Passenger Transport Amendment (Accreditation Status and Validation of Actions) Act 2011 An Act to retrospectively amend the Passenger Transport Act 1997 and to validate certain actions taken under that Act [Royal Assent 15 December 2011] Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Passenger Transport Amendment (Accreditation Status and Validation of Actions) Act 2011 . 2. Commencement This Act is taken to have commenced on 27 June 2000. 3. Principal Act In this Act, the Passenger Transport Act 1997 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4. The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 . 5. The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 . 6. The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 . 7. The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 . 8. The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 . 9. Validation of actions (1) Any delegation in relation to any matter under the Principal Act made or purportedly made by the Transport Commission to any person is taken to have been validly made and executed. (2) Any action taken by a person to whom a delegation in relation to any matter under the Principal Act was made or purportedly made by the Transport Commission is deemed to have been validly taken. (3) Any action taken by a prescribed person under section 16P of the Principal Act, on and from 27 June 2000 until the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, in relation to the suspension or cancellation of the accreditation of an operator of a public passenger service or hire and drive service is deemed to have been authorised by the Transport Commission and validly taken. (4) No right of action arises and no legal proceedings may be taken in relation to any action referred to in subsection (2) or (3) taken by a person referred to in either of those subsections. (5) For the purposes of subsection (3) – hire and drive service has the same meaning as in the Principal Act; prescribed person means a person employed in the Department; public passenger service has the same meaning as in the Principal Act.