Bus Services Industry Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7A · Conduct of Individuals on Buses and at Bus Depots and Bus Interchanges
42AB. Bringing dangerous items into bus or bus interchange
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It is also a condition of entry to any bus or bus interchange that a bus passenger of the bus or an entrant to the bus interchange must not take into or possess, when on board the bus or in the bus interchange, any dangerous item.
bus
“bus” means any motor vehicle registered as a bus under the Road Traffic Act 1961;
A bus passenger of a bus or an entrant to a bus interchange must not take a dangerous item on board the bus or into the bus interchange unless the bus passenger or entrant (as the case may be) has the express permission of a police officer or an approved person to do so.
bus passenger
“bus passenger”, in relation to a bus, means an individual carried on board the bus, and includes —(a)an individual boarding or intending to board the bus for the purpose of travelling on the bus as a passenger; and(b)an individual boarding or intending to board the bus, or travelling on the bus, for the purpose of engaging in any work on the bus;
An individual who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
However, it is not an offence under subsection (3) if the individual disposes of the dangerous item before boarding the bus or entering the bus interchange.
bus interchange
“bus interchange” means a terminal or station with purpose‑built facilities —(a)for the commencement or termination of one or more bus services; and(b)that may also provide for the boarding or alighting of passengers;
In this section —
“approved person” and “entrant” have the meanings given by section 42AA(8);
“dangerous item” means any of the following:
any gun, explosive, noxious substance or weapon within the meaning given by the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021;
control
“control” includes control as a result of, or by means of, any trust, agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice, whether or not having legal or equitable force and whether or not based on legal or equitable rights;
any petroleum or any substance prescribed to be a flammable material for the purposes of the Fire Safety Act 1993;
any hazardous substance or corrosive substance;
any other article or substance which is capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment and is prescribed as a dangerous item.