Fines for Aggressive Behaviour at Bus Stops and Power for Police to Remove People
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Amendment Bill 2025
Introduced by: Chris Steel (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
People commit an offence if they behave in an aggressive or menacing way in a bus stop area; the maximum penalty is 10 penalty units.
People commit an offence if they unreasonably interfere with another person's safety in a bus stop area; the maximum penalty is 10 penalty units.
Police officers or authorised people can order a person to leave a bus stop area if they believe the person is committing an offence.
People commit a strict liability offence if they fail to comply with a direction to leave a bus stop area; the maximum penalty is 5 penalty units.
Police officers can physically remove a person from a bus stop area if they refuse to leave.
A bus stop area is defined as public unleased land within 20 metres of a bus stop sign.
The government can make further regulations to manage safety and police powers in and around bus stops.
People can be fined up to 10 penalty units for behaving in an aggressive or menacing way, or for interfering with someone else's safety, in a bus stop area.
A bus stop area is public unleased land within 20 metres of a bus stop sign.
Police officers or allowed officials can tell a person to leave a bus stop area if they believe the person is committing, or has just committed, a safety offence.
People can be fined up to 5 penalty units if they refuse to leave a bus stop area after being told to do so.
Police officers can forcibly remove a person from a bus stop area if they refuse to leave when told.
The government can now make further regulations about how people behave at bus stops and the powers of police to remove them for safety.