[dbaust] 2012 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport

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To: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:50:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Frank Hall-Bentick <fhallbentick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OZAdvocacy] 2012 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible 
Public Transport
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2012 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/2012.aspx


The 2012 Review
Part 34 of the Transport Standards requires the next review to commence in
2012. This review will be undertaken by the Department of Infrastructure and
Transport in consultation with the Accessible Public Transport
Jurisdictional Committee, the Accessible Public Transport National Advisory
Committee, the Aviation Access Working Group and the Attorney-General's
Department. The Department of Infrastructure and Transport will provide a
final written report for consideration by the Minister for Infrastructure
and Transport in consultation with the Attorney-General.
 
Terms of Reference
Scope
1. As required by Part 34 of the Transport Standards, the 2012 Review
will review the efficiency and effectiveness of the Transport Standards and
will:
* assess whether discrimination has been removed, as far as possible,
according to the requirements for compliance set out in Schedule 1 of the
Transport Standards; and
* advise on any necessary amendments to the Transport Standards.

2. A focus of the Review will be on:
* reporting public views of people with disability, and the community
generally, on progress towards achievement of targets set out in the
Transport Standards;
* assessing compliance with the requirements set out in Schedule 1 of
the Transport Standards, in particular those under Part 2 of Schedule 1; 
* identifying initiatives and actions with respect to removing
discrimination from public transport services undertaken by state and
territory governments since the 2007 Review; and
* assessing the progress of the implementation of the response to the
2007 Review.

The review's terms of reference are available for download.
* 2012 Terms of Reference [ RTF: 48 KB
<http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/files/Terms_
Of_Reference_2012.rtf> ] [ DOC: 26 KB
<http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/files/Terms_
Of_Reference_2012.doc> ] [ PDF: 19 KB
<http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/files/Terms_
Of_Reference_2012.pdf> ] [
<http://docreader.readspeaker.com/docreader/?cid=bqcrm&lang=en_au&url=http%3
a%2f%2fwww.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/files/Terms_O
f_Reference_2012.pdf> ] 

Issues Paper
To assist stakeholders in providing submissions, the Issues Paper will be
available for download after public release in the near future. 

Consultation Process
Details concerning the 2012 Review consultation process will be provided at
the time of the release of the Issues Paper.

Contact details
For information on the 2012 Review please contact the Department via the
Secretariat mailbox at
DisabilitiesTransportAccessSecretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Could all submissions please be lodged either electronically to the
Department of Infrastructure and Transport via the Secretariat mailbox
<mailto:DisabilitiesTransportAccessSecretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
or alternatively by surface mail to:
Transport Access Section
Road Safety and Transport Access Branch 
Department of Infrastructure and Transport
GPO Box 594
CANBERRA ACT 2601
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/2012.aspx 

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