Northern Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC TRANSPORT (PASSENGER SAFETY) ACT 2008 (NO 15 OF 2008)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Offences warranting arrest  
   5.      General orders  

   PART 2--TRANSIT OFFICERS

   6.      Appointment of transit officers  
   7.      Ex officio transit officers  
   8.      Identity cards  
   9.      Obligations with regard to identity card  
   10.     Disqualifying offences  
   11.     Code of conduct  
   12.     Immunities of transit officers  

   PART 3--RULES OF BEHAVIOUR

   13.     Animals  
   14.     Smoking  
   15.     Liquor and drugs  
   16.     Consumption of food  
   17.     Damage or interference  
   18.     Nuisance or inconvenience  
   19.     Offensive language  
   20.     Passenger management  
   21.     Passenger to hold valid ticket  
   22.     Offence to contravene rule of behaviour  

   PART 4--POWERS OF TRANSIT OFFICERS

   23.     Geographical extent of transit officer's powers  
   24.     Power to require statement of name, address and date of birth  
   25.     Power of direction  
   26.     Power to require a person to get off bus and, on non-compliance, to remove forcibly  
   27.     Arrest and detention  
   28.     Search and seizure of dangerous articles  

   PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS

   29.     Internal review  
   30.     No entitlement to refund of fare  
   31.     Declared offences for Criminal Code  
   32.     Obstruction of transit officer  
   33.     Security cameras or surveillance devices  
   34.     Prosecutions  
   35.     Infringement notice offences  
   36.     Interaction between this Act and the Youth Justice Act  
   37.     Regulations  
   38.     Amendment of Passenger Bus Regulations  
           SCHEDULE