Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) (Exempt Areas) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2026.Part 2Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 20182Regulation amendedThis part amends the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2018.3Amendment of s 284 (Continued use of substitute vehicles during peak patronage periods)Section 284(1), ‘30 September 2026’—omit, insert—30 September 20294Replacement of sch 7 (Gold Coast light rail)Schedule 7—omit, insert—Schedule 7Gold Coast light railschedule 9, definition Gold Coast light rail, paragraph (a)Part 3Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 20095Regulation amendedThis part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009.6Amendment of s 353 (Prescribed offences for ch 5, pt 7 of the Act)Section 353(g), ‘211(f)’—omit, insert—211(1)(f)Part 4Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 20217Regulation amendedThis part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021.8Amendment of s 75 (Requirement for inspection certificate for disposal by owner)Section 75(2)(b)—omit, insert—

(b)a vehicle that has a garage address in an exempt area; or

9Amendment of s 76 (Requirement of dealer acting in disposal)Section 76(2)—omit, insert—(2)However, subsection (1) does not apply if the registered vehicle has a garage address in an exempt area.10Amendment of s 77 (Approved examiner may approve inspection certificate for particular vehicles)Section 77(3)—omit.11Amendment of sch 2 (Exempt areas)(1)Schedule 2, after item 1—insert—

1AThe area known as the Weipa Town Area, excluded from the Cook local government area under the agreement made under the Commonwealth Aluminium Corporation Pty. Limited Agreement Act 1957

(2)Schedule 2, item 2—omit, insert—

2A Queensland island—

(a)on which there is no AIS or, for a particular type of vehicle, no AIS approved to inspect that type of vehicle; and

(b)that is not connected to the mainland—

(i)directly by a bridge; or

(ii)by a bridge to another island that is connected directly or indirectly to the mainland by 1 or more bridges

(3)Schedule 2, item 5, ‘item 2, 3 or 4’—omit, insert—item 3, 4 or 5(4)Schedule 2, items 1A to 5—renumber as schedule 2, items 2 to 6.12Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary)(1)Schedule 4, definition exempt area—omit.(2)Schedule 4—insert—exempt area—

(a)means an area mentioned in schedule 2, item 1, 2 or 3; and

(b)for a vehicle that is not a COI vehicle—includes an area mentioned in schedule 2, item 4, 5 or 6.

garage address see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2021, section 5.