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The Bus Safety Act 2009 (the Act or BSA) is a law enacted by the Parliament of the State of Victoria, Australia. It is the prime statute regulating the safety of bus operations across the State. The Act is aimed at preventing deaths and injuries arising from bus operations and establishes a modern "best practice" regulatory framework to assist in maintaining and improving the Victorian bus industry's good safety record. The Bus Safety Act continued regulatory control over the operation of large buses and introduced safety standards for the small or mini-bus sector which comprises 40% of the Victorian bus fleet. Controls over large and small buses comprise permissions such as accreditation and registration. In addition, the BSA introduced broad based "safety duties" for bus operators and all others who have a significant role in providing both commercial and non-commercial bus services. The BSA also extended the range of enforcement powers and sanctions available to the safety regulator - the Director, Transport Safety or Transport Safety Victoria - and operates to encourage greater safety awareness across all types of bus operations. Overall, the Act established a modern regulatory framework to assist the bus industry, which has a good safety record in Victoria, to adapt to the changing safety requirements of busier and more complex bus services. The BSA was developed as part of the Transport Legislation Review conducted by the Department of Transport between 2004 and late 2010. The Act was passed in late March 2009 and commenced on 31 December 2010. The Bus Safety Act was the State's first dedicated statute on the subject having replaced provisions in the former Public Transport Competition Act 1995.〔The Bus Safety Act renamed the Public Transport Competition Act as the Bus Services Act 1995 to better reflect its subject matter following the commencement of the Bus Safety Act, i.e. a scheme to regulate contracting for providing public bus services in Victoria.〕 The Act forms part of the transport policy and legislation framework in Victoria headed by the Transport Integration Act.〔Transport Integration Act 2010 - see paragraph (c) in the definition of "transport legislation" in section 3.〕 As a result, the application of the Bus Safety Act is subject to the overarching transport system vision, transport system objectives and decision making principles set out in the Transport Integration Act. The responsible Minister for the Bus Safety Act is the Minister for Public Transport, the Hon Terry Mulder MLA. == Outline == The stated purpose of the Bus Safety Act Act is "...to provide for the safe operation of bus services in Victoria".〔Bus Safety Act 2009, section 1.〕 The objects of the Act center on the safety of bus operations, management of safety risks, continuous improvement in bus safety management, public confidence in the safety of bus transport, appropriate stakeholder involvement and the existence of a safety culture among bus service providers.〔Bus Safety Act 2009, section 4(1).〕 The Act also contains a number of overarching policy principles relating to shared responsibility for safety, accountability for managing safety risks, enforcement, transparency, consistency and stakeholder involvement.〔Bus Safety Act 2009, Part 2.〕 . The Act establishes a regulatory scheme with the following key elements - * a number of performance-based safety duties which apply to the broad range of parties who can affect bus safety outcomes〔Bus Safety Act 2009, Part 3.〕 * an accreditation scheme concentrating on key commercial bus industry operators and operators of local bus services〔Bus Safety Act 2009, Part 4.〕 * a registration scheme for operators of small buses (mini buses) and large non commercial buses * a broad range of sanctions and penalties〔The Bus Safety Act 2009 amended the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 in respect of these matters. See Part 7 of that Act.〕 * cost benefit protections against excessive action by the regulator which affect industry participants〔As with the Rail Safety Act 2006 before it, cost benefit protections are positioned as a key balancing element in the Bus Safety Act scheme and a guard against a "feral" regulator or a "gold plated" safety approach to safety requirements. The protection is contained in the Transport Integration Act 2010 - see section 175.〕 * alcohol and drug management controls on bus safety workers through a requirement for operators to develop and implement an alcohol and drug management policy〔Bus Safety Act 2009, Part 5.〕 * provision for the making of codes of practice to provide guidance on compliance to regulated rail industry parties.〔Bus Safety Act 2009, Part 7.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bus Safety Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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