Establishment of the Board

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Extract from the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act

6A. Establishment and membership

  1. The Minister must establish a board to be known as the Commercial Passenger Vehicle Board.
  2. The Minister must determine the Board's membership and how it is to operate.

6B. Functions and powers

  1. The functions of the Board are :
    1. to provide advice to the Minister on all matters relating to commercial passenger vehicles (other than motor omnibuses, tourist vehicles and special passenger vehicles); and
    2. any other functions conferred on the Board in writing by the Minister.
  2. The Board has the powers that are necessary and convenient for the performance of its functions.

6C. Report on operations

  1. The Board must provide the Minister with a report on the Board's operations during a financial year within 3 months after the end of the financial year.
  2. The Minister must lay a copy of a report provided under subsection (1) before the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after receiving it.

6D. Protection from liability

  1. This section applies to a person who is or has been a member of the Board.
  2. The person is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of a power, or the performance or purported performance of a function, under this Act.
  3. In addition, the person is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted to be done by the Board in the exercise or purported exercise of a power, or the performance or purported performance of a function, under this Act.
  4. Subsections (2) and (3) do not affect any liability the Territory would, apart from those subsections, have for the act or omission.

 

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