Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part VI · Accidents, Inquiries and Investigations
156. Publication of notice of inquiry
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Director General of Land Public Transport
“Director General of Land Public Transport” means the Director General in charge of land public transport;
Land Public Transport shall publish, in any manner it deems appropriate, a notice of the following matters:
the fact that it is holding the inquiry;
the period during which the inquiry is to be held;
the nature of the matter to which the inquiry relates;
the period of at least forty-five days within which, and the form in which, members of the public are invited to make submissions to the Director General of Land Public
Transport about that matter;
the matters that the Director General of Land Public
Transport would like such submissions to deal with; and
the address or addresses to which submissions may be sent.
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The Director General of Land Public Transport is not required to publish a notice of all matters referred to in subsection (1) at the same time or in the same manner.
The Director General of Land Public Transport shall consider any submission received within the period specified in the notice.
The submissions made by members of the public shall be in the form and nature as specified in the notice.