a management entity and another entity (the
"system entity" ) making a contract or arrangement, or arriving at an understanding, containing a provision about the system entity doing 1 or more of the following in relation to service equipment for 1 or more service entities’ public passenger services—

(i) designing the equipment;

(ii) making the equipment;

(iii) building the equipment;

(iv) installing the equipment;

(v) maintaining the equipment;

(l) an entity giving effect to a provision mentioned in paragraph (k) .