46H   Inspections relating to bus and ferry services

(1)  RMS may cause inspections to be carried out to ensure that a person who carries on a public passenger service by means of a bus or ferry is complying with the terms of the person’s accreditation under this Act or with the requirements of this Act relating to a safety management system.

(1A)  TfNSW may cause inspections to be carried out to ensure that a person who carries on a public passenger service by means of a bus is complying with the terms of the person’s service contract under this Act.

(2)  Inspections under this section may be carried out at such intervals as RMS or TfNSW thinks fit.

(3)  For the purposes of this section, RMS or TfNSW may cause the following to be inspected:

(a)  the performance of transport safety employees,

(b)  any bus or ferry used for the purposes of a public passenger service and any equipment, furnishings or fittings in or about the bus or ferry,

(c)  the carrying out of a public passenger service by means of a bus or ferry,

(d)  any other thing RMS or TfNSW considers to be relevant to the safe carrying on of a public passenger service by means of a bus or ferry.