Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A regulation may declare that a public passenger service is to be provided with market entry restrictions.
(2) Before a regulation is made under subsection (1), the Minister must be of the opinion that the following criteria are met, or can be met or substantially met—
(a) the level of services would be greater than the level that would otherwise be provided;
(b) access to public passenger transport would be greater than would otherwise be achieved;
(c) service innovation would be greater than would otherwise be achieved;
(d) the particular public passenger services would better meet the Government's social justice objectives at a lower cost to the Government than would otherwise be achieved.