NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 192

11 DECEMBER 2008

Schedule 1

For avoidance of doubt, the busway includes:

• the dedicated dual lane between Constellation and Akoranga Bus Stations.
• the single southbound busway commencing at Akoranga Station that extends a distance of 2400 metres from the Esmonde Road Underpass to a point south of the Onewa Road Interchange where it merges with the motorway carriageway,
• the single southbound busway commencing on the Onewa Road Interchange that extends a distance of 500 metres before merging with the single southbound busway; and
• the links to and from State Highway 1 at the Albany and Constellation Stations.

3.16 "Operator" means a person who has control of the operation of a passenger service. For the avoidance of doubt, a driver is not an operator unless they also have control of the operation of the passenger service.

3.17 "Passenger service" has the same meaning as in the Land Transport Rule: Operator Licensing 2007.

3.18 "Public transport service" has the same meaning as in section 5 Land Transport Management Act 2003.

3.19 "Shoulder" means that sealed area on the extreme outside or verge of the left hand side of the motorway carriageway, such sealed area being physically defined by a continuous white line.

3.20 "Tour bus" means a heavy omnibus that is operated in accordance with clause 2.1(5) of Land Transport Rule: Work Time and Logbooks 2007.

3.21 "Use" has the same meaning as in the Traffic Regulations 1976.

3.22 "Vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Traffic Regulations 1976.

Applications for authorisation to use Northern Busway

4. An operator wishing to operate vehicles of a type listed below on the Northern Busway must make an application for authorisation to the Agency in accordance with clause 5:

4.1 Heavy omnibuses engaged in a scheduled service, special event service, charter bus service, tour bus service or inter-regional bus service; or

4.2 Airport shuttles.

Content of application for authorisation

5. An application for authorisation to operate vehicles of the types listed in clause 4 above must:

5.1 be on the form provided by the Agency for authorisation to operate vehicles on the Northern Busway.

5.2 detail the number and type of vehicles that will use the Northern Busway and the schedule of services (where appropriate), time or times when those vehicles will use the Northern Busway.

5.3 provide details of the emergency procedures that are to be followed in the event such that a vehicle breaks down on the Northern Busway. Those procedures must be approved by the Agency. The emergency procedures must appoint a breakdown vehicle company and an appropriate haulage company that will attend the breakdown and/or tow the disabled vehicle and provide for the attendance of those vehicles at the site of the breakdown within 30 minutes of a vehicle breaking down. In the event that the hours of operation of any appointed breakdown vehicle company or haulage company are limited, the operator must not operate a vehicle on the Northern Busway outside of those hours of operation.

5.4 detail the method of communication between the drivers of the vehicle and the Busway Operations Centre.

Authorisation conditions

6. An operator wishing to operate heavy omnibuses on the Northern Busway must comply with any conditions attached to the authorisation given under clause 9.

7. The Agency may impose conditions relating to the following matters:

7.1 The emergency procedures that are approved by the Agency.

7.2 The method of communication between the driver of the authorised vehicle and the Busway Operations Centre.

7.3 The maximum number of vehicles that may use the Northern Busway at any given time or times (including during peak and off-peak times) or on different days of the week.

7.4 Prioritisation of the different types of vehicles that may be authorised to use the Northern Busway in accordance with the hierarchy in clause 8.

7.5 Any other conditions necessary to ensure safe and efficient operation of the Northern Busway and in particular to manage the finite capacity of vehicles on the Northern Busway including managing merging with traffic on the approaches to the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Prioritisation of use

8.1 The use of the Northern Busway will be prioritised in accordance with the hierarchy in clause 8.2 below, taking into account the capacity constraints of the Northern Busway, including that caused by the merging of vehicles using the Northern Busway into the traffic lanes approaching the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

8.2 The priority accorded to vehicles to be given authorisation to use the Northern Busway will be as follows:

(a) First priority: Scheduled heavy omnibus services.

(b) Second priority: Other services being:

(i) special event heavy omnibus services;

(ii) airport shuttles;

(iii) charter buses (other than special event heavy omnibus services);

(iv) tour buses; and