Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 2

2 Objectives of Act

(1) This Act is intended to achieve the provision of the best possible public passenger transport at reasonable cost to the community and government, keeping government regulation to a minimum.

(2) However, this Act recognises that market entry restrictions may be needed in the public interest.

(3) The overall objectives of this Act are, consistent with the objectives of the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , to—

(a) enable the effective planning and efficient management of public passenger transport in the State; and

(b) provide a system of public passenger transport in the State that—

(i) is responsive to community needs; and

(ii) offers an attractive alternative to private transport in a way that reduces the overall environmental, economic and social costs of passenger transport; and

(iii) addresses the challenges of future growth; and

(iv) provides a high level of accountability; and

(v) provides public passenger services at a reasonable cost to the community and government; and

(c) promote the personal safety of persons using public passenger transport; and

(d) provide a reasonable level of community access and mobility in support of the Government’s social justice objectives; and

(e) provide an adequate framework for coordinating the different forms of public passenger transport to form a comprehensive, integrated and efficient system.