Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2003 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        authorised person means a person designated under section 56 by the chief executive officer to be an authorised person for the purposes of the provision in which the term is used;

        Authority means the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia established by section 5;

        Authority property means land or other property that —

            (a)         belongs to the Authority;

            (b)         is under the care, control, or management of the Authority; or

            (c)         is operated on behalf of the Authority;

        chief executive officer means the chief executive officer, under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , of the Authority;

        Crown land has the meaning given to that term in the Land Administration Act 1997 ;

        operational plan means an operational plan under Part 5 Division 1;

        prescribed means of public passenger transport means a road bus, ferry, railway train, or anything else prescribed by the regulations to be a prescribed means of public passenger transport;

        public includes any section of the public;

        public passenger transport service means a service of transporting members of the public by a prescribed means of public passenger transport —

            (a)         either —

                  (i)         over a fixed area or on a fixed route;

                  (ii)         at fixed fares or free of charge; and

                  (iii)         with fixed timetables;

                or

            (b)         in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations,

        except that it does not include a service that the regulations expressly exclude from being a public passenger transport service for the purposes of this Act;

        security officer has the meaning given to that term in section 56(2);

        train has the meaning given to that term in the Rail Safety Act 2010 section 3;