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  <date date="2021-06-08" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Bus Safety</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Bus Safety</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="543" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Ms BEDFORD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Florey</electorate>
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          <question date="2021-06-08">
            <name>Bus Safety</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="543">Ms BEDFORD (Florey)</by> (11 May 2021).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Gibson</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
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          <question date="2021-06-08">
            <name>Bus Safety</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="20210608e317d57ac6034c74b0001233">
          <inserted>All seating onboard Adelaide Metro buses must be compliant with the relevant Australian Design Rules (ADRs) that apply to the buses. Only if the bus meets the relevant ADRs can compliance plates be fitted to the vehicle that allows for it to be registered and driven on public roads for revenue services. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Independent risk assessments undertaken on the buses have not highlighted any additional risks associated with the accessible seating in the event of an accident.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Further, there is a padded board between the accessible seats and the wheel arch for protection for occupants from the hard wheel arch.</inserted>
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