{"id":"sl-2002-3","name":"Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002","slug":"road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"3 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173789,"registerId":"act-sl-2002-3-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dictionary","content":"3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary defines certain terms, and includes references (signpost\ndefinitions) to other terms defined elsewhere in this regulation or in other\nlegislation.\nFor example, the signpost definition ‘road transport legislation—see the\nRoad Transport (General) Act 1999, section 6.’ means the term ‘road\ntransport legislation’ is defined in that section and the definition applies\nto this regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to\nthe entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the\nregulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears\n(see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notes","content":"4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n\nPreliminary Chapter 1\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences against regulation—application of Criminal","content":"4A Offences against regulation—application of Criminal\nCode etc\nOther legislation applies in relation to offences against this\nregulation.\nNote 1 Criminal Code\nThe Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to the following offences against this\nregulation (see Code, pt 2.1):\n• s 15 (Holder of conditional accreditation to comply with conditions)\n• s 17 (Production of certificate of accreditation)\n• s 18A (Recovery of lost or stolen certificate of accreditation)\n• s 20C (Regulated service must comply with service standards)\n• s 23 (Notification of changes to bus fleet)\n• s 24 (Notifiable incidents involving buses)\n• s 26 (Bus drivers to hold appropriate driver licence or authority)\n• s 27 (Records of bus drivers etc to be maintained by accredited\noperator)\n• s 27A (Accredited operator to tell road transport authority about\nrecords of bus drivers etc)\n• s 27B (Road transport authority to share information about bus\ndrivers)\n• s 31 (Signs about security cameras in buses)\n• s 32 (Bus operator’s responsibilities for security camera recordings)\n• s 34 (Effect of noncompliance notices—bus operators)\n• s 37 (Maximum number of passengers in buses)\n• s 38 (Lost property in bus)\n• s 39 (Passengers not to be carried in certain parts of a bus)\n• s 45 (Effect of noncompliance notices—bus drivers)\n• a provision of pt 3.2 (Bus tickets)\n• a provision of pt 3.3 (Bus passengers and people in bus stop areas)\n• a provision of ch 3AA (Light rail services)\n• a provision of pt 3A.1 (Transport booking services)\n• a provision of div 3A.2.1 (Independent taxi service operators)\n\n• a provision of div 3A.2.2 (Taxi licences)\n• s 94 (Taxi service operator—must tell authority about affiliation)\n• s 95 (Taxis to be fitted with complying taximeters)\n• s 97 (Taxi service operator—drivers to be licensed and skilled)\n• s 99 (Records of taxi drivers etc to be maintained by accredited\noperator)\n• s 101A (Wheelchair-accessible taxi operator to have equipment and\narrangements with WTBS)\n• s 101B (Wheelchair-accessible taxi operator—WTBS’s approved\nprocedures and rules)\n• s 107 (Taxi must have identifying signs and livery)\n• s 114 (Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—special responsibilities)\n• s 115 (Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—connection to WTBS)\n• s 116 (Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—WTBS’s procedures and\nrules)\n• s 143 (Driver not to start taximeter before hiring begins)\n• s 143A (When driver must start taximeter)\n• s 143B (Operation of taximeter during hiring)\n• s 143C (Operation of taximeter at end of hiring)\n• s 144 (Driver to ask for correct fare)\n• s 144A (Payment of taxi fare)\n• s 144B (Payment under taxi subsidy scheme)\n• a provision of pt 3A.3 (Ridesharing)\n• a provision of pt 3A.4 (Hire cars)\n• a provision of pt 3A.5 (Bookable vehicles generally)\n• a provision of ch 6 (Demand responsive services)\n• a provision of ch 7 (Driver authority cards)\n• a provision of ch 8 (Disciplinary action).\nThe chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility\n(including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used\nfor offences to which the Code applies (eg conduct, intention,\nrecklessness and strict liability).\n\nPreliminary Chapter 1\nNote 2 Penalty units\nThe Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties\nthat are expressed in penalty units.\n\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of regulated service","content":"4B Meaning of regulated service\nregulated service means—\n(a) a bus service; or\n(b) a transport booking service; or\n(c) a taxi service; or\n(d) a ridesharing service; or\n(e) a hire car service; or\n(f) a restricted hire car service; or\n(g) a demand responsive service.\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accreditations that may be approved","content":"5 Accreditations that may be approved\n(1) The road transport authority may accredit people to operate the\nfollowing kinds of bus services:\n(a) regular route services;\n(b) tour and charter services.\n(2) The road transport authority may accredit people to operate transport\nbooking services.\n(3) The road transport authority may accredit people to operate taxi\nservices.\n(4) The road transport authority may accredit people to operate\nridesharing services.\n(5) The road transport authority may accredit people to operate the\nfollowing kinds of hire car services:\n(a) a hire car service (other than a restricted hire car service);\n(b) a restricted hire car service.\n(6) The road transport authority may accredit people to operate a DRS.\n\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of relevant person for accreditation and","content":"6B Meaning of relevant person for accreditation and\napplications for accreditation\nrelevant person, in relation to an application for accreditation\n(including renewal) by a person or an accreditation held by a person,\n(a) if the person is an individual––the person and anyone who is\nconcerned with, or takes part in, the management of the\nregulated service to which the application or accreditation\nrelates; or\n(b) if the person is a corporation—each executive officer of the\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application procedure for accreditation","content":"7 Application procedure for accreditation\n(1) A person (the applicant) may apply to the road transport authority for\naccreditation (including renewal) to operate a particular kind of\nregulated service.\n(b) state—\n(i) the applicant’s full name; and\n(ii) the kind of accreditation for the application; and\n(iii) an Australian address for service of notices; and\n(c) for an application for accreditation to operate a transport\nbooking service—include contact details for a person who will\nbe available at any time to deal with matters regarding the\n\n(d) include a police certificate for each relevant person, dated not\nearlier than 6 months before the date of the application.\npolice certificate, for a person, means a written statement by the\nAustralian Federal Police or the Australian Criminal Intelligence\nCommission indicating—\n(a) whether, according to the records held by the Australian Federal\nPolice or the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the\nperson has been charged with, or convicted of, an offence\nagainst a law of—\n(i) the Territory; or\n(ii) the Commonwealth; or\n(iii) a State; or\n(iv) another country; and\n(b) if so—particulars of each offence.\nNote A conviction does not include a spent conviction or an extinguished\nconviction (see Spent Convictions Act 2000, s 16 (c) (i) and\ns 19H (1) (c) (i)).\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mandatory refusal of accreditation","content":"8 Mandatory refusal of accreditation\n(1) The road transport authority must refuse an application for\naccreditation (including renewal) if—\n(a) if the applicant is an individual—the applicant is not—\nperson to work carrying out the regulated service to which\nthe application relates; or\n(b) the authority believes on reasonable grounds that the applicant\nis not a suitable person to operate the regulated service to which\nthe application relates.\n(2) The matters to which the road transport authority may have regard in\ndeciding whether the applicant is a suitable person include—\n(a) the knowledge and experience of the relevant people in relation\nto the operation of a regulated service of the kind and size to\nwhich the application relates; and\n(b) whether a relevant person has been convicted or found guilty of\nan offence that the road transport authority considers is relevant\nto the application; and\nNote The road transport authority must comply with any guidelines\napproved by the Minister under s 19A (Accreditation guidelines—\nrelevant offences).\n(c) for an application for accreditation to operate a regulated service\n(other than a restricted hire car service)—whether a relevant\nperson is or has been an executive officer of a corporation that\nis or has been placed in administration or liquidation or wound\nup under an Australian or foreign law.\n\n(3) However, the applicant is not a suitable person to operate the\nregulated service to which the application relates if—\n(a) a relevant person is disqualified under chapter 8 (Disciplinary\naction) from holding or applying for the accreditation; or\n(b) for an application for a kind of accreditation for which\neducational qualifications have been approved by the road\ntransport authority under section 19—at least 1 relevant person\ndoes not hold the approved educational qualifications; or\n(c) the applicant is a corporation and—\n(i) a receiver or receiver and manager within the meaning of\nthe Corporations Act has been appointed in relation to the\napplicant; or\n(ii) a court has made an order under the Corporations Act for\nthe winding-up of the applicant; or\n(d) for an application for accreditation to operate a regulated service\n(other than a restricted hire car service)—\n(i) a relevant person is an undischarged bankrupt under an\nAustralian or foreign law; or\n(ii) a relevant person is disqualified (however described) from\nmanaging a corporation under an Australian or foreign law\n(including, for example, the Corporations Act, part 2D.6\n(Disqualification from managing corporations)); or\n(iii) a relevant person has been convicted or found guilty of an\noffence against the Corporations Act, section 209 (3)\n(which is about a public company giving financial benefits\nto a related party) or part 5.8 (which relates to companies\nunder external administration etc); or\n\n(iv) a relevant person has been convicted or found guilty of an\noffence against another Australian law or a foreign law that\ncorresponds to a provision mentioned in paragraph (iii).\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Discretionary refusal of accreditation","content":"9 Discretionary refusal of accreditation\n(1) The road transport authority may refuse an application for\naccreditation (including renewal) if the authority believes on\nreasonable grounds that—\n(a) a relevant person has failed to comply with a requirement of the\nAct relating to the application; or\n(b) the person has contravened a service standard for the operation\nof the regulated service for the accreditation; or\n(c) the applicant has contravened a condition of the person’s\naccreditation; or\n(d) a relevant person has contravened any other provision of the\nAct; or\n(e) the applicant has not maintained a public passenger vehicle\npolicy under the Act, section 111 (Public passenger vehicle\ninsurance compulsory) for a public passenger vehicle operated\nby the person.\nmade or in force under the Act, including any regulation and service\nstandards (see Legislation Act, s 104).\n(2) The road transport authority may also refuse an application for\naccreditation (including renewal) if another accreditation held by the\nperson is suspended under chapter 8 (Disciplinary action).\n\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue or amendment of accreditation subject to","content":"10 Issue or amendment of accreditation subject to\n(1) An accreditation may be issued or renewed subject to a condition\nimposed by the road transport authority.\n(2) An accreditation may be amended by the road transport authority to\nimpose a condition to which the accreditation is to be subject or to\namend or revoke a condition to which the accreditation is already\nsubject.\napplicant for, or the holder of, an accreditation; and\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accredited people—procedure for imposition etc of","content":"11 Accredited people—procedure for imposition etc of\n(1) This section applies to a person if the road transport authority\nproposes, on its own initiative, to take action under section 10 (2) to\namend an accreditation held by the person to impose, amend or\nrevoke a condition (the proposed action).\n(2) The road transport authority must give the accredited person a written\nnotice stating—\n(b) if the proposed action is to impose a condition to which the\naccreditation is to be subject—the proposed condition; and\n(c) if the proposed action is to amend a condition to which the\naccreditation is subject—the proposed condition as amended;\nand\n\n(d) if the proposed action is to impose or amend a condition—the\ngrounds for the proposed action; and\n(e) if appropriate, any action that must be taken by the person to\navoid or reverse the proposed action; and\n(3) The notice may, but need not, provide an opportunity for the person\nto make representations about why the proposed action should not be\ntaken.\ngiven to the person.\n(5) This section does not affect the taking of action under chapter 8\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accreditation and certificates of accreditation","content":"12 Accreditation and certificates of accreditation\n(1) If the road transport authority accredits a person to operate a regulated\nservice, the authority must give the person a certificate of\naccreditation.\n(2) The certificate of accreditation must show—\n(a) the accreditation number allocated to the person; and\n(b) the person’s full name; and\n(c) the kind of accreditation; and\n(d) the expiry date of the accreditation.\n(3) The certificate of accreditation may also show any additional\ninformation that the authority considers appropriate.\n\n(4) The maximum period for which the road transport authority may\naccredit a person (or renew an accreditation) to operate a regulated\nservice is 6 years.\n(5) An accreditation is not transferable.\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of change in details of accreditation or","content":"14 Notification of change in details of accreditation or\noperation of regulated service\n(a) particulars set out in an application for accreditation (including\nfor the renewal of an accreditation) or other documents given to\nthe road transport authority for the application, or the particulars\nshown in the certificate of accreditation, become (or are about\nto become) inaccurate or inapplicable because of a change in\ncircumstances; or\n(b) the operation of a regulated service is changed in a way that may\nhave an adverse effect on the provision of a safe, reliable and\nefficient regulated service by an accredited person.\nExamples for par (a)—changes of circumstances\n1 A change in a relevant person for an accredited person.\n2 A relevant person is disqualified from managing a corporation under the\nCorporations Act, pt 2D.6.\n3 An accredited entity or a relevant person is declared bankrupt.\n4 An entity no longer has a relevant person who has the relevant approved\neducational qualifications.\n5 A change of business address.\n6 A change of address for service of notices.\n\n(2) The accredited person must give the road transport authority written\nnotice of the change as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after\nthe change and, if the change relates to the certificate of accreditation,\nreturn the certificate to the authority.\n(3) If the change relates to the certificate of accreditation and the\ncertificate is returned to the road transport authority, the authority\nmust amend the certificate or issue another certificate for the\nremainder of the period of the certificate that it replaces.\n(4) The road transport authority may require a person who becomes a\nrelevant person for an accredited person after the authority gives the\naccreditation to—\n(a) comply with section 7 (1) (c) (which is about a criminal records\ncheck); and\n(b) provide any other information that the authority reasonably\nrequires to decide whether, because of the change of\ncircumstances, the accredited person ceases to be a suitable\nperson to be accredited.\n(5) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement under\nsubsection (4).\n(6) An offence against subsection (5) is a strict liability offence.\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Holder of conditional accreditation to comply with","content":"15 Holder of conditional accreditation to comply with\n(a) the person holds an accreditation; and\n(b) the accreditation is subject to a condition; and\n\n(c) the person does not comply with the condition.\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Replacement of certificate of accreditation","content":"16 Replacement of certificate of accreditation\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement certificate of\naccreditation to the holder of the accreditation if satisfied that the\ncertificate of accreditation has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n(2) For subsection (1), the road transport authority may require the holder\nof the accreditation to give the authority a statement verifying that the\ncertificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Production of certificate of accreditation","content":"17 Production of certificate of accreditation\n(a) the person is accredited for a particular kind of regulated service;\nand\n(b) a police officer or authorised person asks to see the person’s\ncertificate of accreditation for the service; and\n(c) the person fails to produce the certificate of accreditation for\ninspection—\n(i) by the police officer or authorised person; or\n(ii) within 3 days at the place directed by the police officer or\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Surrender of accreditation","content":"18 Surrender of accreditation\n(1) An accredited person may apply to the road transport authority to\nsurrender an accreditation held by the person.\n(2) The application may be made personally by the person or by an agent\nwho produces written evidence of the person’s appointment as agent.\n(a) return the person’s certificate of accreditation to the road\ntransport authority; or\n(b) if the certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed—give the\nauthority a statement verifying that the certificate has been lost,\n(4) If the person complies with this section, the road transport authority\nsuspend or cancel the person’s accreditation.\n(5) However, if the person is accredited to operate regular route services,\nthe road transport authority may approve the application only if each\nservice contract held by the person has expired or been terminated in\naccordance with the contract.\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"18A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recovery of lost or stolen certificate of accreditation","content":"18A Recovery of lost or stolen certificate of accreditation\n(1) This section applies to a person who is or was an accredited person if\nthe person has told the road transport authority that the person’s\ncertificate of accreditation has been lost or stolen.\n\n(2) If the person recovers the lost or stolen certificate, the person must,\nas soon as practicable (but within 14 days) after the day the person\nrecovers the certificate—\n(a) tell the road transport authority about the recovery of the\ncertificate; and\n(b) give the certificate to the authority.\n(3) Subsection (2) (b) does not apply to the person if the road transport\nauthority tells the person that the certificate need not be given to the\nauthority.\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approval of educational qualifications","content":"19 Approval of educational qualifications\n(1) The road transport authority may approve educational qualifications\nfor a kind of accreditation (approved educational qualifications).\n(2) An approval of educational qualifications is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"19A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accreditation guidelines—relevant offences","content":"19A Accreditation guidelines—relevant offences\n(1) The Minister may approve guidelines about the exercise of the road\ntransport authority’s functions under section 8 (2) (b) (Mandatory\nrefusal of accreditation).\n(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the guidelines may make provision\nabout—\n(a) the offences that are relevant in relation to an application for\naccreditation to operate a regulated service; and\n(b) the matters or circumstances that may or must be considered, in\ndeciding whether—\n(i) an application for accreditation may or must be refused; or\n\n(ii) action may or must be taken under chapter 8 (Disciplinary\naction) in relation to an accreditation.\nExamples for par (b)\n1 whether a person has been convicted for a single offence or multiple\noffences and the nature and seriousness of the offence\n2 the age of the person when the offence was committed\n3 the time elapsed since the offence was committed\n(3) The road transport authority must comply with any guidelines\napproved under this section.\n(4) Approved guidelines are a disallowable instrument.\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Operator training","content":"20 Operator training\nThe road transport authority may, by written notice, direct an\naccredited person to undertake, within a stated reasonable time, stated\ntraining about the operation of the public passenger service or\ntransport booking service for which the person is accredited.\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"20A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tour and charter services from interstate—Act,","content":"20A Tour and charter services from interstate—Act,\ns 128 (1) (a)\nA person who operates tour and charter services is exempt from the\nAct, section 20 (2) (Unaccredited operators not to operate certain bus\nservices) in relation to a particular tour and charter service (the ACT\ntour) that is operated partly within the ACT if—\n(a) the ACT tour begins and ends outside the ACT; and\n(b) each passenger on the tour engages with the operator (or an\nengagement is made with the operator on the passenger’s behalf)\nfor the passenger’s journey to begin and end outside the ACT;\nand\n\n(c) the person is authorised to operate the ACT tour under the law\nof another jurisdiction.\nNote The Act, s 20 (2) would otherwise require the tour and charter service\noperator to be accredited under this regulation for the operation of the\nACT tour.\n\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"20B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Service standards for regulated services","content":"20B Service standards for regulated services\n(1) The road transport authority may make service standards for a\nregulated service (the service standards).\n(2) Service standards for a regulated service may include standards\nabout—\n(a) the matters mentioned in schedule 1 for the regulated service;\nand\n(b) anything else about the safe, reliable or efficient provision of the\nregulated service; and\n(c) monitoring an accredited operator’s compliance with the service\nstandards, including, for example—\n(i) the making, management and auditing (including\nperformance auditing) of records and systems required to\nbe kept under the Act; and\n(ii) reporting requirements; and\n(d) anything else the authority considers appropriate.\nNote Power to make a statutory instrument includes power to make different\nprovision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters,\nand to make an instrument that applies differently by reference to stated\nexceptions or factors (see Legislation Act, s 48).\n(3) A service standard is a disallowable instrument.\n\nService standards Part 2.4\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"20C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulated service must comply with service standards","content":"20C Regulated service must comply with service standards\n(a) operates a regulated service; and\n(b) fails to comply with a service standard for the regulated service\nthat applies to the person.\n(a) the person holds a licence to use a vehicle for a regulated\n(b) the vehicle is used to operate a regulated service; and\n(c) the vehicle fails to comply with a service standard for the\nregulated service.\n\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maintenance of buses","content":"21 Maintenance of buses\n(1) The accredited operator of a bus must not use the vehicle, or allow\nsomeone else to use the vehicle, to operate a bus service if the vehicle\nhas not been serviced and maintained in accordance with the vehicle\nmanufacturer’s maintenance standards (however described) relating\nto the vehicle.\n(2) The accredited operator of a bus must not use the vehicle, or allow\nsomeone else to use the vehicle, to operate a bus service if—\n(a) the vehicle does not comply with the applicable vehicle\nstandards for the vehicle; or\n(b) the use of the vehicle by the accredited operator or other person\nwould contravene the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nAct 1999.\nExample for par (b)\nThe vehicle must be maintained in a condition that enables it to be driven safely\n(see Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000, s 107 (2)).\n\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fleet and maintenance records for buses to be made","content":"22 Fleet and maintenance records for buses to be made\n(1) The accredited operator of a bus service must make a written record\nof the following particulars for each bus used to operate the service:\n(a) the make, model and year of manufacture of the bus;\n(b) the registration number of the bus;\n(c) the insurance policies, and the expiry date of the policies, that\napply in relation to the operation of the bus;\n(d) the maximum number of seated and standing passengers that\nmay be carried on the bus in accordance with section 37\n(Maximum number of passengers in buses);\n(e) the date the bus was first used by the operator to operate the bus\nservice and (if applicable) the date the bus ceased to be used by\nthe operator to operate the bus service;\n(f) the inspections of the bus for compliance with section 21\n(Maintenance of buses);\n(g) any defects that affect the roadworthiness or safe operation of\nthe bus;\n(h) the cleaning, servicing, maintenance and repair of the bus and\nany other work done to the bus;\n(i) a notifiable incident that is caused by, or arises out of the use of,\nthe bus;\n(j) any other accidents or incidents—\n(i) in which damage to property is caused by, or arises out of\nthe use of, the bus; or\n(ii) that significantly affect the operation of the bus service.\n\n(2) The accredited operator of a bus service must not fail to comply with\nnotifiable incident means an accident or other incident in which the\ndeath of, or bodily injury to, a person is caused by, or arises out of the\nuse of, a bus used to operate the bus service.\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of changes to bus fleet","content":"23 Notification of changes to bus fleet\n(1) This section applies to an accredited operator of a bus service who\nacquires (including under a lease) a bus to operate the bus service.\n(2) The accredited operator must, as soon as practicable (but no later than\n7 days after the day the bus is acquired), give the road transport\nauthority written notice of the matters mentioned in section 22 (1) (a)\nto (d).\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notifiable incidents involving buses","content":"24 Notifiable incidents involving buses\n(1) The accredited operator of a bus service must, as soon as practicable\n(but within 24 hours) after a notifiable incident, give the road\ntransport authority written notice of the time and date when, and the\nplace where, the incident happened.\n\n(2) The accredited operator of a bus service must, as soon as practicable\n(but no later than 5 days after the day of a notifiable incident), give\nthe road transport authority written notice of the following\ninformation:\n(a) the make, model and registration number of the bus involved in\nthe incident;\n(b) the full name and home address of the driver of the bus involved\nin the incident;\n(c) the circumstances of the incident;\n(d) the name and address of anyone killed or injured in the incident;\n(e) for an injured person—the kind of injuries received by the\n(3) The accredited operator of a bus service must give the road transport\nauthority written notice of any incident (other than a notifiable\nincident) that—\n(a) relates to a bus; and\n(b) significantly affects the operation of the bus service.\nnotifiable incident—see section 22 (4).\n\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Condition of buses","content":"25 Condition of buses\n(1) The accredited operator of a bus service must ensure that, while a bus\nis being used to operate the service, its interior, exterior and fittings\nare clean and undamaged and that its fittings are properly fitted and\nsecurely in place.\nexterior, of a bus, includes the body, door panels, bumper bars, trim\nand wheels of the bus.\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bus drivers to hold appropriate driver licence or authority","content":"26 Bus drivers to hold appropriate driver licence or authority\n(1) The accredited operator of a bus service must ensure that a person\nwho drives a vehicle to operate the service is—\n(a) the holder of a public vehicle licence authorising the person to\ndrive the vehicle for hire or reward; or\n(b) exempt from holding a public vehicle licence under the Road\nNote 1 A person does not hold a public vehicle licence if the public vehicle\nlicence has been suspended or cancelled under the road transport\nlegislation or any other territory law.\n\nNote 2 The Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, s 94A (4)\nprovides that a person ceases to be exempt from holding a public vehicle\nlicence if—\n(a) an automatic disqualifying circumstance applies to the person (see\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, s 91); or\n(b) the person is disqualified by the road transport authority from\ndriving a vehicle on a road or road related area (in the ACT) under\nthat regulation, s 103.\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Records of bus drivers etc to be maintained by","content":"27 Records of bus drivers etc to be maintained by\naccredited operator\n(a) is an accredited operator of a bus service; and\n(b) fails to—\n(i) keep a bus driver record for each bus driver for the service;\nor\n(ii) take reasonable steps to ensure each bus driver record is\nkept up-to-date.\n(a) the person is an accredited operator of a bus service; and\n(b) the person has a written record under subsection (1) of a bus\ndriver; and\n(c) the bus driver was the holder of a public vehicle licence\nauthorising the bus driver to drive a bus for hire or reward; and\n(d) the bus driver’s public vehicle licence is suspended or cancelled;\nand\n\n(e) the person fails to make a written record of the following for the\nbus driver:\n(i) the suspension or cancellation of the bus driver’s licence;\n(iii) if the licence was suspended—when the suspension ends.\n(a) the person is an accredited operator of a bus service; and\n(b) the person has a written record under subsection (1) of a bus\ndriver; and\n(c) the bus driver was exempt from holding a public vehicle licence\nsection 94A; and\n(d) the bus driver is no longer exempt from holding a public vehicle\n(e) the person fails to record for the bus driver that the bus driver is\nno longer exempt from holding a public vehicle licence.\nbus driver record means a record of the following details for a person\nwho is a bus driver:\n(a) the person’s full name, home address and date of birth;\n(b) the person’s prescribed driver authority information;\n(c) the days and times when a bus was driven by the person.\n\n","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"27A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accredited operator to tell road transport authority about","content":"27A Accredited operator to tell road transport authority about\nrecords of bus drivers etc\n(1) The accredited operator of a bus service must, for each person for\nwhom the accredited operator has a record under section 27 (1), tell\nthe road transport authority about the following:\ndriver authority information since the accredited operator last\n(d) if the person no longer drives a bus for the accredited operator—\nthat the person no longer drives a bus for the accredited operator.\n(2) The accredited operator of a bus service must not fail to comply with\n","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"27B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Road transport authority to share information about bus","content":"27B Road transport authority to share information about bus\n(a) the accredited operator of a bus service has a record for a person\nunder section 27 (1); and\n(b) the accredited operator has told the road transport authority\nabout the person under section 27A (1).\n\n(2) The road transport authority must tell the accredited operator about\nthe following for the person:\nauthorising the person to drive a bus for hire or reward but the\nperson’s licence has been suspended or cancelled—\n","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Keeping and inspection etc of records about buses","content":"28 Keeping and inspection etc of records about buses\n(1) A person who is or has been the accredited operator of a bus service\nmust—\n\n(4) The road transport authority, police officer or authorised person may\ntake copies of any record produced or provided under subsection (1)\n(b) or (c).\n(5) This section does not apply to a recording made by a security camera\nin a bus.\nNote For the keeping and destruction of security camera recordings, see\ns 32 (2).\n","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Display of notice on bus about maximum number of","content":"29 Display of notice on bus about maximum number of\n(1) The accredited operator of a single-decker bus used to operate a bus\nservice must display in a conspicuous position at the rear of the bus a\nstatement, in legible text at least 25mm high, of the maximum number\nof seated, and the maximum number of standing, passengers the bus\nis permitted to carry.\n(2) The accredited operator of a double-decker bus used to operate a bus\nservice must display in a conspicuous position at the rear of the bus a\nstatement, in legible text at least 25mm high, of—\n(a) the maximum number of seated passengers the bus is permitted\nto carry on each deck of the bus; and\n(b) the maximum number of standing passengers the bus is\npermitted to carry on the lower deck of the bus.\n\npermitted to be carried—the number of passengers permitted to be\ncarried in a particular way in a bus—see section 37 (4).\n","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accreditation details to be displayed on buses","content":"30 Accreditation details to be displayed on buses\n(1) The accredited operator of a bus used to operate a bus service must\ndisplay on the bus in a position approved by the road transport\nauthority a statement, in legible text at least 50mm high, of the name\nin which the accreditation is held and the accreditation number\nallocated to the operator by the authority.\n(2) An approval is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Signs about security cameras in buses","content":"31 Signs about security cameras in buses\n(i) there is a sign inside the bus stating that people may be\nunder video surveillance while in the bus; and\n(ii) the sign is located in a place that can be easily seen by\nanyone who may be under video surveillance.\n\n","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bus operator’s responsibilities for security camera","content":"32 Bus operator’s responsibilities for security camera\nrecordings\n(d) a police officer or the road transport authority asks for the\nrecording; and\n(e) the person fails to give the recording to the police officer or the\nroad transport authority.\n(d) neither a police officer or the road transport authority asks for\nthe recording; and\n(e) the person fails to—\n(i) keep the recording for 30 days after the day it is made; or\n(ii) destroy the recording within a reasonable time after the end\nof the 30-day period.\nNote The accredited operator must also comply with any standards about\nsecurity cameras in buses, see s 68 (5).\n\n(d) the person fails to maintain equipment that can display the\nrecording.\nNote The accredited operator may also have to comply with the\nAustralian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) or the\nTerritory privacy principles under the Information Privacy Act 2014\nabout the collection, storage, use and disclosure of the recordings.\n","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of noncompliance notices—bus operators","content":"34 Effect of noncompliance notices—bus operators\n(1) This section applies to the accredited operator of a bus if a\nnoncompliance notice under the Act, section 120 (Attachment and\nremoval of noncompliance notices) has been attached to the vehicle.\n(2) The accredited operator commits an offence if the notice is attached\nto the vehicle and the accredited operator uses, or allows someone\nelse to use, the vehicle to operate a bus service after the time of effect\nof the notice.\nNote 1 For the time of effect, see the Act, section 120 (2) (b).\nAct, section 120 (4)).\n\n(3) The accredited operator commits an offence if—\n(a) the accredited operator uses, or allows someone else to use, the\nvehicle to operate a bus service after the time of effect of the\nnotice; and\n(b) the accredited operator knows the notice has been removed\notherwise than in accordance with the Act, section 120.\n(4) This section does not apply to the accredited operator if a police\nofficer or authorised person has directed under the Act, section 120\nthat the notice be taken to have been removed.\n(5) Strict liability applies to subsection (2) and (3) (a).\n","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirements about bus drivers stopping for passengers","content":"35 Requirements about bus drivers stopping for passengers\n(1) A bus driver must stop the bus and drop off a passenger at a bus stop\nif the passenger indicates to the driver that the passenger wishes to\nget off the bus at the bus stop.\n(2) A bus driver must stop the bus and pick up a person at a bus stop if\nthe person indicates to the driver that the person wishes to get on the\nbus at the bus stop.\n(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), the bus driver may refuse to stop the\nbus or pick up a person if—\n(a) the driver would contravene section 37 (Maximum number of\npassengers in buses) or section 53 (Inconvenient or dangerous\nitems in bus) if the driver picked up the person; or\n\n(b) the person is a person mentioned in section 66C (1) (b), (c) or\n(d).\n(4) This section does not, by implication, require a bus driver to pick up\nand drop off passengers only at bus stops.\n","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"36","sectionType":"section","heading":"Where bus drivers must stop on a road","content":"36 Where bus drivers must stop on a road\n(1) If a bus driver stops on a road to drop off or pick up a passenger, the\ndriver must stop parallel to, and as close as practicable to, the side of\nthe road.\n","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"37","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maximum number of passengers in buses","content":"37 Maximum number of passengers in buses\n(a) the person is the accredited operator of a single-decker bus; and\n(b) the bus carries more passengers—\n(i) seated than the number of passengers permitted to be\ncarried seated in the bus; or\n(ii) standing than the number of passengers permitted to be\ncarried standing in the bus; or\n(iii) whether seated or standing, than the total number of\npassengers permitted to be carried in the bus.\n(a) the person is the accredited operator of a double-decker bus; and\n\n(b) the bus carries more passengers—\n(i) seated on a deck of the bus than the number of passengers\npermitted to be carried seated on the deck of the bus; or\n(ii) standing on the lower deck of the bus than the number of\npassengers permitted to be carried standing in the bus; or\n(iii) whether seated or standing than the total number of\npassengers permitted to be carried in the bus.\nNote Passengers are not allowed to stand on the upper deck of a double-decker\nbus, see s 39 (2) (d).\n(4) In this section, the number of passengers permitted to be carried in a\nparticular way in a bus means the number of passengers—\n(a) stated in a certificate issued by the manufacturer of the bus as\nthe appropriate number of passengers to be carried in that way;\nor\n(b) if the road transport authority approved another number of\npassengers to be carried in a particular way—approved to be\ncarried in that way by the road transport authority.\n","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"38","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lost property in bus","content":"38 Lost property in bus\n(a) is the accredited operator of a bus used to operate a bus service;\nand\n(b) does not ensure that each item of lost property found in the bus\nis—\n(i) given to its owner; or\n\n(ii) if the owner cannot be identified—\n(A) held for a reasonable time at an office of the operator;\nand\n(B) made available for collection by the owner during\nordinary business hours.\n","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"39","sectionType":"section","heading":"Passengers not to be carried in certain parts of a bus","content":"39 Passengers not to be carried in certain parts of a bus\n(1) A bus driver must not allow a passenger—\n(a) to enter the driver’s compartment (if any) of the bus; or\n(b) to occupy the driver’s seat or a part of the driver’s seat.\n(2) A bus driver must not, while the bus is moving, allow a passenger—\n(a) in a part of the bus not designed to carry passengers; or\n(b) in a part of the bus beside or in front of the driver’s seat; or\n(c) to travel in a part of the bus other than in the way for which that\npart of the bus is designed; or\n(d) if the bus is a double-decker—to stand on the upper deck of the\nbus.\nExample—par (c)\n\n(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the parts of a bus not designed to\ncarry passengers include—\n(a) the roof, steps, footboard and exterior surfaces of the vehicle;\nand\n(b) if the bus is a double-decker—the stairs to the upper deck.\n","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"45","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of noncompliance notices—bus drivers","content":"45 Effect of noncompliance notices—bus drivers\n(1) This section applies to the driver of a bus if a noncompliance notice\nunder the Act, section 120 (Attachment and removal of\nnoncompliance notices) has been attached to the vehicle.\n(2) The driver commits an offence if the notice is attached to the vehicle\nand the driver uses, or allows someone else to use, the vehicle to\noperate a bus service after the time of effect of the notice.\nNote 1 For the time of effect, see the Act, section 120 (2) (b).\nAct, section 120 (4)).\n(3) The driver commits an offence if—\n(a) the driver uses, or allows someone else to use, the vehicle to\noperate a bus service after the time of effect of the notice; and\n(b) the driver knows the notice has been removed otherwise than in\naccordance with the Act, section 120.\n(4) This section does not apply to the driver if a police officer or\nauthorised person has directed under the Act, section 120 that the\nnotice be taken to have been removed.\n(5) Strict liability applies to subsection (2) and (3) (a).\n\n","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"46","sectionType":"section","heading":"Validity of bus tickets","content":"46 Validity of bus tickets\n(1) A bus ticket is valid for travel only for a journey—\n(a) for which it is issued; and\n(b) if a passenger is required to assign a journey to a ticket—to\nwhich it is assigned.\n(2) If a passenger is required to use a device to assign a journey to a ticket,\nthe passenger must use the device in accordance with any instructions\nprovided by the road transport authority or the accredited operator of\nthe bus service.\n(3) A bus ticket transferred in contravention of section 48 is not a valid\nticket.\n","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"47","sectionType":"section","heading":"Valid bus ticket required for travel","content":"47 Valid bus ticket required for travel\n(b) does not hold a valid bus ticket for the travel.\n","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"48","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bus ticket not transferable","content":"48 Bus ticket not transferable\n(a) holds a valid bus ticket for a journey; and\n(b) before the journey ends—\n(i) transfers the ticket to someone else; or\n\nBus tickets Part 3.2\n(ii) offers to transfer the ticket to someone else.\n(3) This section does not apply if—\n(b) the transfer is authorised by the road transport authority or the\naccredited operator of the bus service.\n","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"49","sectionType":"section","heading":"Damaged or changed bus ticket not to be used","content":"49 Damaged or changed bus ticket not to be used\n(b) holds a valid bus ticket for the travel; and\n(c) the ticket is damaged, defaced or changed.\n","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"50","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entitlement to use concession bus ticket","content":"50 Entitlement to use concession bus ticket\nA person is entitled to use a bus ticket issued free or at a concession\nfare (a concession bus ticket) for travel on a bus service if the\noperator of the bus service has authorised the person to use the\nconcession bus ticket.\n","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"50A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for concession bus ticket","content":"50A Application for concession bus ticket\n(a) the person applies to the operator of a bus service for a\nconcession bus ticket; and\n\n(b) the application includes information; and\n(3) A person must not be prosecuted for an offence against both this\nsection and section 70AP (Application for concession light rail ticket)\nin relation to the same ticket.\n","sortOrder":50},{"sectionNumber":"50B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use concession bus ticket when not entitled","content":"50B Use concession bus ticket when not entitled\n(b) uses a concession bus ticket for the travel; and\n(c) is not entitled to use the concession bus ticket.\n(2) A police officer or authorised person may require a person who uses\nor attempts to use a concession bus ticket to travel on a bus service to\nproduce evidence that the person is eligible to use the ticket to travel\non the bus service.\nExamples—evidence\nstudent card, pensioner card, concession card\n(a) is required to produce evidence under subsection (2); and\n\nBus tickets Part 3.2\n(b) does not comply with the requirement.\nand\n(b) the person produces evidence containing information; and\nand\n(b) the person makes a statement containing information to the\npolice officer or authorised person; and\n(7) A person must not be prosecuted for an offence against more than\n1 of the following provisions for a single journey:\n(a) subsection (1);\n\n(b) subsection (3);\n(c) subsection (4);\n(d) subsection (5);\n(e) section 70AQ (1) (Use concession light rail ticket when not\nentitled);\n(f) section 70AQ (3);\n(g) section 70AQ (4);\n(h) section 70AQ (5).\n(8) In this section:\nsingle journey means a journey for which a single fare is payable.\na single fare payment that allows a person to travel on multiple public passenger\nvehicles within a 90 minute period\n","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"51","sectionType":"section","heading":"Inspection of bus ticket","content":"51 Inspection of bus ticket\n(1) A police officer or authorised person may require a person to produce\nthe person’s bus ticket for inspection if the person—\n(a) is in a bus; or\n(b) has just got off a bus.\n(a) is required to produce the person’s bus ticket under\nsubsection (1); and\n(b) does not produce the ticket as required.\n\n","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"3 Bus passengers and people in","content":"Part 3.3 Bus passengers and people in\nbus stop areas\n","sortOrder":53},{"sectionNumber":"51A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of bus stop area—pt 3.3","content":"51A Meaning of bus stop area—pt 3.3\n(1) In this part:\nbus stop area means the area within a 20m radius of a bus stop sign\nthat is public unleased land.\n(2) In this section:\nbus stop sign—see section 70 (2).\npublic unleased land—see the Public Unleased Land Act 2013,\nsection 8.\n","sortOrder":54},{"sectionNumber":"52","sectionType":"section","heading":"Behaviour that interferes with comfort or safety","content":"52 Behaviour that interferes with comfort or safety\n(a) the person is in a bus; and\n(i) puts a foot on a bus seat; or\n(ii) obstructs a bus seat; or\n(iii) spits; or\n(iv) uses a wheeled recreational device.\n(a) the person is in a bus; and\n(i) uses offensive language; or\n\n(ii) behaves in an offensive way; or\n(a) is in a bus; and\n(b) unreasonably interferes with the comfort or safety of someone\nelse.\n(4) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) is in a bus stop area; and\n(b) behaves in an aggressive or menacing way.\n(5) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) is in a bus stop area; and\n(b) unreasonably interferes with the safety of someone else.\n(6) An offence against subsection (1), (2) or (4) is a strict liability\noffence.\n","sortOrder":55},{"sectionNumber":"53","sectionType":"section","heading":"Inconvenient or dangerous items in bus","content":"53 Inconvenient or dangerous items in bus\n(1) A bus driver, authorised person or police officer may direct a\npassenger who brings an inconvenient or dangerous item into a bus\nto—\n(a) place the item in a storage area in the bus; or\n(b) remove the item from the bus.\n\n(4) This section does not apply to anything assisting a person with\ninconvenient or dangerous item means an item that, because of its\nsize or nature, cannot be carried in a bus without inconvenience or\ndanger to someone else.\nitem containing petrol\nstorage area, in a bus, means an area designed for the storage of\ngoods or identified by a sign indicating that the area is for the storage\nof goods.\n","sortOrder":56},{"sectionNumber":"54","sectionType":"section","heading":"Obstructing bus door","content":"54 Obstructing bus door\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person obstructs a bus door.\n","sortOrder":57},{"sectionNumber":"55","sectionType":"section","heading":"Getting on and off bus","content":"55 Getting on and off bus\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person gets on or off a bus—\n(a) while the bus is moving; or\n\n(b) at a place that is not a bus stop; or\n(c) through an emergency exit or roof hatch.\n","sortOrder":58},{"sectionNumber":"56","sectionType":"section","heading":"Passenger not allowed in certain parts of bus","content":"56 Passenger not allowed in certain parts of bus\n(a) the person is a passenger in a bus; and\n(i) enters the driver’s compartment (if any) of the bus; or\n(ii) occupies a driver’s seat or part of a driver’s seat.\n(a) the person is a passenger in a bus; and\n(b) the bus is moving; and\n(i) in a part of the bus not designed to carry passengers; or\n(ii) in a part of the bus beside or in front of the driver’s seat; or\n(iii) travelling in a part of the bus other than in the way for\nwhich the part of the bus is designed; or\n\n(iv) if the bus is a double-decker—standing on the upper deck\nof the bus.\nExample—par (iii)\n(4) Without limiting subsection (2), the parts of a bus not designed to\ncarry passengers include the roof, steps, footboard and exterior\nsurfaces of the bus.\n","sortOrder":59},{"sectionNumber":"57","sectionType":"section","heading":"Throwing objects in or from bus","content":"57 Throwing objects in or from bus\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person throws anything—\n(a) in a bus; or\n(b) from a bus.\nNote Intentionally throwing an object at, dropping an object on, or placing an\nobject in the path of, a bus is also an offence (see Crimes Act 1900,\ns 28A).\n","sortOrder":60},{"sectionNumber":"58","sectionType":"section","heading":"Vacating designated seats in bus","content":"58 Vacating designated seats in bus\n(a) a sign in a bus indicates—\n(i) that a seat is set aside for designated people; and\n(ii) the designated people who may use the seat; and\n\n(b) a designated person travelling in the bus—\n(i) is standing; or\n(ii) indicates that they wish to use the seat; and\n(c) the person sits, or continues to sit, in the seat.\n(3) This section does not apply to a designated person.\ndesignated people include seniors, people with disability and\npregnant people.\n","sortOrder":61},{"sectionNumber":"59","sectionType":"section","heading":"Liquor in bus","content":"59 Liquor in bus\n(a) consumes liquor or low-alcohol liquor in a bus; or\n(b) possesses an open container of liquor or low-alcohol liquor in a\nbus.\nNote It is also an offence to consume or possess an open container of liquor at\na bus station (see Liquor Act 2010, s 199 and s 200).\n(3) In a prosecution for an offence against this section, unless there is\nevidence to the contrary, a substance is presumed to be liquor or\nlow-alcohol liquor if—\n(a) the substance is in a container; and\n\n(b) a label or other mark on the container describes the contents as\nliquor or low-alcohol liquor.\nExamples—label or mark that describes container contents as liquor\n1 ‘2.6% Alc/Vol’ printed on a can\n2 ‘14% Alc/Vol’ printed on the label of a bottle\nNote A person rebutting the presumption in s (3) has an evidential\nburden in relation to the rebuttal (see Criminal Code, s 58).\n(4) This section does not apply if the liquor is supplied in the bus—\n(a) by the accredited operator of the bus; or\n(b) with the permission of the accredited operator of the bus.\n","sortOrder":62},{"sectionNumber":"60","sectionType":"section","heading":"Seizure of liquor in bus","content":"60 Seizure of liquor in bus\n(1) This section applies if a bus driver, authorised person or police officer\nsuspects on reasonable grounds that—\n(a) a person (the possessor) is in possession of liquor or low-alcohol\nliquor; and\n(b) the liquor or low-alcohol liquor is connected with the\ncommission of an offence against section 59.\n(2) A bus driver, authorised person or police officer may seize the liquor\nor low-alcohol liquor from the possessor if the bus driver, authorised\nperson or police officer has told the possessor—\n(a) that the bus driver, authorised person or police officer suspects\nthe liquor or low-alcohol liquor is connected with the\ncommission of an offence against section 59; and\n(b) the grounds for the suspicion.\n(3) If a bus driver, authorised person or police officer seizes liquor or\nlow-alcohol liquor under subsection (2), the bus driver, authorised\nperson or police officer may dispose of the liquor or low-alcohol\nliquor.\n\n(4) However, the bus driver, authorised person or police officer must not\ndispose of the liquor or low-alcohol liquor under subsection (3) if the\npossessor indicates in any way that the possessor believes the bus\ndriver’s, authorised person’s or police officer’s grounds for the\nsuspicion are incorrect.\n(5) If a bus driver, authorised person or police officer disposes of liquor\nor low-alcohol liquor under subsection (3)—\n(a) the person must not be prosecuted for an offence in relation to\nthe liquor or low-alcohol liquor; and\n(b) a caution must not be issued to the possessor in relation to any\nact done in relation to the liquor or low-alcohol liquor.\n","sortOrder":63},{"sectionNumber":"61","sectionType":"section","heading":"Eating or drinking in bus","content":"61 Eating or drinking in bus\n(a) a sign in a bus indicates that a person must not eat or drink in\nthe bus; and\n(b) the person eats or drinks in the bus.\n(3) This section does not apply if the person eats or drinks in the bus for\na medical reason.\n","sortOrder":64},{"sectionNumber":"62","sectionType":"section","heading":"Animal in bus","content":"62 Animal in bus\n(a) the person travels with an animal in a bus; and\n\n(b) the driver of the bus has not given permission to the person to\ntravel with the animal on the bus.\n","sortOrder":65},{"sectionNumber":"63","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lost property found on bus","content":"63 Lost property found on bus\n(a) finds something that appears to be lost in a bus; and\n(b) fails to give the thing to—\n(i) a bus driver; or\n(ii) its owner; or\n(iii) the accredited operator of the bus; or\n(iv) a police officer; or\n\n(v) an authorised person.\n","sortOrder":66},{"sectionNumber":"64","sectionType":"section","heading":"Removing bus property","content":"64 Removing bus property\n(a) removes property belonging to an accredited operator of a bus\nservice from—\n(i) a bus; or\n(ii) a bus stop; and\n(b) does not have the operator’s consent to remove the property.\nNote Theft and minor theft are also offences against the Criminal Code, s 308\nand s 321.\n(a) removes property belonging to the Territory from—\n(i) a bus; or\n(ii) a bus stop; and\n(b) does not have the Territory’s consent to remove the property.\nNote Dishonestly taking or retaining territory property are also offences\nagainst the Criminal Code, s 319 and s 320.\nproperty includes equipment, infrastructure, furniture, signs and\nfittings.\n\n","sortOrder":67},{"sectionNumber":"65","sectionType":"section","heading":"Damaging bus property","content":"65 Damaging bus property\n(a) damages property belonging to an accredited operator of a bus\n(b) does not have the operator’s consent to damage the property.\nNote Damaging property is also an offence against the Criminal Code, s 403.\n(a) damages property belonging to the Territory; and\n(b) does not have the Territory’s consent to damage the property.\nproperty—see section 64 (4).\n","sortOrder":68},{"sectionNumber":"66","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interfering with security camera or recording","content":"66 Interfering with security camera or recording\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person interferes with a security\ncamera that is fitted to a bus.\n(a) a recording is made by a security camera fitted to a bus; and\n\nNote In collecting personal information, an accredited operator of a bus service\nmay also have to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the\nPrivacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) or the Territory privacy principles under the\n","sortOrder":69},{"sectionNumber":"66A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interfering with bus equipment","content":"66A Interfering with bus equipment\n(a) equipment attached to, or forming part of, a bus; or\n(b) the correct operation of equipment attached to, or forming part\nof, a bus.\n","sortOrder":70},{"sectionNumber":"66B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Littering in bus","content":"66B Littering in bus\n(a) the person deposits litter in a bus; and\n(b) the litter is not deposited in a container provided for the\ncollection of litter.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person deposits anything that may\nendanger a person or property in a bus.\nperson deposits an item containing petrol\nlitter—see the Litter Act 2004, section 7.\n\n","sortOrder":71},{"sectionNumber":"66C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bus driver, authorised person or police officer—power to","content":"66C Bus driver, authorised person or police officer—power to\ndirect person to get off, or not get on, bus\n(1) A bus driver, authorised person or police officer may direct a person\nto get off, or not get on, a bus if the bus driver, authorised person or\npolice officer believes on reasonable grounds that—\n(i) part 3.2 (Bus tickets); or\n(ii) part 3.3 (Bus passengers and people in bus stop areas); or\n(b) the person’s clothing or anything carried by the person may soil\nor damage the bus or the clothing or goods of someone else on\nthe bus; or\n(c) any of the person’s goods cannot, because of their size or nature,\nbe carried in the bus without inconvenience or danger to\nsomeone else on the bus; or\n(d) the person is—\n(ii) causing, or is likely to cause, a nuisance or an annoyance\nto someone else.\n(2) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply to anything assisting a person with\n\n","sortOrder":72},{"sectionNumber":"67","sectionType":"section","heading":"Police officer—power to remove person from bus","content":"67 Police officer—power to remove person from bus\nA police officer may remove a person from a bus if the person—\n(a) is given a direction under section 66C; and\n67AA Police officer or authorised person—power to direct\nperson to leave bus stop area\n(1) A police officer or authorised person may direct a person to leave a\nbus stop area if the police officer or authorised person believes on\nreasonable grounds that the person is committing, or has just\ncommitted, an offence against section 52 (2) (b) (iii), (4) or (5).\n(2) The police officer or authorised person who gives a person a direction\nmust tell the person the bus stop area to which the direction applies.\n(b) fails to comply with the direction.\n\n67AB Police officer—power to remove person from bus stop\narea\nA police officer may remove a person from a bus stop area if the\n(a) is given a direction under section 67AA; and\n(b) fails to comply with the direction.\n\nPart 3.4 Other matters relating to bus services\nPart 3.4 Other matters relating to bus\nservices\n67A Name Territory may operate bus service under—Act,\ns 19A\nThe Territory may operate a bus service under either of the following\nnames:\n(a) ACTION;\n(b) Transport Canberra.\n","sortOrder":73},{"sectionNumber":"68","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standards about security cameras in buses","content":"68 Standards about security cameras in buses\nsecurity cameras in buses.\n(2) A standard may make provision in relation to security cameras in\nbuses, including, for example—\n(a) when security cameras may be installed; and\n(b) the kinds of security cameras that may be installed; and\n(c) the position of security cameras; and\n(d) the operation of security cameras; and\n(e) requirements about notices to be included in a bus that has a\nsecurity camera installed.\nNote The Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) imposes obligations on some private sector\norganisations and the Information Privacy Act 2014 imposes obligations\non public sector agencies in relation to the collection, storage, use and\ndisclosure of personal information collected about an individual.\n(3) An approval is a disallowable instrument.\n\nOther matters relating to bus services Part 3.4\n(4) A standard may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without change)\nan instrument as in force from time to time.\n(5) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a standard\napproved under subsection (1).\n","sortOrder":74},{"sectionNumber":"70","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appointment of bus stops","content":"70 Appointment of bus stops\n(1) Bus stops may be appointed by—\n(a) the road transport authority; or\n(b) the accredited operator of a bus service in accordance with the\nprior written approval of the road transport authority.\n(2) A bus stop appointed under subsection (1) must be indicated by a sign\n(a bus stop sign) erected or displayed with the authority’s approval\nand on which the words ‘bus stop’, ‘bus stand’ or ‘bus zone’, or some\nsuitable pictorial representation, appear.\n(3) If times are stated on a bus stop sign, the sign operates only during\nthose times.\n(4) If a bus service operated by a particular accredited operator is stated\non a bus stop sign, the sign operates only in relation to a bus service\noperated by the accredited operator.\n\n70AA Definitions—pt 3AA.1\nlight rail driver means the driver of a light rail vehicle.\nlight rail driving assessor means a person who assesses a light rail\ndriver’s suitability to be a driver of a light rail vehicle.\nlight rail driving instructor means a person who instructs a person\nabout how to drive a light rail vehicle.\n70AB Notifiable occurrence involving light rail vehicle\n(b) the light rail service is involved in a notifiable occurrence; and\n(c) the person gives the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator\na report under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT), section 121,\nabout a notifiable occurrence; and\n(d) the person fails to give the road transport authority a copy of the\nreport at the same time as giving the report to the Office of the\nNational Rail Safety Regulator.\nnotifiable occurrence—see the Rail Safety National Law (ACT),\nsection 4.\n\n70AC Light rail driver etc to hold driver licence\n(b) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that each of the\nfollowing people holds a full car licence or a licence of a higher\nclass:\n(i) a light rail driver for the service;\n(ii) a light rail driving assessor for the service;\n(iii) a light rail driving instructor for the service.\nNote A person who drives a light rail vehicle must hold a full car licence (see\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, s 98A).\nfull car licence means a full car licence within the meaning of the\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000.\n70AD Light rail driver records\n(i) keep a light rail driver record for each light rail driver for\nthe service; or\n(ii) take reasonable steps to ensure each light rail driver record\nis up-to-date.\n\n(b) does not keep each light rail driver record for at least 2 years\nafter the last date on which the driver drove a light rail vehicle\nfor the service.\n(b) does not provide a light rail driver record, on request, to—\nlight rail driver record means a record of the following details for a\nlight rail driver:\n(a) the light rail driver’s full name, home address and date of birth;\n(b) the light rail driver’s driver licence number and expiry date;\n(c) the days and times when a light rail vehicle was driven by the\nlight rail driver.\n\n70AE Light rail driving instructor records\n(i) keep a light rail driving instructor record for each light rail\ndriving instructor for the service; or\n(ii) take reasonable steps to ensure each light rail driving\ninstructor record is up-to-date.\n(b) does not keep each light rail driving instructor record for at least\n2 years after the last date on which an instructor for the operator\ninstructed a driver for the service.\n(b) does not provide a light rail driving instructor record, on request,\nto—\n\nlight rail driving instructor record means a record of the following\ndetails for a light rail driving instructor:\n(a) the light rail driving instructor’s full name, home address and\ndate of birth;\n(b) the light rail driving instructor’s driver licence number and\nexpiry date;\n(c) the days and times when a light rail driver was instructed by the\nlight rail driving instructor.\n70AF Light rail driving assessor records\n(i) keep a light rail driving assessor record for each light rail\ndriving assessor for the service; or\n(ii) take reasonable steps to ensure each light rail driving\nassessor record is up-to-date.\n(b) does not keep each light rail driving assessor record for at least\n2 years after the last date on which a light rail driving assessor\nfor the operator assessed a driver for the service.\n\n(b) does not provide a light rail driving assessor record, on request,\nto—\nlight rail driving assessor record means a record of the following\ndetails for a light rail driving assessor:\n(a) the light rail driving assessor’s full name, home address and date\nof birth;\n(b) the light rail driving assessor’s driver licence number and expiry\ndate;\n(c) the days and times when a light rail driver was assessed by the\nlight rail driving assessor.\n70AG Road transport authority to share information\n(1) If a light rail service operator has given the road transport authority a\nlight rail driver record, the road transport authority must tell the light\nrail service operator about any suspension or cancellation of a driver\nlicence held by the driver.\n(2) If a light rail service operator has given the road transport authority a\nlight rail driving instructor record, the road transport authority must\ntell the light rail service operator about any suspension or cancellation\nof a driver licence held by the light rail driving instructor.\n\n(3) If a light rail service operator has given the road transport authority a\nlight rail driving assessor record, the road transport authority must tell\nthe light rail service operator about any suspension or cancellation of\na driver licence held by the light rail driving assessor.\nlight rail driving assessor record—see section 70AF (5).\nlight rail driver record—see section 70AD (5).\nlight rail driving instructor record—see section 70AE (5).\n70AH Signs about security cameras in light rail vehicles and at\nlight rail stops\n(b) a light rail vehicle for the service is fitted with a security camera;\nand\n(i) there is a sign inside the light rail vehicle telling people\nthey may be under video surveillance while in or near the\nlight rail vehicle; and\n(ii) the sign is located in a place that can be easily seen by a\nperson who may be under video surveillance.\nNote In collecting personal information, a light rail service operator may also\nhave to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the\nPrivacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) or the Territory privacy principles under the\n\n(b) a light rail stop is fitted with a security camera; and\n(i) there is a sign on the light rail stop telling people they may\nbe under video surveillance while on or near the light rail\nstop; and\n(ii) the sign is located in a place that can be easily seen by a\nperson who may be under video surveillance.\n70AI Lost property in light rail vehicles and at light rail stops\n(b) does not ensure that each item of lost property found in a light\nrail vehicle or at a light rail stop is—\n(i) given to its owner; or\n(ii) if the owner cannot be identified—\n(A) held for a reasonable time at an office of the light rail\nservice operator; and\n(B) made available for collection by the owner during\nordinary business hours.\n\n70AJ Meaning of light rail ticket—pt 3AA.2\nlight rail ticket means anything issued by or on behalf of the road\ntransport authority authorising a person to travel in a light rail vehicle\noperated for a light rail service.\n70AK Validity of light rail tickets\n(1) A light rail ticket is valid for travel only for a journey—\n(a) for which it is issued; and\n(b) if a passenger is required to assign a journey to a ticket—to\nwhich it is assigned.\n(2) If a passenger is required to use a device to assign a journey to a ticket,\nthe passenger must use the device in accordance with any instructions\nprovided by the road transport authority.\n(3) A light rail ticket transferred in contravention of section 70AM is not\na valid ticket.\n70AL Valid light rail ticket required for travel\n(b) does not hold a valid light rail ticket for the travel.\n\n70AM Light rail ticket not transferable\n(a) holds a valid light rail ticket for a journey; and\n(b) before the journey ends—\n(i) transfers the ticket to someone else; or\n(ii) offers to transfer the ticket to someone else.\n(3) This section does not apply if—\n(b) the transfer is authorised by the road transport authority.\n70AN Damaged or changed light rail ticket not to be used\n(b) holds a valid light rail ticket for the travel; and\n(c) the ticket is damaged, defaced or changed.\n\n70AO Entitlement to use concession light rail ticket\nA person is entitled to use a light rail ticket issued free or at a\nconcession fare (a concession light rail ticket) for travel on a light\nrail service if the road transport authority has authorised the person to\nuse the concession light rail ticket.\n70AP Application for concession light rail ticket\n(a) the person applies to the road transport authority for a\nconcession light rail ticket; and\n(b) the application includes information; and\n(3) A person must not be prosecuted for an offence against both this\nsection and section 50A (Application for concession bus ticket) in\nrelation to the same ticket.\n70AQ Use concession light rail ticket when not entitled\n(b) uses a concession light rail ticket for the travel; and\n\n(c) is not entitled to use the concession light rail ticket.\n(2) A police officer or authorised person may require a person who uses\nor attempts to use a concession light rail ticket to travel on a light rail\nservice to produce evidence that the person is entitled to use the ticket\nto travel on the light rail service.\nExamples—evidence\nstudent card, pensioner card, concession card\n(a) is required to produce evidence under subsection (2); and\n(b) does not comply with the requirement.\nand\n(b) the person produces evidence containing information; and\nand\n(b) the person makes a statement containing information to the\npolice officer or authorised person; and\n\n(7) A person must not be prosecuted for an offence against more than\n1 of the following provisions for a single journey:\n(a) subsection (1);\n(b) subsection (3);\n(c) subsection (4);\n(d) subsection (5);\n(e) section 50B (1) (Use concession bus ticket when not entitled);\n(f) section 50B (3);\n(g) section 50B (4);\n(h) section 50B (5).\n(8) In this section:\nsingle journey means a journey for which a single fare is payable.\na single fare payment that allows a person to travel on multiple public passenger\nvehicles within a 90 minute period\n70AR Inspection of light rail ticket\n(1) A police officer or authorised person may require a person to produce\nthe person’s light rail ticket for inspection if the person—\n(a) is in a light rail vehicle; or\n\n(b) has just got off a light rail vehicle; or\n(c) is at a light rail stop and the police officer or authorised person\nbelieves on reasonable grounds that the person is at the light rail\nstop because the person has got off a light rail vehicle; or\n(d) is at a place declared under section 70AS in circumstances in\nwhich a valid light rail ticket is required.\n(a) is required to produce the person’s light rail ticket under\nsubsection (1); and\n(b) does not produce the ticket as required.\n70AS Minister may declare light rail ticket required at certain\nplace\n(1) The Minister may declare a place, connected to a light rail service,\nwhere a person is required to have a valid light rail ticket for travel\non the light rail service.\n(2) The declaration must state—\n(a) a description of the place; and\n(b) the circumstances in which the valid light rail ticket is required;\nand\n(c) the reason for the declaration; and\n(d) the period when the declaration is to operate.\n(3) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.\n\nPart 3AA.3 Light rail passengers and people\nat light rail stops\n70AT Behaviour that interferes with comfort or safety\n(a) the person is in a light rail vehicle; and\n(i) puts a foot on a light rail vehicle seat; or\n(ii) obstructs a light rail vehicle seat.\nNote A person is not allowed to smoke in a light rail vehicle (see Smoke-Free\n(i) spits; or\n(ii) uses a wheeled recreational device.\n\n(i) uses offensive language; or\n(ii) behaves in an offensive way; or\n(b) the person unreasonably interferes with the comfort or safety of\n(5) An offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) is a strict liability\noffence.\n70AU Inconvenient or dangerous items in light rail vehicle\n(1) An authorised person or police officer may direct a passenger who\nbrings an inconvenient or dangerous item into a light rail vehicle to—\n(a) place the item in a storage area in the light rail vehicle; or\n(b) remove the item from the light rail vehicle.\n\n(4) This section does not apply to anything assisting a person with\nstorage area, in a light rail vehicle, means an area identified by a sign\nindicating that the area is for the storage of goods.\ninconvenient or dangerous item means an item that, because of its\nsize or nature, cannot be carried in a light rail vehicle without\ninconvenience or danger to someone else.\nitem containing petrol\n70AV Obstructing light rail vehicle door\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person obstructs a light rail\nvehicle door.\n70AW Getting on and off light rail vehicle\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person gets on or off a light rail\nvehicle—\n(a) while the light rail vehicle is moving; or\n(b) at a place that is not a light rail stop; or\n(c) through an emergency exit or roof hatch.\n\n70AX Passenger not allowed on certain parts of light rail\n(a) is a passenger in a light rail vehicle; and\n(b) enters the driver’s cab of the light rail vehicle.\n(a) the person is a passenger in a light rail vehicle; and\n(b) the light rail vehicle is moving; and\n(i) in a part of the light rail vehicle not designed to carry\npassengers; or\n(ii) travelling in a part of the light rail vehicle other than in the\nway for which that part of the light rail vehicle is designed.\n(4) Without limiting subsection (2), the parts of a light rail vehicle not\ndesigned to carry passengers include the roof, steps, footboard and\nexterior surfaces of the vehicle.\n\n70AY Throwing objects in or from light rail vehicle\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person throws anything—\n(a) in a light rail vehicle; or\n(b) from a light rail vehicle.\nNote Intentionally throwing an object at, dropping an object on, or placing an\nobject in the path of, a light rail vehicle is also an offence (see Crimes Act\n1900, s 28A).\n70AZ Vacating designated seats in light rail vehicle\n(a) a sign in a light rail vehicle indicates—\n(i) that a seat is set aside for designated people; and\n(ii) the designated people who may use the seat; and\n(b) a designated person travelling in the light rail vehicle—\n(i) is standing; or\n(ii) indicates that they wish to use the seat; and\n(c) the person sits, or continues to sit, in the seat.\n(3) This section does not apply to a designated person.\n\ndesignated people include seniors, people with disability and\npregnant people.\n70AAA Liquor in light rail vehicle or at light rail stop\n(a) consumes liquor or low-alcohol liquor—\n(ii) at a light rail stop; or\n(b) possesses an open container of liquor or low-alcohol liquor—\n(ii) at a light rail stop.\nNote It is also an offence to consume or possess an open container of liquor at\na light rail stop (see Liquor Act 2010, s 199 and s 200).\n(3) In a prosecution for an offence against this section, unless there is\nevidence to the contrary, a substance is presumed to be liquor or low-\nalcohol liquor if—\n(a) the substance is in a container; and\n(b) a label or other mark on the container describes the contents as\nliquor or low-alcohol liquor.\nExamples—label or mark that describes container contents as liquor\n1 ‘2.6% Alc/Vol’ printed on a can\n2 ‘14% Alc/Vol’ printed on the label of a bottle\nNote A person rebutting the presumption in s (2) has an evidential\nburden in relation to the rebuttal (see Criminal Code, s 58).\n\n70AAB Seizure of liquor in light rail vehicle or at light rail stop\n(1) This section applies if an authorised person or police officer suspects\non reasonable grounds that—\n(a) person (the possessor) is in possession of liquor or low-alcohol\nliquor; and\n(b) the liquor or low-alcohol liquor is connected with the\ncommission of an offence against section 70AAA.\n(2) An authorised person or police officer may seize the liquor or\nlow-alcohol liquor from the possessor if the authorised person or\npolice officer has told the possessor—\n(a) that the authorised person or police officer suspects the liquor or\nlow-alcohol liquor is connected with the commission of an\noffence against section 70AAA; and\n(b) the grounds for the suspicion.\n(3) If an authorised person or police officer seizes liquor or low-alcohol\nliquor under subsection (2), the authorised person or police officer\nmay dispose of the liquor or low-alcohol liquor.\n(4) However, the authorised person or police officer must not dispose of\nthe liquor or low-alcohol liquor under subsection (3) if the possessor\nindicates in any way that the possessor believes the authorised\nperson’s or police officer’s grounds for the suspicion are incorrect.\n(5) If an authorised person or police officer disposes of liquor or\nlow-alcohol liquor under subsection (3)—\n(a) the person must not be prosecuted for an offence in relation to\nthe liquor or low-alcohol liquor; and\n(b) a caution must not be issued to the possessor in relation to any\nact done in relation to the liquor or low-alcohol liquor.\n\n70AAC Eating or drinking in light rail vehicle\n(a) a sign in a light rail vehicle indicates that a person must not eat\nor drink in the light rail vehicle; and\n(b) the person eats or drinks in the light rail vehicle.\n(3) This section does not apply if the person eats or drinks in the light rail\nvehicle for a medical reason.\n70AAD Animal in light rail vehicle\n(1) The Minister may determine—\n(a) circumstances in which a light rail service operator must or must\nnot allow an animal to be in a light rail vehicle; and\n(b) ways in which an animal must or must not be carried in a light\nrail vehicle.\n(a) the person travels with an animal in a light rail vehicle; and\n(b) the animal is not—\n(i) confined in a box, basket or other container; or\n(ii) carried in a way allowed under the determination.\n\n(5) This section does not apply if the animal is—\nmentioned in s (5) (see Criminal Code, s 58).\n70AAE Lost property found on light rail vehicle or at light rail\nstop\n(a) finds something that appears to be lost—\n(b) fails to give the thing to—\n(i) its owner; or\n(ii) the light rail service operator; or\n(iii) a police officer; or\n(iv) an authorised person.\n\n70AAF Removing light rail property\n(a) removes property belonging to a light rail service operator\nfrom—\n(i) a light rail vehicle; or\n(ii) a light rail stop; and\n(b) does not have the light rail operator’s consent to remove the\nproperty.\nNote Theft and minor theft are also offences against the Criminal Code, s 308\nand s 321.\n(a) removes property belonging to the Territory from—\n(i) a light rail vehicle; or\n(ii) a light rail stop; and\n(b) does not have the Territory’s consent to remove the property.\nNote Dishonestly taking or retaining territory property are also offences\nagainst the Criminal Code, s 319 and s 320.\nproperty includes equipment, infrastructure, furniture, signs and\nfittings.\n\n70AAG Damaging light rail property\n(a) the person damages property; and\n(b) the property is light rail property; and\n(c) the property belongs to a light rail service operator; and\n(d) the person does not have the light rail operator’s consent to\ndamage the property.\nNote Damaging property is also an offence against the Criminal Code, s 403.\n(a) the person damages property; and\n(b) the property is light rail property; and\n(c) the property belongs to the Territory; and\n(d) the person does not have the Territory’s consent to damage the\nproperty.\nlight rail property includes—\n(a) infrastructure forming part of light rail; and\nNote Light rail includes tracks, catenaries, supports for tracks and\ncatenaries, stops, pedestrian access to stops, signalling facilities\nand signalling equipment (see Road Transport (General) Act 1999,\ndict).\n\n(b) devices and equipment used in relation to issuing and assigning\nlight rail tickets; and\n(c) signs, furniture and fittings made available for light rail service\npassengers.\n70AAH Interfering with security camera or recording\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person interferes with a security\ncamera that is—\n(a) fitted to a light rail vehicle; or\n(b) located at a light rail stop.\n(a) a recording is made by a security camera—\n(i) fitted to a light rail vehicle; or\n(ii) located at a light rail stop; and\nNote In collecting personal information, a light rail service operator may also\nhave to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy\nAct 1988 (Cwlth) or the Territory privacy principles under the\n\n70AAI Interfering with emergency equipment\n(a) applies an emergency brake on a light rail vehicle; or\n(b) uses another emergency device fitted to a light rail vehicle.\n(a) the person uses an emergency device at a light rail stop; and\n(b) the device belongs to the Territory or the light rail operator.\n(3) A person commits an offence if the person interferes with—\n(a) an emergency device at a light rail stop; or\n(b) the correct operation of an emergency device at a light rail stop.\nemergency device includes an emergency door open handle, an\nemergency help point, an emergency glass breakage device or a fire\nextinguisher.\n\n70AAJ Interfering with light rail vehicle equipment\n(a) equipment attached to, or forming part of, a light rail vehicle; or\n(b) the correct operation of equipment attached to, or forming part\nof, a light rail vehicle.\n70AAK Littering\n(a) the person deposits litter—\n(b) the litter is not deposited in a container provided for the\ncollection of litter.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person deposits anything that may\nendanger a person or property—\n(a) in a light rail vehicle; or\n(b) at a light rail stop.\nperson deposits an item containing petrol\n\nlitter—see the Litter Act 2004, section 7.\n70AAL Police officer or authorised person—power to direct\nperson to get off, or not get on, light rail vehicle\n(1) A police officer or authorised person may direct a person to get off,\nor not get on, a light rail vehicle if the police officer or authorised\nperson believes on reasonable grounds that—\n(i) part 3AA.2 (Light rail tickets); or\n(ii) part 3AA.3 (Light rail passengers and people at light rail\nstops); or\n(b) the person’s clothing or anything carried by the person may soil\nor damage the light rail vehicle or the clothing or goods of\nsomeone else on the light rail vehicle; or\n(c) any of the person’s goods cannot, because of their size or nature,\nbe carried in the light rail vehicle without inconvenience or\ndanger to someone else on the light rail vehicle; or\n(d) the person is—\n(ii) causing, or is likely to cause, a nuisance or an annoyance\nto someone else.\n(2) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply to anything assisting a person with\n\n70AAM Police officer—power to remove person from light rail\nA police officer may remove a person from a light rail vehicle if the\n(a) is given a direction under section 70AAL; and\n70AAN Police officer or authorised person—power to direct\nperson to leave light rail stop\n(1) A police officer or authorised person may direct a person to leave a\nlight rail stop if the police officer or authorised person believes on\nreasonable grounds that—\n(i) section 70AT (Behaviour that interferes with comfort or\nsafety); or\n(ii) section 70AAA (Liquor in light rail vehicle or at light rail\nstop); or\n(iii) section 70AAF (Removing light rail property); or\n(iv) section 70AAG (Damaging light rail property); or\n\n(v) section 70AAH (Interfering with security camera or\nrecording); or\n(vi) section 70AAI (Interfering with emergency equipment); or\n(vii) section 70AAK (Littering); or\n(b) the person is—\n(ii) causing, or likely to cause, a nuisance or an annoyance to\n70AAO Police officer—power to remove person from light rail\nstop\nA police officer may remove a person from a light rail stop if the\n(a) is given a direction under section 70AAN; and\n\nTransport booking services—generally Division 3A.1.1\n","sortOrder":75},{"sectionNumber":"Div 3A","sectionType":"division","heading":"1.1 Transport booking services—","content":"Division 3A.1.1 Transport booking services—\ngenerally\nNote Some taxi drivers and taxi service operators must be affiliated with a\ntransport booking service (see Act, s 36E).\nAll rideshare drivers must be affiliated with a transport booking service\n(see Act, s 36F).\nHire car drivers and hire car service operators may be affiliated with a\n","sortOrder":76},{"sectionNumber":"70A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of affiliated driver, affiliated hire car driver and","content":"70A Meaning of affiliated driver, affiliated hire car driver and\naffiliated taxi driver\naffiliated driver, for a transport booking service, includes a driver for\nan affiliated operator for the transport booking service.\nNote Affiliated driver—see the Act, s 35.\nAffiliated operator—see the Act, s 36B.\naffiliated hire car driver, for a transport booking service, means the\nfollowing hire car drivers:\n(a) a hire car driver who has an affiliated driver agreement with the\nbooking service;\n(b) a hire car driver for a hire car service operator who is an\naffiliated operator for the transport booking service.\n\naffiliated taxi driver, for a transport booking service, means the\nfollowing taxi drivers:\n(a) a taxi driver who has an affiliated driver agreement with the\nbooking service;\n(b) a taxi driver for a taxi service operator who is an affiliated\noperator for the transport booking service.\n","sortOrder":77},{"sectionNumber":"70B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—must ensure affiliated drivers","content":"70B Transport booking service—must ensure affiliated drivers\nhave required knowledge and skills\n(c) the person does not take reasonable steps to ensure that each\naffiliated driver has the knowledge and skills required under the\ndetermination to be a bookable vehicle driver.\n(2) This section does not apply in relation to an affiliated\nwheelchair-accessible taxi driver.\nNote Transport booking services must also ensure affiliated drivers are\nlicensed (see Act, s 36G).\n","sortOrder":78},{"sectionNumber":"70C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—must ensure bookable","content":"70C Transport booking service—must ensure bookable\nvehicle is licensed\n(b) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that each—\n(i) taxi to be used by an affiliated taxi driver is a licensed taxi;\nand\n\nTransport booking services—generally Division 3A.1.1\n(ii) rideshare vehicle to be used by an affiliated rideshare\ndriver is a licensed rideshare vehicle; and\n(iii) hire car to be used by an affiliated hire car driver is a\nlicensed hire car.\n(2) This section does not apply to a WTBS.\n","sortOrder":79},{"sectionNumber":"70D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—must be available to take","content":"70D Transport booking service—must be available to take\nbookings\n(b) has affiliated taxi drivers; and\n(c) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that the booking service\nis available at all times to—\n(i) accept bookings from people for taxis; and\n(ii) communicate the bookings to affiliated taxi drivers.\n(b) has affiliated rideshare drivers; and\n(c) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that the booking service\nis available at all times to—\n(i) accept bookings from people for rideshare vehicles; and\n(ii) communicate the bookings to affiliated rideshare drivers.\n(3) This section does not apply to a WTBS.\n\n","sortOrder":80},{"sectionNumber":"70E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—must give fare estimate and","content":"70E Transport booking service—must give fare estimate and\nvehicle identifier\n(b) the person communicates a hirer’s booking to a bookable\nvehicle driver; and\n(c) the Minister has not determined a maximum fare, or a way of\ncalculating a maximum fare, for the hiring; and\nNote The Minister may determine fares and ways of calculating fares\nunder the Act, s 60, s 60Q and s 79A.\n(d) the person does not, before the hiring begins, make available to\nthe hirer an option to obtain an estimate of the fare for the hiring.\n(b) communicates a hirer’s booking to—\n(i) a rideshare driver; or\n(ii) a hire car driver; and\n(c) does not, before the hiring begins, give the hirer sufficient\ninformation for the hirer to identify the booked vehicle and\ndriver.\nNote A taxi must have identifying signs and livery (see s 107).\n\n","sortOrder":81},{"sectionNumber":"70F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of affiliated driver record and affiliated operator","content":"70F Meaning of affiliated driver record and affiliated operator\nrecord—div 3A.1.2\nIn this division:\naffiliated driver record means a record of the following details for\nthe affiliated driver:\n(a) the affiliated driver’s full name, home address and date of birth;\n(b) the affiliated driver’s prescribed driver authority information;\n(c) if a determination is in force under section 221U (Knowledge\nand skills to be bookable vehicle driver)—evidence that the\naffiliated driver has the knowledge and skills required under the\ndetermination to be a bookable vehicle driver;\n(d) for an affiliated taxi driver—whether the affiliated driver has—\n(i) successfully completed an approved wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi driver training course; or\n(ii) been exempted by the road transport authority under\nsection 160 (Authority may exempt wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi drivers from approved training course) from the\nrequirement to successfully complete the course;\n(e) the registration number of each bookable vehicle used by the\naffiliated driver to carry out each hiring booked via the transport\nbooking service.\nNote Taxi drivers must be affiliated drivers unless their taxi service operator is\nan affiliated operator or an independent taxi service operator (see Act,\ns 36E).\nRideshare drivers must be affiliated drivers (see Act, s 36F).\nHire car drivers may be affiliated drivers.\n\naffiliated operator record, for an affiliated operator for a transport\nbooking service, means a record of the following details for the\noperator:\n(a) the operator’s full name and home address;\n(b) if the operator is—\n(i) an individual—the operator’s date of birth; or\n(ii) a corporation—the operator’s ACN;\n(c) the operator’s accreditation number;\n(d) the kind of public passenger service the operator is accredited to\noperate;\n(e) the expiry date of the accreditation;\n(f) the registration numbers of the bookable vehicles used by the\noperator to operate the public passenger service via the transport\nbooking service.\nNote Taxi service operators must be affiliated operators unless they are\nindependent taxi service operators (see Act, s 36E).\nHire car service operators may be affiliated operators.\n","sortOrder":82},{"sectionNumber":"70G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—affiliated driver records","content":"70G Transport booking service—affiliated driver records\n(i) keep an affiliated driver record for each affiliated driver for\nthe transport booking service; and\n(ii) take reasonable steps to ensure each affiliated driver record\nis up-to-date.\n\n(b) does not keep each affiliated driver record for at least 2 years\nafter the last date on which the driver carried out a booking via\nthe transport booking service.\n(b) does not provide an affiliated driver record, on request, to—\n","sortOrder":83},{"sectionNumber":"70H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—affiliated operator records","content":"70H Transport booking service—affiliated operator records\n(i) keep an affiliated operator record for each affiliated\noperator for the transport booking service; and\n(ii) take reasonable steps to ensure each affiliated operator\nrecord is up-to-date.\n\n(b) does not keep each affiliated operator record for at least 2 years\nafter the last date on which a driver for the operator carried out\na booking via the transport booking service.\n(b) does not provide an affiliated operator record, on request, to—\n","sortOrder":84},{"sectionNumber":"70I","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—bookable vehicle records","content":"70I Transport booking service—bookable vehicle records\n(i) keep a bookable vehicle record for each bookable vehicle\nused by a bookable vehicle driver to carry out a booking\nvia the transport booking service; and\n(ii) take reasonable steps to ensure each bookable vehicle\nrecord is up-to-date.\n\n(b) does not keep each bookable vehicle record for at least 2 years\nafter the last date on which a bookable vehicle driver used the\nvehicle to carry out a booking via the transport booking service.\n(b) does not provide a bookable vehicle record, on request, to—\nbookable vehicle record, for a bookable vehicle used to operate a\npublic passenger service via a transport booking service, means a\nrecord of the following details for the vehicle:\n(a) the vehicle’s registration number;\n(b) the name of each affiliated driver and affiliated operator who\nuses the vehicle to operate a public passenger service via the\n\n","sortOrder":85},{"sectionNumber":"70J","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—booking records","content":"70J Transport booking service—booking records\n(b) does not make a booking record for each bookable vehicle hiring\nbooked via the transport booking service.\n(b) does not keep each booking record for at least 2 years after the\ndate the hiring was carried out.\n(b) does not provide a booking record, on request, to—\nbooking record, for a bookable vehicle hiring booked via a transport\nbooking service, means a record of the following details for the\nhiring:\n(a) the name or driver number of the bookable vehicle driver;\n\n(b) the registration number of the bookable vehicle;\n(c) the name or passenger number of the person who booked the\nhiring;\n(d) when and where the first passenger for the hiring was picked up;\n(e) when and where the last passenger for the hiring was dropped\noff;\n(f) the fare paid.\ndriver number, for an affiliated driver for a transport booking service,\nmeans a unique identifying number given to the driver by the booking\nservice.\npassenger number, for a person who books a hiring via a transport\nbooking service, means a unique identifying number given to the\nperson by the booking service.\n","sortOrder":86},{"sectionNumber":"70K","sectionType":"section","heading":"Road transport authority to share information","content":"70K Road transport authority to share information\n(1) If a transport booking service has given the road transport authority\nan affiliated driver record, the road transport authority must tell the\ntransport booking service the following matters about the driver:\ndriver;\n(b) the suspension or cancellation of a public vehicle licence held\nby the driver;\n(c) the ending of any exemption for the driver under the Road\n\n(2) If a transport booking service has given the road transport authority\nan affiliated operator record, the road transport authority must tell the\ntransport booking service the following matters about the affiliated\noperator:\n(a) the suspension or cancellation of the operator’s accreditation;\n(b) the suspension or cancellation of any taxi licence or hire car\nlicence held by the operator.\n(3) If a transport booking service has given the road transport authority a\nbookable vehicle record, the road transport authority must tell the\ntransport booking service the following matters about the bookable\nvehicle:\n(a) the suspension or cancellation of the vehicle’s registration;\n(b) the suspension or cancellation of the vehicle’s—\n(i) for a taxi—taxi licence; or\n(ii) for a rideshare vehicle—rideshare vehicle licence; or\n(iii) for a hire car—hire car licence.\nDivision 3A.1.3 Transport booking services—\nwheelchair-accessible taxis\n","sortOrder":87},{"sectionNumber":"70L","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of wheelchair-accessible taxi booking service","content":"70L Meaning of wheelchair-accessible taxi booking service\n(WTBS)\nwheelchair-accessible taxi booking service (WTBS) means a\ntransport booking service that accepts bookings only for\nwheelchair-accessible taxis for wheelchair-dependent people.\nNote Transport booking service—see the Act, s 28.\nWheelchair-accessible taxi—see s 82.\nWheelchair-dependent person—see the dictionary.\n\n","sortOrder":88},{"sectionNumber":"70M","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—must direct","content":"70M Transport booking service—must direct\nwheelchair-accessible taxi booking to WTBS\n(a) the person is a transport booking service other than a WTBS;\nand\n(b) someone requests a wheelchair-accessible taxi booking via the\n(d) there is a WTBS operating in the Territory; and\n(e) the person fails to, without delay, direct the booking request to\na WTBS.\n","sortOrder":89},{"sectionNumber":"70N","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—must direct driver to accept","content":"70N Transport booking service—must direct driver to accept\n(b) someone requests a wheelchair-accessible taxi booking via the\n(d) there is no WTBS operating in the Territory; and\n(e) a wheelchair-accessible taxi operated by an affiliated driver, or\naffiliated operator, for the transport booking service is available\nfor hire; and\n(f) the taxi’s driver does not accept an offer of the booking; and\n\n(g) the person fails to, without delay, direct the driver to accept the\nbooking.\nNote It is an offence for a wheelchair-accessible taxi driver to not comply with\nthe direction (see s 114 (2)).\n","sortOrder":90},{"sectionNumber":"70O","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport booking service—must give estimated arrival","content":"70O Transport booking service—must give estimated arrival\ntime for wheelchair-accessible taxis\n(b) someone (a passenger) books a wheelchair-accessible taxi\nthrough the transport booking service; and\n(c) the transport booking service fails to, without delay, tell the\npassenger the estimated time when, or period within which, the\ntaxi will arrive at the place where the taxi is to pick up the\npassenger.\nNote If a WTBS is operating in the Territory, the transport booking service\nmust direct any request for a wheelchair-accessible taxi booking to a\nWTBS (see s 70M).\n","sortOrder":91},{"sectionNumber":"70P","sectionType":"section","heading":"WTBS—service contracts","content":"70P WTBS—service contracts\n(1) The road transport authority may, on behalf of the Territory, enter\ninto a contract (a service contract) with a person\n(the WTBS operator) for the person to operate a WTBS.\n(2) A service contract must state whether the right given under the\ncontract to operate a WTBS is an exclusive right to operate the\nservice.\n\n(3) A service contract may make provision for the operation of a WTBS\nand the administration of the contract, including, for example—\n(a) service requirements under the contract; and\n(b) the transfer, suspension, cancellation and surrender of the\ncontract; and\n(c) the fees (if any) payable under the contract; and\n(d) the adjustment of payments and refunds for any contract fees;\nand\n(e) financial or other remedies for breaches of the contract; and\n(f) the records (including accounts) to be made and kept, how they\nare to be made and kept, and their inspection; and\n(g) the provision of information and reports to the road transport\nauthority about the WTBS and the verification of the\ninformation and reports.\nExamples—par (a)\n1 communication options required to meet customer needs\n2 procedures to deal with failure of technical equipment\n3 recording and resolution of customer complaints\n","sortOrder":92},{"sectionNumber":"70Q","sectionType":"section","heading":"WTBS—entitlement to operate","content":"70Q WTBS—entitlement to operate\n(1) A person is entitled to operate a WTBS in the ACT only if the person\nholds a service contract for the service.\n(a) operates a WTBS in the ACT; and\n(b) is not entitled to operate the service.\n\n","sortOrder":93},{"sectionNumber":"70R","sectionType":"section","heading":"WTBS—exemption for WTBS operators—Act, s 128 (1) (b)","content":"70R WTBS—exemption for WTBS operators—Act, s 128 (1) (b)\n(1) The road transport authority may exempt a WTBS operator from the\nfollowing provisions:\n(a) the Act, section 32 (Transport booking service must be\naccredited);\n(b) the Act, section 36G (Transport booking service—\nresponsibilities).\n(2) An exemption is subject to—\n(a) the condition that the WTBS operator does not breach the\nWTBS operator’s service contract; and\n(b) any other condition the road transport authority considers\nappropriate.\n(3) The road transport authority may end an exemption if it is satisfied\non reasonable grounds that the WTBS operator—\n(a) is in breach of a condition of the exemption; or\n(b) has failed to comply with a requirement of the road transport\nlegislation (other than the legislation mentioned in\nsubsection (1)).\n(4) If the road transport authority decides to end an exemption, the\nauthority must give the WTBS operator written notice stating—\n(a) that the authority has decided to end the exemption; and\n(b) the grounds for ending the exemption; and\n(c) when the exemption ends; and\n\n(d) any additional information the road transport authority considers\nappropriate.\nNote 1 For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.\nNote 2 For when a posted notice is taken to be given, see the Road Transport\n(General) Regulation 2000, s 9B.\n","sortOrder":94},{"sectionNumber":"70S","sectionType":"section","heading":"WTBS—approval of procedures and rules","content":"70S WTBS—approval of procedures and rules\n(1) The road transport authority may approve a WTBS’s procedures and\nrules for wheelchair-accessible taxi service operators and\nwheelchair-accessible taxi drivers (the WTBS’s approved\nprocedures and rules).\n(2) An approved procedure or rule is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":95},{"sectionNumber":"70T","sectionType":"section","heading":"WTBS—must direct driver to accept","content":"70T WTBS—must direct driver to accept\n(a) the person is a WTBS; and\n(b) someone requests a wheelchair-accessible taxi booking through\nthe WTBS; and\n(d) a wheelchair-accessible taxi is available for hire via the WTBS;\nand\n(e) the taxi’s driver does not accept an offer of the booking from the\nWTBS; and\n(f) the WTBS fails to, without delay, direct the driver to accept the\nbooking.\nNote It is an offence for a wheelchair-accessible taxi driver to not comply with\nthe direction (see s 114 (2)).\n\nIndependent taxi service operators Division 3A.2.1\nNote 1 Independent taxi service operator—see the Act, dictionary.\nNote 2 A taxi service operator must either be an affiliated operator for a transport\nbooking service or an independent taxi service operator (see Act, s 36E).\n","sortOrder":96},{"sectionNumber":"71","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—application","content":"71 ITSO approval—application\nAn accredited operator of a taxi service may apply to the road\ntransport authority for approval as an independent taxi service\noperator (an ITSO approval).\n","sortOrder":97},{"sectionNumber":"72","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—eligibility criteria","content":"72 ITSO approval—eligibility criteria\n(1) The road transport authority may determine eligibility criteria\n(ITSO eligibility criteria) for an ITSO approval.\n","sortOrder":98},{"sectionNumber":"73","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—decision on application","content":"73 ITSO approval—decision on application\napplication for an ITSO approval.\n(2) The road transport authority may issue the approval to the applicant\nonly if satisfied that the applicant—\n(a) satisfies any ITSO eligibility criteria; and\n(b) complies with the service standards for independent taxi\nservices.\n(3) The road transport authority must give the applicant written notice of\nits decision on the application.\n\n","sortOrder":99},{"sectionNumber":"74","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—conditions","content":"74 ITSO approval—conditions\nAn ITSO approval is subject to—\n(a) the condition that the operator complies with the service\nstandards for independent taxi services; and\n(b) any condition imposed by the road transport authority when the\napproval is issued, renewed or amended.\n","sortOrder":100},{"sectionNumber":"75","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—term","content":"75 ITSO approval—term\n(1) An ITSO approval comes into force on the day it is issued.\n(2) The road transport authority must not issue an ITSO approval for\nlonger than 6 years.\n(3) An ITSO approval expires on the day stated in the approval.\n","sortOrder":101},{"sectionNumber":"76","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—not transferable","content":"76 ITSO approval—not transferable\nAn ITSO approval is not transferable.\n","sortOrder":102},{"sectionNumber":"77","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—application for renewal","content":"77 ITSO approval—application for renewal\n(1) An ITSO approval-holder may apply to the road transport authority\nto renew the approval for a period not longer than 6 years.\n(b) made at least 14 days before the approval expires.\n\nIndependent taxi service operators Division 3A.2.1\nNote An approval-holder may apply to the road transport authority for the time\nto be extended, and the road transport authority may extend the time, even\n(4) If an approval-holder applies to renew the approval under this section,\nthe approval remains in force until the application is decided.\n","sortOrder":103},{"sectionNumber":"78","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—decision on application for renewal","content":"78 ITSO approval—decision on application for renewal\napplication for renewal of an ITSO approval under section 77.\n(2) The authority may renew the approval only if satisfied that the\napproval-holder continues to—\n(a) satisfy any ITSO eligibility criteria; and\n(b) comply with the service standards for independent taxi services.\n(3) The road transport authority may refuse to renew the approval if—\n(a) the authority believes on reasonable grounds that the\napproval-holder has contravened a condition of the approval; or\n(b) any accreditation under the Act held by the approval-holder is\nsuspended under chapter 8 (Disciplinary action).\n(4) If the authority decides to renew the approval, the authority may\nimpose or amend a condition on the approval.\n(b) tell the approval-holder about the decision.\nNote Failure to renew an approval within the required time is taken to be a\ndecision not to renew the approval (see ACT Civil and Administrative\n\n","sortOrder":104},{"sectionNumber":"79","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed","content":"79 ITSO approval—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement ITSO approval\nto an approval-holder if satisfied the approval-holder’s original\napproval has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\napproval-holder to give the authority a statement verifying that the\noriginal approval has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":105},{"sectionNumber":"80","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—must update name and address","content":"80 ITSO approval—must update name and address\n(a) the person is an ITSO approval-holder; and\n(ii) the approval.\n(3) If an ITSO approval-holder gives the road transport authority written\nnotice of a change to the person’s name or address and the approval,\nthe authority must enter the changed details on the approval and\nreturn it to the person.\n\n","sortOrder":106},{"sectionNumber":"81","sectionType":"section","heading":"ITSO approval—surrender","content":"81 ITSO approval—surrender\n(1) An ITSO approval-holder may surrender the approval by giving\n(a) the approval; or\n(b) if the approval has been lost, stolen or destroyed—a statement\nverifying that the approval has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":107},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 3A","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"2.2.1 Kinds of taxi licences","content":"Subdivision 3A.2.2.1 Kinds of taxi licences\n","sortOrder":108},{"sectionNumber":"82","sectionType":"section","heading":"Kinds of taxi licences","content":"82 Kinds of taxi licences\n(1) In this regulation:\nperpetual taxi licence means a taxi licence that—\n(a) was issued before 7 March 2006; and\n(b) is not limited to a term stated in the licence.\nNote Perpetual taxi licences are transferable (see Act, s 41).\nstandard taxi means a taxi other than a wheelchair-accessible taxi.\nstandard taxi licence—\n(a) means a taxi licence to use a vehicle as a standard taxi; but\n(b) does not include—\n(i) a perpetual taxi licence; or\n(ii) a transferable leased taxi licence.\n\ntransferable leased taxi licence means a taxi licence that—\n(a) was issued—\n(i) before 1 August 2016; and\n(ii) as a transferable taxi licence; and\n(b) is limited to a term stated in the licence.\nwheelchair-accessible taxi means a taxi with wheelchair access.\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence means a taxi licence to use a\nvehicle as a wheelchair-accessible taxi.\n(2) To remove any doubt, a taxi licence, other than a restricted taxi\nlicence, that was issued before 7 March 2006 is a taxi licence issued\nas a taxi licence that is not limited to a term stated in the licence.\nSubdivision 3A.2.2.2 Standard and wheelchair-accessible taxi\nlicences\n","sortOrder":109},{"sectionNumber":"83","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of pre-approval for standard or wheelchair taxi","content":"83 Meaning of pre-approval for standard or wheelchair taxi\nlicence\npre-approval, for a standard taxi licence or a wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi licence, means a pre-approval issued under section 86\n(Pre-approval—decision on application).\nNote A pre-approval for a taxi licence gives the pre-approval holder—\n(a) a position on the taxi licence waiting list (see s 84); and\n(b) the opportunity to apply for the taxi licence (see s 92A).\n\n","sortOrder":110},{"sectionNumber":"84","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licence waiting list","content":"84 Taxi licence waiting list\n(1) The road transport authority must keep a list of pre-approval holders\n(the taxi licence waiting list)—\n(a) in order of when their application for pre-approval was received\nby the authority; and\n(b) divided into the following lists:\n(i) the standard taxi licence waiting list;\n(ii) the wheelchair-accessible taxi licence waiting list.\n(2) The road transport authority must add a pre-approval holder to the\ntaxi licence waiting list as soon as possible after the pre-approval is\nissued under section 86 (Pre-approval—decision on application).\n(3) The road transport authority must move a pre-approval to the bottom\nof the taxi licence waiting list if the pre-approval resets to the bottom\nof the waiting list under—\n(a) section 92A (3) (a) (Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—\nnotice of availability); or\n(b) section 92B (3) (a) (Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—\napplication).\n(4) The road transport authority must remove a pre-approval holder from\nthe taxi licence waiting list if—\n(a) the pre-approval expires under—\n(i) section 88 (2) (Pre-approval—term); or\n(ii) section 92A (3) (b); or\n\n(iii) section 92B (3) (b); or\nNote A pre-approval expires under—\n• s 88 after 2 years; or\n• s 92A if the pre-approval is at the top of the waiting list, is\nnotified that a licence is available, but does not apply for it; or\n• s 92B if the pre-approval holder applies for a taxi licence.\n(b) the pre-approval is surrendered under section 90\n(Pre-approval—surrender).\n(5) The taxi licence waiting list may be kept in any form, including\nelectronically, that the road transport authority decides.\n(6) The taxi licence waiting list may form part of the pre-approval\nregister.\nNote Pre-approval register—see s 91.\n","sortOrder":111},{"sectionNumber":"85","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pre-approval—application","content":"85 Pre-approval—application\n(1) A person may apply to the road transport authority for pre-approval\nfor 1 or more standard taxi licences or wheelchair-accessible taxi\nlicences.\n(b) state, for each relevant person for the application—\n(i) the person’s name; and\n(ii) the person’s date of birth; and\n(iii) whether the person is—\n(A) an Australian citizen; or\n(B) a permanent resident; or\n\n(C) a temporary resident who holds a visa that allows the\n(c) state whether the pre-approval is for a standard taxi licence or a\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence; and\n(d) if the person is applying for pre-approval for a\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence—include, for each relevant\nperson for the application, details of the person’s experience and\nbackground that indicate the person’s suitability to provide taxi\nservices to people with disability.\nrelevant person, for an application for a pre-approval for a taxi\nlicence means—\n","sortOrder":112},{"sectionNumber":"86","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pre-approval—decision on application","content":"86 Pre-approval—decision on application\napplication for pre-approval for 1 or more taxi licences under\nsection 85 (1).\n(2) The road transport authority must issue the pre-approval to the\napplicant if satisfied that—\n\napplying for the pre-approval; and\nNote A person may be disqualified from applying for a pre-approval for\na period of time if a previous taxi licence has been surrendered (see\ns 92O), suspended or cancelled (see s 322).\n(c) if the application is for pre-approval for 1 or more standard taxi\nlicences—the applicant does not already hold a pre-approval for\na standard taxi licence; and\n(d) if the application is for pre-approval for 1 or more\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licences—\n(i) the applicant does not already hold a pre-approval for a\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence; and\n(ii) each relevant person for the application has experience or\nbackground likely to make the person suitable to provide\ntaxi services to people with disability.\nauthority further stated information, or a stated document, that the\n(4) The road transport authority must, not later than the required time—\n(b) tell the applicant about the decision on the application; and\n(c) if the decision is to issue the pre-approval—enter the\npre-approval holder’s details into the taxi licence waiting list.\nrelevant person, for an application for a pre-approval for a taxi\nlicence—see section 85 (3).\n\nrequired time means the later of the following:\nauthority further information or a document under\nsubsection (3)—14 days after the day the road transport\nauthority receives the information or document;\n(b) 14 days after the day the road transport authority receives the\nNote Failure to issue a pre-approval within the 14 days is taken to be a decision\nnot to issue the pre-approval (see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal\nAct 2008, s 12).\n","sortOrder":113},{"sectionNumber":"87","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pre-approval—form","content":"87 Pre-approval—form\n(1) A pre-approval must—\n(b) state the name of the pre-approval holder; and\n(c) state whether the pre-approval is for a standard taxi licence or a\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence.\n(2) A pre-approval may include anything else the road transport authority\nconsiders relevant.\n","sortOrder":114},{"sectionNumber":"88","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pre-approval—term","content":"88 Pre-approval—term\n(1) A pre-approval comes into force on the day it is issued.\n(2) A pre-approval expires 2 years after the day it is issued.\nNote A pre-approval is removed from the taxi licence waiting list if it expires\n(see s 92A and s 92B) or is surrendered (see s 84).\n","sortOrder":115},{"sectionNumber":"89","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pre-approval—not transferable","content":"89 Pre-approval—not transferable\nA pre-approval is not transferable.\n\n","sortOrder":116},{"sectionNumber":"90","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pre-approval—surrender","content":"90 Pre-approval—surrender\nA pre-approval holder may surrender the pre-approval by giving\nNote A pre-approval is removed from the taxi licence waiting list if it is\nsurrendered (see s 84).\n","sortOrder":117},{"sectionNumber":"91","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pre-approval register","content":"91 Pre-approval register\n(1) The road transport authority must keep a register of pre-approvals\n(the pre-approval register).\n(2) The pre-approval register may be kept in any form, including\nelectronically, that the road transport authority decides.\n(3) The road transport authority may correct a mistake, error or omission\nin the pre-approval register.\n(4) The road transport authority may change a detail included in the\npre-approval register to keep the register up-to-date.\nNote The pre-approval register may include the taxi licence waiting list\n(see s 84).\n","sortOrder":118},{"sectionNumber":"92","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—availability","content":"92 Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—availability\n(1) In this subdivision:\navailable—a taxi licence of a kind is available—\n(a) if the Minister has not made an availability determination—\n(i) for a standard taxi licence—if the number of standard taxi\nlicences in force in the Territory is less than the maximum\nnumber of standard taxi licences; or\n\n(ii) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence—if the number of\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licences in force in the Territory\nis less than the maximum number of wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi licences; or\nNote The Minister may determine the maximum number of taxi\nlicences under the Act, s 39.\n(b) if the Minister has made an availability determination—in the\ncircumstances stated in the availability determination.\n(2) The Minister may determine the circumstances in which a standard\ntaxi licence or wheelchair-accessible taxi licence is available\n(an availability determination).\n(3) A determination is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":119},{"sectionNumber":"92A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—notice of","content":"92A Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—notice of\navailability\n(a) a pre-approval for a standard taxi licence is at the top of the\nstandard taxi licence waiting list and a standard taxi licence is\navailable; or\n(b) a pre-approval for a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence is at the\ntop of the wheelchair-accessible taxi licence waiting list and a\nwheelchair accessible taxi licence is available.\n(2) The road transport authority must give written notice to the\npre-approval holder (an availability notice) that—\n(a) the taxi licence is available; and\n(b) the pre-approval holder may, not later than 14 days after the date\nof the availability notice, apply for the licence under\nsection 92B.\n\n(3) If the pre-approval holder does not apply under section 92B within 14\ndays—\n(a) if the pre-approval is for more than 1 licence—the pre-approval\nresets to the bottom of the taxi licence waiting list; or\n(b) if the pre-approval is for 1 licence only—the pre-approval\nexpires.\nNote A pre-approval is removed from the taxi licence waiting list if it expires\n(see s 84).\n","sortOrder":120},{"sectionNumber":"92B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—application","content":"92B Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—application\n(1) A pre-approval holder who is given an availability notice about a taxi\nlicence may apply to the road transport authority for the taxi licence.\n(b) if any of the details provided under section 85 (Pre-approval—\napplication) have changed since the application for the\npre-approval was made—state the new details.\n(3) If an application is made under this section—\n(a) if the pre-approval is for more than 1 licence—the number of\nlicences for the pre-approval is automatically reduced by 1 and\nthe pre-approval resets to the bottom of the taxi licence waiting\nlist; or\n(b) if the pre-approval is for 1 licence only—the pre-approval\nexpires.\n\n","sortOrder":121},{"sectionNumber":"92C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—decision on","content":"92C Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—decision on\napplication\napplication for a taxi licence under section 92B.\n(2) The road transport authority must issue the taxi licence if satisfied\nthat—\napplying for the taxi licence; and\nNote A person may be disqualified from applying for a taxi licence for a\nperiod of time if a previous taxi licence has been surrendered (see\ns 92O), suspended or cancelled (see s 322).\n(c) the applicant is accredited to operate—\n(i) for an application for a standard taxi licence—a taxi\nservice; or\n(ii) for an application for a wheelchair-accessible taxi\nlicence—a wheelchair-accessible taxi service; and\n(d) if the application is for a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence—\neach relevant person for the application has experience or\nbackground likely to make the person suitable to provide taxi\nservices to people with disability; and\n\n(e) the vehicle for which the licence is to be issued is not a vehicle\nfor which the road transport authority must refuse an application\nfor registration as a taxi under the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Regulation 2000—\n(i) for an application for a standard taxi licence—\nsection 32B (1) (Deciding applications for registration—\ntaxis); or\n(ii) for an application for a wheelchair-accessible taxi\nlicence—section 32B (3) or (4); and\n(f) any additional eligibility criteria determined by the road\ntransport authority under subsection (3) are satisfied.\n(3) The road transport authority may determine additional eligibility\ncriteria for a taxi licence.\n(4) A determination is a notifiable instrument.\n(5) The road transport authority may require the applicant to give the\n(6) The road transport authority need not decide the application if the\nrequirement is made in writing and the applicant does not comply\nwith the requirement.\n(7) In this section:\nrelevant person, for an application for a taxi licence, means—\n\n","sortOrder":122},{"sectionNumber":"92D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—time for decision","content":"92D Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—time for decision\non application\n(1) The road transport authority must, not later than the required time—\n(a) decide the application under section 92C; and\n(b) tell the applicant about the decision on the application; and\n(c) if the decision is to issue the licence—issue the licence to the\napplicant.\n(2) The road transport authority may make guidelines about\ncircumstances sufficient to justify delaying deciding an application\nunder section 92C.\n(3) The guidelines are a notifiable instrument.\nrequired time means the latest of the following:\nauthority further information or a document under\nsection 92C (3)—\n(i) for a standard taxi licence—60 days after the day the road\ntransport authority receives the information or document;\nor\n(ii) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence—120 days after\nthe day the road transport authority receives the\ninformation or document;\n(b) if the road transport authority is satisfied that there are\ncircumstances sufficient to justify delaying deciding the\napplication—the day decided by the road transport authority;\n(c) in any other case—\n(i) for a standard taxi licence—60 days after the day the road\ntransport authority receives the application; or\n\n(ii) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence—120 days after\nthe day the road transport authority receives the\nNote Failure to issue the licence within the required time is taken to be a\ndecision not to issue the licence (see ACT Civil and Administrative\n","sortOrder":123},{"sectionNumber":"92E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—conditions","content":"92E Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—conditions\n(1) A taxi licence is subject to—\n(a) the condition that the licensee must make the taxi available for\nhiring on a regular basis; and\n(b) any other condition imposed by the road transport authority\nwhen the licence is issued, renewed or amended.\n(2) A wheelchair-accessible taxi licence is subject to the condition that\nthe licensee must ensure that priority for the hiring of the taxi is given\nto wheelchair-dependent people.\nNote Standard and wheelchair-accessible taxi licences are subject to the\ncondition that the licensee must not transfer the licence to anyone else\n(see s 92H and Act, s 41 (4) and (5)).\n(a) is a taxi licensee; and\n(b) does not comply with a condition of the licence.\nregular basis, a taxi is available for hiring on a regular basis if—\n(a) it is available for hiring 11 out of every 12 months; and\n(b) is not unavailable for hiring for more than 2 consecutive weeks\nat a time; and\n\n(c) it satisfies any other availability requirements determined by the\nroad transport authority.\n(5) The road transport authority may determine availability requirements\nfor taxis.\n(6) An availability requirement is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":124},{"sectionNumber":"92F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—term","content":"92F Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—term\n(1) A taxi licence comes into force on the day it is issued.\n(2) The road transport authority must not issue a standard taxi licence or\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence for longer than 6 years.\n(3) A taxi licence expires on the day stated in the licence.\n","sortOrder":125},{"sectionNumber":"92G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—form","content":"92G Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—form\n(1) A taxi licence must—\n(b) include the following information:\n(i) the licensee’s full name and address;\n(ii) whether the licence is a standard taxi licence or a\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence;\n(iii) the taxi licence number allocated to the licensee; and\n(iv) the expiry date of the licence.\n(2) A taxi licence may also include anything else the road transport\nauthority considers appropriate.\n\n","sortOrder":126},{"sectionNumber":"92H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—transferability—","content":"92H Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—transferability—\nAct, s 41\nThe following taxi licences must be issued as non-transferable taxi\nlicences:\n(a) standard taxi licences;\n(b) wheelchair-accessible taxi licences.\nNote 1 A taxi licence issued as a non-transferable taxi licence is not transferable\nand is issued subject to the condition that the licensee must not transfer\nthe licence to anyone else (see Act, s 41 (4) and (5)).\nNote 2 Perpetual taxi licences are transferable (see Act, s 41 (1)). Transferable\nleased taxi licences are transferable (see Act, s 41 (1) and (2)).\nSubdivision 3A.2.2.3 Taxi licences generally\n","sortOrder":127},{"sectionNumber":"92I","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—amendment initiated by authority","content":"92I Taxi licences—amendment initiated by authority\n(1) The road transport authority may, by written notice (an amendment\nnotice) given to a taxi licensee, amend the licence.\n(2) However, the authority may amend the licence only if—\n(a) the authority has given the licensee written notice of the\nproposed amendment (a proposal notice); and\n(b) the proposal notice states that written submissions about the\nproposal may be made to the authority before the end of a stated\nperiod of at least 14 days after the day the proposal notice is\ngiven to the licensee; and\n(c) after the end of the stated period, the authority has considered\nany submissions made in accordance with the proposal notice.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the licensee applied for,\nor agreed in writing to, the amendment.\n(4) The amendment takes effect on the day the amendment notice is given\nto the licensee or a later day stated in the notice.\n\n","sortOrder":128},{"sectionNumber":"92J","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—amendment initiated by licensee","content":"92J Taxi licences—amendment initiated by licensee\n(1) A taxi licensee may apply to the road transport authority to amend the\n(2) The authority may amend the licence only if satisfied that, were the\napplication for amendment an application for a licence, the authority\nwould issue the licence as amended.\n(3) If the authority decides to amend the licence, the authority may\nimpose or amend a condition on the licence.\n(4) The authority must, not later than 28 days after the day the authority\nNote Failure to amend a licence within the required time is taken to be a\ndecision not to amend the licence (see ACT Civil and Administrative\n","sortOrder":129},{"sectionNumber":"92K","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—application for renewal","content":"92K Taxi licences—application for renewal\n(1) A taxi licensee may apply to the road transport authority to renew the\nlicence for a period not longer than 6 years.\n(b) made at least 14 days before the licence expires.\nNote A licensee may apply to the road transport authority for the time to be\nextended, and the road transport authority may extend the time, even\n(4) If a licensee applies to renew a licence under this section, the licence\nremains in force until the application is decided.\n\n","sortOrder":130},{"sectionNumber":"92L","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—decision on application for renewal","content":"92L Taxi licences—decision on application for renewal\napplication for renewal of a taxi licence under section 92K.\n(2) The authority may renew the licence only if satisfied of the matters\nmentioned in section 92C (2) (Standard and wheelchair taxi\nlicences—decision on application).\n(3) The road transport authority may refuse to renew the licence if—\n(a) the authority believes on reasonable grounds that the licensee\nhas contravened a condition of the licence or another taxi\nlicence; or\n(b) another taxi licence, or an accreditation to operate any kind of\ntaxi service, held by the licensee is suspended under chapter 8\n(4) If the authority decides to renew the licence, the authority may impose\nor amend a condition on the licence.\nNote Failure to renew a licence within the required time is taken to be a\ndecision not to renew the licence (see ACT Civil and Administrative\n(6) Compensation is not payable to anyone because a taxi licence is not\nrenewed under this section.\n","sortOrder":131},{"sectionNumber":"92M","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed","content":"92M Taxi licences—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement taxi licence to\na taxi licensee if satisfied the licensee’s original licence has been lost,\n\nlicensee to give the authority a statement verifying that the original\nlicence has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":132},{"sectionNumber":"92N","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—must be produced for inspection","content":"92N Taxi licences—must be produced for inspection\n(a) the person is a taxi licensee; and\nproduce the licence for inspection; and\n(c) the person fails to produce the licence for inspection.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—\n(a) the person has a reasonable excuse for failing to produce the taxi\nlicence when required to do so; and\n(b) within 3 days after being required to produce the licence, the\nperson produces the licence at the place directed by the police\nofficer or authorised person.\n","sortOrder":133},{"sectionNumber":"92O","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—surrender","content":"92O Taxi licences—surrender\n(1) A taxi licensee may surrender the licence by giving written notice of\nthe surrender to the road transport authority.\n(a) the licence; or\n\n(b) if the licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed—a statement\nverifying that the licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n(3) A taxi licensee who surrenders their licence is automatically\ndisqualified from applying for a taxi licence, or a pre-approval for a\ntaxi licence, for 2 years after the day the surrender takes effect.\n","sortOrder":134},{"sectionNumber":"92P","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi licences—must update name and address","content":"92P Taxi licences—must update name and address\n(a) the person is a taxi licensee; and\n(ii) the licence.\n(3) If a taxi licensee gives the road transport authority written notice of a\nchange to the person’s name or address and the licence, the authority\nmust enter the changed details on the licence and return it to the\nlicensee.\n\nSubdivision 3A.2.3.1 Taxi operators\n","sortOrder":135},{"sectionNumber":"94","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi service operator—must tell authority about affiliation","content":"94 Taxi service operator—must tell authority about affiliation\n(a) is an affiliated taxi service operator for a transport booking\n(b) does not tell the road transport authority, as soon as practicable\nafter entering into the affiliated operator agreement—\n(i) about the affiliation; and\n(ii) the name of the transport booking service.\n","sortOrder":136},{"sectionNumber":"95","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxis to be fitted with complying taximeters","content":"95 Taxis to be fitted with complying taximeters\n(1) The accredited operator of a taxi must ensure—\n(a) the taxi is fitted with a taximeter; and\n(b) the taximeter complies with the standards approved under\nsection 158 (1) (Standards for taximeters).\n(2) An accredited operator of a taxi commits an offence if the operator\nfails to comply with subsection (1).\nNote It is also an offence to interfere with a taximeter in certain circumstances,\nsee s 221E.\n(3) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a taxi if an exemption under\nsection 95A is in force for the taxi.\n\n","sortOrder":137},{"sectionNumber":"95A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption from requirement to comply with taximeter","content":"95A Exemption from requirement to comply with taximeter\nstandards\n(1) The road transport authority may exempt a taxi from\nsection 95 (1) (b).\n(2) If the road transport authority exempts a taxi under subsection (1), the\nauthority must endorse the licence for the taxi accordingly.\n(3) An exemption under subsection (1) commences on the later of the\ndate (if any) stated in the exemption and the endorsement by the road\ntransport authority of the exemption on the taxi’s licence.\n(4) An exemption under subsection (1) is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":138},{"sectionNumber":"96","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taximeters to be clearly visible","content":"96 Taximeters to be clearly visible\nThe accredited operator of a taxi must ensure that the amount\nrecorded on the taximeter for the taxi, and any figures affecting the\nrate at which a taxi fare is charged, are displayed (including, if\nnecessary, illuminated) so that they can be readily read by a hirer.\n","sortOrder":139},{"sectionNumber":"97","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi service operator—drivers to be licensed and skilled","content":"97 Taxi service operator—drivers to be licensed and skilled\n(a) is a taxi service operator; and\n(b) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that each taxi driver for\nthe taxi service is either—\n(i) the holder of a public vehicle licence to drive a taxi; or\n\n(a) the person is an independent taxi service operator; and\n(c) the person does not take reasonable steps to ensure that each taxi\ndriver for the taxi service has the knowledge and skills required\nunder the determination to be a taxi driver.\n","sortOrder":140},{"sectionNumber":"98","sectionType":"section","heading":"Drivers of wheelchair-accessible taxis to be trained","content":"98 Drivers of wheelchair-accessible taxis to be trained\nThe accredited operator of a wheelchair-accessible taxi must ensure\nthat a person who drives the taxi while it is operating as a taxi has—\n(a) successfully completed an approved wheelchair-accessible taxi\ndriver training course; or\n(b) been exempted by the road transport authority under section 160\n(Authority may exempt wheelchair-accessible taxi drivers from\napproved training course) from the requirement to successfully\ncomplete the course.\n","sortOrder":141},{"sectionNumber":"99","sectionType":"section","heading":"Records of taxi drivers etc to be maintained by accredited","content":"99 Records of taxi drivers etc to be maintained by accredited\noperator\n(1) The accredited operator of a taxi must make a written record of the\nfollowing particulars for each person who drives the taxi while it is\noperating as a taxi:\n\n(c) if the operator is an independent taxi service operator and a\ndetermination is in force under section 221U (Knowledge and\nskills to be bookable vehicle driver)—evidence that the person\nhas the knowledge and skills required under the determination\nto be a taxi driver;\n(d) whether the person has successfully completed an approved\nwheelchair-accessible taxi driver training course or has been\nexempted by the road transport authority under section 160\n(Authority may exempt wheelchair-accessible taxi drivers from\napproved training course) from the requirement to successfully\ncomplete the course;\n(e) the dates and times when the taxi was driven by the person while\nit was operated as a taxi;\n(f) the registration number of the taxi driven by the person.\n","sortOrder":142},{"sectionNumber":"100","sectionType":"section","heading":"Keeping and inspection etc of records about taxis","content":"100 Keeping and inspection etc of records about taxis\n(1) A person who is or has been the accredited operator of a taxi must—\n\nmade or in force under the Act, including any regulation and service\nstandards (see Legislation Act, s 104).\n(3) The road transport authority, police officer or authorised person may\nsubsection (1) (b) or (c).\n(4) This section does not apply to a recording made by a security camera\nin a taxi.\n","sortOrder":143},{"sectionNumber":"101A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair-accessible taxi operator to have equipment","content":"101A Wheelchair-accessible taxi operator to have equipment\nand arrangements with WTBS\n(1) This section applies if a WTBS is operating in the Territory.\nNote WTBS—see s 70L.\n(a) the person is an accredited operator of a wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi; and\n(c) the person does not have an arrangement in place with a\nWTBS operator for the provision of a taxi booking service for\nthe taxi.\n\n(a) the person is an accredited operator of a wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi; and\n(c) the taxi is not fitted with equipment that allows the taxi driver to\nsend messages to, and receive messages from, a WTBS.\n","sortOrder":144},{"sectionNumber":"101B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair-accessible taxi operator—WTBS’s approved","content":"101B Wheelchair-accessible taxi operator—WTBS’s approved\nprocedures and rules\n(a) the person is an—\n(i) accredited operator of a wheelchair-accessible taxi; and\n(ii) affiliated operator for a WTBS; and\n(b) the WTBS gives the person the WTBS’s approved procedures\nand rules; and\n(c) the person does not comply with the WTBS’s approved\nprocedures and rules.\nNote WTBS’s approved procedures and rules—see s 70S.\n\n","sortOrder":145},{"sectionNumber":"102","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information to be displayed in taxis","content":"102 Information to be displayed in taxis\n(1) The accredited operator of a taxi must ensure that the following\ninformation is displayed in accordance with subsection (2) while the\ntaxi is operating as a taxi:\n(a) a summary of the rights and obligations of the hirer;\n(b) the maximum fares on which the fare for hiring is worked out;\n(c) the registration number of the taxi;\n(d) the maximum number of passengers the taxi is licensed to carry.\n(2) The information must be displayed inside the taxi in a form approved\nby the road transport authority in a position where it can readily be\nread by a passenger.\n(3) If the taxi is a stand-by taxi, the reference to the registration number\nin subsection (1) (c) is to the registration number of the stand-by taxi.\n(4) An approval under subsection (2) is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":146},{"sectionNumber":"107","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi must have identifying signs and livery","content":"107 Taxi must have identifying signs and livery\n(1) The road transport authority may determine requirements for signs\nand livery for taxis (the taxi signs and livery requirements).\n(2) A taxi sign and livery requirement is a notifiable instrument.\n(a) the person is an accredited taxi operator; and\n(b) the taxi is not fitted with signs and livery that—\n(i) allows the public to identify the taxi as a taxi; and\n(ii) complies with the taxi signs and livery requirements.\n\n","sortOrder":147},{"sectionNumber":"109","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stand-by taxis","content":"109 Stand-by taxis\n(1) The accredited operator of a taxi must not operate another motor\nvehicle as a taxi (a stand-by taxi) instead of the vehicle mentioned in\nthe licence (the usual taxi) unless—\n(a) the usual taxi is out of operation because it is being repaired or\nserviced; and\n(b) the stand-by taxi complies with subsection (3); and\n(c) the operator has given the notices required under subsection (4)\nto—\n(i) the road transport authority; and\n(ii) if the operator is an affiliated operator for a transport\nbooking service—the transport booking service.\n(2) The accredited operator of a taxi must not fail to comply with\n(3) A stand-by taxi must—\n(a) have attached to it the numberplates issued for the usual taxi\ninstead of the numberplates issued for the stand-by taxi; and\n(b) comply with the conditions of the licence that apply to the usual\ntaxi (unless otherwise authorised in writing by the road transport\nauthority); and\n(c) comply with the other requirements of the Act for taxis; and\n(d) have been registrable as a taxi when it was last registered under\nthe Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999; and\n\n(e) be covered by a public passenger vehicle policy to the extent\nthat the usual taxi would be.\nExamples of the other requirements to be met by the stand-by taxi—par (c)\n","sortOrder":148},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"The vehicle is fitted with signs and livery in accordance with s 107.","content":"1 The vehicle is fitted with signs and livery in accordance with s 107.\n","sortOrder":149},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"If the usual taxi is a wheelchair-accessible taxi, the other vehicle must be a","content":"2 If the usual taxi is a wheelchair-accessible taxi, the other vehicle must be a\nwheelchair-accessible taxi.\n(4) The accredited operator must give written notice of the operator’s\nintention to operate the stand-by taxi instead of the usual taxi to—\n(a) the road transport authority; and\n(b) if the operator is an affiliated operator for a transport booking\nservice—the transport booking service.\n(5) If the accredited operator of the usual taxi complies with\nsubsection (1), the stand-by taxi is taken, for this regulation, to be the\nusual taxi while it is being operated as a taxi.\nSubdivision 3A.2.3.2 Taxi drivers\nNote For the licensing of taxi drivers, see the Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000.\n","sortOrder":150},{"sectionNumber":"114","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—special","content":"114 Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—special\nresponsibilities\n(a) is a wheelchair-accessible taxi driver; and\n(b) becomes available to accept a hiring for the taxi; and\n(c) does not tell a relevant transport booking service about their\navailability as soon as practicable after becoming available.\n\n(b) a relevant transport booking service directs the person to accept\na booking for the taxi for a wheelchair-dependent person; and\n(c) the person does not comply with the direction.\nNote If a wheelchair-accessible taxi driver does not accept an offer of a\nbooking for a wheelchair-dependent person, the WTBS or transport\nbooking service must direct the driver to accept the booking (see s 70N\nand s 70T).\nrelevant transport booking service means—\n(a) if a WTBS is operating in the Territory—a WTBS via which the\nwheelchair-accessible taxi may be booked; or\n(b) if there is no WTBS operating in the Territory and the driver is\nan affiliated driver for another transport booking service—the\nNote WTBS—see s 70L.\nTransport booking service—see the Act, s 28.\n","sortOrder":151},{"sectionNumber":"115","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—connection to WTBS","content":"115 Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—connection to WTBS\n(c) a WTBS is operating in the Territory; and\n(d) the person fails to appropriately operate equipment allowing a\nWTBS to communicate bookings to the person.\n\n","sortOrder":152},{"sectionNumber":"116","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—WTBS’s procedures","content":"116 Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—WTBS’s procedures\nand rules\n(b) the person is—\n(i) an affiliated operator for a WTBS; or\n(ii) a driver for an affiliated operator for a WTBS; and\n(c) the WTBS gives the person the WTBS’s approved procedures\nand rules; and\n(d) the person does not comply with the WTBS’s approved\nprocedures and rules.\nNote WTBS’s approved procedures and rules—see s 70S.\n","sortOrder":153},{"sectionNumber":"122","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of taxi zones","content":"122 Use of taxi zones\n(1) A taxi driver must not stop the taxi in a taxi zone if the taxi is hired\nor is not available for hire.\n(2) However, the driver may set down a passenger in a taxi zone if the\ntaxi occupies the last available vacant position in the taxi zone.\nNote The dictionary definition of taxi zone includes a temporary taxi zone\nappointed under s 123.\n\n(3) On arriving at a taxi zone with positions for 2 or more taxis, a taxi\ndriver must place and keep the taxi in the 1st available vacant position\nin the taxi zone unless otherwise directed by a police officer or\n(4) If 2 or more taxis are in a taxi zone, the 1st taxi has a right to the next\nhiring unless the person hiring selects another taxi.\n(5) The driver of a taxi (other than the 1st taxi) must not do anything in\ncontravention of the 1st taxi’s right to the next hiring under\nsubsection (4).\n(6) A taxi driver must not leave a taxi zone, or another place where\npassengers are picked up or dropped off, in contravention of a\ndirection given by a police officer or authorised person.\n","sortOrder":154},{"sectionNumber":"123","sectionType":"section","heading":"Temporary taxi zones","content":"123 Temporary taxi zones\n(1) A police officer or authorised person may appoint a temporary taxi\nzone at a place where taxis are congregated.\n(2) A taxi driver must use the temporary taxi zone in accordance with\ndirections of the police officer or authorised person.\n","sortOrder":155},{"sectionNumber":"124","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to park taxis on road for longer than 30 minutes","content":"124 Offence to park taxis on road for longer than 30 minutes\n(1) A taxi driver must not park the taxi on a road for longer than\n30 minutes, other than in a taxi zone.\n\n(2) The driver does not contravene subsection (1) if—\n(a) the vehicle was hired throughout the period when the vehicle\nwas parked; or\n(b) the driver was, throughout the period when the vehicle was\nparked, waiting to pick up a person who had hired it before the\nbeginning of that period; or\n(c) the vehicle was parked at the direction, or with the agreement,\nof a police officer or authorised person; or\n(d) the vehicle was not being operated as a taxi or was not available\nfor hire.\nSubdivision 3A.2.3.3 Taxi hirings\n","sortOrder":156},{"sectionNumber":"127","sectionType":"section","heading":"When a taxi hiring begins","content":"127 When a taxi hiring begins\n(1) If a person asks for a taxi to be at a place (the pick-up point) at a\nparticular time (the booked time) to carry a person or the person’s\ngoods from the pick-up point to another place, the hiring of the taxi\nbegins—\n(a) for a taxi that arrives at the pick-up point before the booked\ntime—at the earlier of the following:\n(i) the booked time;\n(ii) the time when the person or the person’s goods are in the\ntaxi;\n(b) for a taxi that arrives at the pick-up point on or after the booked\ntime—at the time when the person is notified of the taxi’s arrival\nat the pick-up point.\n(2) If a person asks for a taxi that does not require the taxi to be at the\npick-up point at a particular time, the hiring begins at the time when\nthe person is notified of the taxi’s arrival at the pick-up point.\n\n(3) If subsections (1) or (2) do not apply to a hiring, the hiring begins—\n(a) on the acceptance of the hiring by the taxi driver; or\n(b) if the intending passenger and the taxi driver agree that the hiring\nis to begin at a particular time—at that time.\n","sortOrder":157},{"sectionNumber":"127A","sectionType":"section","heading":"When a taxi hiring ends","content":"127A When a taxi hiring ends\n(1) The hiring of a taxi ends when—\n(a) if the hiring is ended under section 137 (Ending of taxi hiring by\nhirer)—the hirer ends the hiring; or\n(b) if the hiring is ended under section 138 (Ending of taxi hiring by\ndriver)—the driver ends the hiring; or\n(c) if the driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi accepts a hiring in\naccordance with section 129 (2) (Wheelchair-accessible taxi\ndriver—must preferentially accept hirings for\nwheelchair-dependent people) from a person using a\nwheelchair—the driver accepts the hiring offered by the person\nusing a wheelchair; or\n(d) if the hirer leaves the taxi in accordance with a direction under\nsection 229 (1) (Bookable vehicle passenger—direction to get\nout of vehicle)—the hirer leaves the taxi; or\n(e) if the hirer is removed from the taxi under section 229 (5)—the\nhirer is removed from the taxi; or\n(f) in any other case—the taxi stops at the destination of the hire.\n(2) To remove any doubt, the hiring of a taxi does not include any period\nduring which—\n(a) a hirer is paying the fare and getting out of the taxi; and\n(b) the driver is unloading goods from the taxi or is carrying goods\nto a door or entrance of a house, station or other place where the\nhiring of the taxi ends; and\n\n(c) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi—a wheelchair is being released\nfrom its attachment to the taxi, unloaded from the taxi or moved\n(with or without the assistance of the driver) away from the taxi.\n","sortOrder":158},{"sectionNumber":"127B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of fare—ch 3A","content":"127B Meaning of fare—ch 3A\nfare, for the hiring of a taxi, means—\n(a) for an authorised fixed-fare hiring—the amount agreed between\nthe taxi driver and the hirer, or the transport booking service for\nthe taxi and the hirer; or\n(b) in any other case—the amount chargeable for the hiring under a\ndetermination under the Act, section 60 (Power to determine\ntaxi fares) (other than a charge for any period of the hiring when\nthe taximeter is required to be stopped from registering a charge\nunder section 143B (2) (Operation of taximeter during hiring)).\n","sortOrder":159},{"sectionNumber":"129","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—must preferentially","content":"129 Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—must preferentially\naccept hirings for wheelchair-dependent people\n(1) The driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi that is available for hire\nmust accept a hiring offered by a person using a wheelchair in\npreference to a hiring offered by a person not using a wheelchair.\n(2) The driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi must accept a hiring\noffered by a person using a wheelchair even if the driver has already\naccepted the offer of a person not using a wheelchair unless an\nintending passenger is already seated in the taxi when the person\nusing a wheelchair offers to hire the taxi.\n\n(3) Despite subsections (2) and (3), a taxi driver may refuse to accept a\nhiring if—\n(a) the driver would contravene any of the following provisions if\nthe driver accepted the hiring:\n(i) section 132 (Wheelchair passengers in wheelchair-\naccessible taxis);\n(ii) section 147 (Drinking of liquor in taxis prohibited);\n(iii) section 221W (Bookable vehicle driver—carrying animals\nin vehicle); or\n(b) the intending passenger is a person mentioned in—\n(i) section 148 (Eating and drinking in taxis); or\n(ii) section 229 (1) (Bookable vehicle passenger—direction to\nget out of vehicle); or\n(c) the intending passenger’s destination is outside the ACT region;\nor\n(d) the intending cannot, when asked, satisfy the driver that the\nperson can pay the estimated fare for the proposed hiring; or\n(e) the driver believes on reasonable grounds that the person will\nnot pay the fare for the proposed hiring; or\n(f) the driver would contravene any other provision of the road\ntransport legislation.\n(4) However, the driver must accept the hiring if directed to do so under\nsection 225 (Bookable vehicle driver—directions by police officers\nor authorised people).\n\n(5) To remove any doubt, a reference in this section to a hiring includes\na hiring booked via a transport booking service.\nNote A WTBS is a kind of transport booking service (see s 70L).\n","sortOrder":160},{"sectionNumber":"131","sectionType":"section","heading":"How taxi hiring to be carried out","content":"131 How taxi hiring to be carried out\n(1) A taxi driver must not fail to drive the taxi by the shortest practicable\nroute to any place stated by the hirer that is within the ACT region,\nunless the hirer asks that the taxi be driven to the place by another\nroute.\n(2) The hirer of a taxi may, at any time during the hiring, direct the driver\nto carry the hirer to another place within the ACT region (the new\ndestination), even if that place was not originally stated.\n(3) A taxi driver must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with\na direction under subsection (2).\n(4) However, a taxi driver is not required to comply with a direction made\nunder subsection (2) if, when asked, the hirer does not pay a fare\ndeposit for the journey to the new destination.\n","sortOrder":161},{"sectionNumber":"132","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair passengers in wheelchair-accessible taxis","content":"132 Wheelchair passengers in wheelchair-accessible taxis\n(1) The driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi must not carry a wheelchair\nin the taxi unless it is safely and securely attached to the taxi.\n\n(2) The driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi must not carry a person in\nthe taxi while the person is seated in a wheelchair unless—\n(a) the wheelchair cannot travel faster than 10km/h on level ground;\nand\n(b) the wheelchair is not in another vehicle (for example, a\nmotorised tricycle) while the wheelchair is in the taxi; and\n(c) if a seatbelt is provided for the position where the wheelchair is\nattached—the person is wearing the seatbelt.\n(3) However, subsection (2) (c) does not apply if the person is exempt\nunder a territory law from wearing a seatbelt.\nRegulation 2017, pt 16).\n(4) Despite subsection (2) (a), the driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi\nmust not carry a person in the taxi while the person is seated in a\nmotorised wheelchair of a kind known as, or that is similar to, a\nscooter or tricycle.\n(5) The driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi must provide reasonable\nassistance in loading and unloading a wheelchair, or a person in a\nwheelchair, into or from the taxi.\n\n","sortOrder":162},{"sectionNumber":"136","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi driver waiting or instructed to return","content":"136 Taxi driver waiting or instructed to return\n(1) If the hirer of a taxi asks the driver to wait, the driver must wait for—\n(a) 15 minutes; or\n(b) if the driver and hirer agree to a shorter or longer period—the\nperiod agreed.\n(2) However, the driver may refuse to wait if the hirer does not pay the\ndriver—\n(a) the fare to the place where the hirer asked the driver to wait; and\n(b) a fare deposit for the relevant waiting period.\n(3) If the hirer ends the hire and instructs the taxi driver to return later to\nthe place where the hiring was ended, the taxi driver may claim the\nfare to the time of the ending of the hiring and is not obliged to accept\nthe hiring to return.\n","sortOrder":163},{"sectionNumber":"137","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ending of taxi hiring by hirer","content":"137 Ending of taxi hiring by hirer\nThe hirer of a taxi may end the hiring at any time.\n","sortOrder":164},{"sectionNumber":"138","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ending of taxi hiring by driver","content":"138 Ending of taxi hiring by driver\n(1) A taxi driver may end a hiring—\n(a) on a ground on which the driver could refuse to accept a hiring\nunder section 129 (3) (Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—must\npreferentially accept hirings for wheelchair-dependent people);\nor\n(b) if a passenger behaves in an offensive way or uses offensive\nlanguage; or\n(c) if a passenger does not stop eating, drinking or smoking when\nasked by the driver to do so; or\n\n(d) if a passenger is not wearing a suitable child restraint or a\nseatbelt that is properly fastened and adjusted.\n(2) However—\n(a) subsection (1) (c) does not apply if the person is eating or\ndrinking for medical reasons; and\n(b) subsection (1) (d) does not apply if the person is exempt under\na territory law from wearing a seatbelt.\nRegulation 2017, s 265 and s 266).\n","sortOrder":165},{"sectionNumber":"139","sectionType":"section","heading":"Extra taxi passengers","content":"139 Extra taxi passengers\nA taxi driver must not allow anyone else other than the hirer to travel\nin the taxi without the hirer’s agreement.\n","sortOrder":166},{"sectionNumber":"140","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sharing taxis","content":"140 Sharing taxis\n(1) This section applies if, at the beginning of, or during, a hiring of a\ntaxi, the hirer requires the driver—\n(a) to allow other people (the hirer’s guests) to share the taxi with\nthe hirer; and\n(b) to drive the hirer’s guests to a destination other than the hirer’s\ndestination before driving the hirer to his or her destination.\n(2) The taxi driver must comply with a requirement under subsection (1).\n\n(3) However, if the requirement is made during a hiring, the taxi driver\nneed not comply with the requirement if—\n(a) when asked by the driver, the hirer does not pay a fare deposit\nfor the estimated fare for the hiring; or\n(b) the destination of the hirer’s guests is outside the ACT region.\nNote 1 ACT region—see s 221N.\nNote 2 A hiring may be refused if the destination is outside the ACT region\n(see s 129 (3) (c)).\n(4) The taxi driver must not ask for payment of all or part of the fare from\nany of the hirer’s guests.\n","sortOrder":167},{"sectionNumber":"140A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of multiple hiring of a taxi—subdiv 3A.2.3.3","content":"140A Meaning of multiple hiring of a taxi—subdiv 3A.2.3.3\nIn this subdivision:\nmultiple hiring, of a taxi, means a 2nd or subsequent hiring of the\ntaxi during a taxi hiring.\nNote 1 The Minister may determine fares under the Act, s 60 and may determine\nthat each hirer is to be charged a separate fare.\nNote 2 The 2nd or subsequent hiring need not be to the same destination as the\ninitial hiring.\n","sortOrder":168},{"sectionNumber":"141","sectionType":"section","heading":"Multiple hiring of taxis","content":"141 Multiple hiring of taxis\nA taxi driver must not, without the agreement of anyone who has\nalready hired the taxi, accept a multiple hiring of the taxi.\n\n","sortOrder":169},{"sectionNumber":"142","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi fare deposits","content":"142 Taxi fare deposits\n(1) Before accepting an offer of a hiring from a person, a taxi driver may\nask the person to give the driver a fare deposit if the driver believes\non reasonable grounds that the person may not be able to, or will not,\npay the estimated fare for the hiring.\nNote The fare for a waiting period mentioned in s 136 (2) (Taxi driver waiting\nor instructed to return) is also a fare deposit (see dict, def fare deposit).\n(2) The driver of a taxi may ask a hirer to pay a fare deposit if, during the\nhire, the hirer asks to be taken to a destination other than the\ndestination originally stated and the driver believes on reasonable\ngrounds that the hirer may not be able to pay, or will not pay, the\nestimated fare to the new destination.\n(3) If the person or hirer gives the taxi driver the fare deposit, the driver\ncannot refuse to accept the hiring or end the hiring on the ground that\nthe person or hirer cannot satisfy the driver that the person or hirer\ncan pay the estimated fare for the proposed hiring.\n","sortOrder":170},{"sectionNumber":"142A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption from operation of taximeter and metered fares","content":"142A Exemption from operation of taximeter and metered fares\nfor certain hirings—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\n(1) This section applies to the driver of a taxi in relation to the following\nkinds of hirings (an authorised fixed-fare hiring):\n(a) a hiring to a destination outside the ACT region if, before the\nhiring is begun—\n(i) the driver tells the intending passenger that the destination\nis outside the ACT region; and\n(ii) the driver and the intending passenger agree on the amount\npayable as the fare for the hiring;\n(b) a hiring for the delivery of an item (including goods) if no\npassengers are carried in the taxi during the hiring;\n\n(c) a hiring approved by the road transport authority under\n(2) The road transport authority may approve a hiring to which this\nsection applies.\n(3) An approval under subsection (2) is a disallowable instrument.\n(4) The driver of a taxi is exempt from the following provisions in\nrelation to an authorised fixed-fare hiring:\n• section 143A (When driver must start taximeter)\n• section 143B (Operation of taximeter during hiring)\n• section 143C (Operation of taximeter at end of hiring)\n• section 144 (2) (Driver to ask for correct fare).\n","sortOrder":171},{"sectionNumber":"143","sectionType":"section","heading":"Driver not to start taximeter before hiring begins","content":"143 Driver not to start taximeter before hiring begins\n(1) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if the driver starts the taxi’s\ntaximeter recording a fare for a hiring of the taxi before the hiring\nbegins.\nNote For when a hiring begins, see s 127.\n","sortOrder":172},{"sectionNumber":"143A","sectionType":"section","heading":"When driver must start taximeter","content":"143A When driver must start taximeter\n(1) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if the driver fails to start the\ntaxi’s taximeter recording the fare for a hiring when the hiring begins.\nNote 1 For when a hiring begins, see s 127.\nNote 2 This section does not apply to an authorised fixed-fare hiring, see\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a hiring to which subsection (3) or\n(4) applies.\n\n(3) The driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi commits an offence if—\n(a) the taxi is hired by or for a wheelchair-dependent person; and\n(b) before the hiring begins the driver is informed that the fare for\nthe hiring is to be paid under the taxi subsidy scheme; and\n(c) either—\n(i) the driver starts the taxi’s taximeter recording the fare for\nthe hiring before the person’s wheelchair is lifted into and\nattached to the taxi; or\n(ii) the driver fails to start the taxi’s taximeter recording the\nfare for the hiring as soon as practicable after the person’s\nwheelchair is lifted into and attached to the taxi.\n(4) The driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi commits an offence if—\n(a) the taxi is hired by or for a wheelchair-dependent person; and\n(b) after the hiring begins the driver is informed that the fare for the\nhiring is to be paid under the taxi subsidy scheme; and\n(c) either—\n(i) the driver fails to stop the taxi’s taximeter recording the\nfare for the hiring until the person’s wheelchair is lifted\ninto and attached to the taxi; or\n(ii) the driver fails to restart the taxi’s taximeter recording the\nfare for the hiring as soon as practicable after the person’s\nwheelchair is lifted into and attached to the taxi.\n\n","sortOrder":173},{"sectionNumber":"143B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Operation of taximeter during hiring","content":"143B Operation of taximeter during hiring\n(1) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if the driver stops the taxi’s\ntaximeter recording a fare for a hiring before the hiring ends.\nNote This section does not apply to an authorised fixed-fare hiring, see\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the taximeter is stopped from\nrecording a fare during any period of a hiring when—\n(a) the taxi is delayed for a reason mentioned in section 145 (Taxi\nfare not payable for avoidable delays); or\n(b) a hirer (who is not the last hirer in a multiple hiring of the taxi)\nis paying the fare for his or her hire and getting out of the taxi.\n(3) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if—\n(a) the driver stopped the taxi’s taximeter recording a fare during\nany period of a hiring when—\n(i) the taxi is delayed for a reason mentioned in section 145\n(Taxi fare not payable for avoidable delays); or\n(ii) a hirer (who is not the last hirer in a multiple hiring of the\ntaxi) is paying the fare for his or her hire and getting out of\nthe taxi; and\n(b) the driver fails to restart the taximeter recording the fare when\nthe hiring is resumed.\n\n","sortOrder":174},{"sectionNumber":"143C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Operation of taximeter at end of hiring","content":"143C Operation of taximeter at end of hiring\n(1) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if, at the end of a hiring, the\ndriver fails to stop the taxi’s taximeter from recording the fare for the\nhiring.\nNote 1 For when a hiring ends, see s 127A.\nNote 2 This section does not apply to an authorised fixed-fare hiring, see\n(2) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if, before receiving payment\nof the fare for a hiring, the driver fails—\n(a) to ensure that the amount displayed on the taxi’s taximeter as the\nfare, and any figures that affect the rate at which the fare is\nworked out, are displayed (including, if necessary, illuminated)\nso that they can be readily read by the hirer; and\n(b) to state any other amounts that are payable for the hiring.\n(3) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if the driver fails to ensure\nthat the amount displayed on the taxi’s taximeter as the fare for the\nhiring is returned to zero as soon as practicable—\n(a) after the driver receives payment of the fare for the hiring; or\n(b) for a hiring for which the fare is not paid—after the hirer fails to\npay the fare.\n(4) Subsection (3) applies to a multiple hiring only if the hiring is the last\nin the multiple hiring.\n\n","sortOrder":175},{"sectionNumber":"144","sectionType":"section","heading":"Driver to ask for correct fare","content":"144 Driver to ask for correct fare\n(1) A taxi driver must not ask a hirer for payment of more than the fare\nfor the hiring of the taxi.\nExamples of asking for payment of more than the fare for a hiring\n1 if different fare rates are payable for hirings begun at different times, asking\nfor a fare that is worked out on a higher rate than the rate applying at the time\na hiring begins\n2 asking for payment of a fare recorded on the taxi’s taximeter that is worked\nout at a rate per kilometre of travel, or at a rate per hour of waiting time, that\nis more than the maximum rate determined under the Act, s 60\n3 asking for payment in relation to a period of a hire when the taximeter was\nrequired to be stopped under s 143B (2)\nNote The fare may include amounts not shown on the taximeter, eg a toll.\n(2) A taxi driver must not make an agreement with a hirer for payment of\nmore than the fare for the hiring of the taxi.\nExample of agreement for payment of more than the fare for a hiring\nfor a hiring that is not an authorised fixed-fare hiring, the driver agreeing to a fixed\namount for a hiring that is higher than the fare for the hiring worked out at the\nmaximum rate determined under the Act, s 60\nNote Subsection (2) does not apply to an authorised fixed-fare hiring, see\n","sortOrder":176},{"sectionNumber":"144A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payment of taxi fare","content":"144A Payment of taxi fare\n(1) The hirer of a taxi commits an offence if—\n(a) the hirer did not pay a fare deposit for hiring the taxi; and\n\n(b) at the end of the hiring the hirer does not pay to the taxi’s driver\nthe fare for the hiring.\nNote For when a hiring ends, see s 127A.\n(2) The hirer of a taxi commits an offence if—\n(a) the hirer paid a fare deposit for hiring the taxi; and\n(b) the fare for the hiring is more than the fare deposit; and\n(c) at the end of the hiring the hirer does not pay to the taxi’s driver\nthe difference between the fare deposit and the fare.\n(3) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if—\n(a) a hirer paid a fare deposit for hiring the taxi; and\n(b) the fare for the hiring is less than the fare deposit; and\n(c) at the end of the hiring the driver does not pay the difference\nbetween the fare deposit and the fare to the hirer.\n(4) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if—\n(a) a hirer gives the driver more money than the amount of the fare\nfor the hiring; and\n(b) the driver fails to offer the correct change to the hirer.\n\n","sortOrder":177},{"sectionNumber":"144B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payment under taxi subsidy scheme","content":"144B Payment under taxi subsidy scheme\n(a) pays for the hiring of a taxi under the taxi subsidy scheme; and\n(b) is not eligible to pay for the hiring under the taxi subsidy\nscheme.\n(a) the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or\nin any other way); and\n(b) the statement is false or misleading; and\n(c) the statement is made in paying for the hiring of a taxi under the\ntaxi subsidy scheme.\n(3) Subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the statement is not false or\nmisleading in a material particular.\n","sortOrder":178},{"sectionNumber":"145","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taxi fare not payable for avoidable delays","content":"145 Taxi fare not payable for avoidable delays\nA taxi driver must not ask for payment of a fare for a period when the\ntaxi is delayed because of—\n(a) the taxi breaking down or being involved in an accident; or\n(b) anything that the driver could have prevented (including, for\nexample, a shortage of fuel).\n\nSubdivision 3A.2.3.4 Conduct of taxi passengers\n","sortOrder":179},{"sectionNumber":"147","sectionType":"section","heading":"Drinking of liquor in taxis prohibited","content":"147 Drinking of liquor in taxis prohibited\nA person must not drink, or be in possession of an open container of,\nliquor in a taxi.\n","sortOrder":180},{"sectionNumber":"148","sectionType":"section","heading":"Eating and drinking in taxis","content":"148 Eating and drinking in taxis\n(1) A person (other than the driver) must not eat or drink in a taxi except\nwith the taxi driver’s agreement.\n(2) This section does not apply if the person is eating or drinking for\nmedical reasons.\n(3) To remove any doubt, this section does not authorise a taxi driver to\nagree to a person drinking liquor in the taxi.\nNote A person is not allowed to smoke in a taxi (see Smoke-Free Public Places\nAct 2003).\nSubdivision 3A.2.3.5 Other matters relating to taxi services\n","sortOrder":181},{"sectionNumber":"158","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standards for taximeters","content":"158 Standards for taximeters\ntaximeters.\n(2) A standard may make provision, for example, in relation to—\n(a) the kinds of taximeters that may be installed in taxis; and\n(b) the installation, testing and sealing of taximeters; and\n(c) requirements for taximeters in taxis.\n(3) An approval is a disallowable instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":182},{"sectionNumber":"160","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority may exempt wheelchair-accessible taxi drivers","content":"160 Authority may exempt wheelchair-accessible taxi drivers\nfrom approved training course\n(1) The road transport authority may, in writing, exempt a person from\nthe requirement mentioned in section 98 (a) (which is about the\nsuccessful completion of an approved wheelchair-accessible taxi\ndriver training course).\n(2) An exemption may be conditional.\n(3) If an exemption is given subject to conditions, the exemption applies\nonly if all the conditions are being complied with.\n","sortOrder":183},{"sectionNumber":"161","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority may require wheelchair-accessible taxi drivers","content":"161 Authority may require wheelchair-accessible taxi drivers\nto undertake training\nThe road transport authority may, by written notice given to the\nholder of a public vehicle licence that authorises the person to drive a\ntaxi, require the person, within a stated period—\n(a) to undertake an approved wheelchair-accessible taxi driver\ntraining course or a part of such a course, or another form of\ntraining; and\n(b) to provide evidence to the authority, in a form acceptable to the\nauthority, that the person has successfully completed the\ntraining.\nNote For a general power to direct taxi drivers to undertake training, see the\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, s 79.\n","sortOrder":184},{"sectionNumber":"162","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approval of wheelchair-accessible taxi driver training","content":"162 Approval of wheelchair-accessible taxi driver training\ncourses\n(1) The road transport authority may approve courses for the training of\npeople who wish to drive wheelchair-accessible taxis and for\nwheelchair-accessible taxi drivers (an approved\nwheelchair-accessible taxi driver training course).\n(2) An approval is a notifiable instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":185},{"sectionNumber":"163","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption of certain taxis—Act, s 128 (1) (a)","content":"163 Exemption of certain taxis—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\n(1) This section applies to a motor vehicle if—\n(a) the vehicle is built mainly to carry over 9, but less than 16, adults\n(including the driver); and\n(b) either—\n(i) the road transport authority has approved, in writing, the\noperation of the vehicle as a taxi; or\n(ii) the vehicle is operated as a wheelchair-accessible taxi by a\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licensee.\n(2) The vehicle is exempt from that part of the Act, section 45 (Meaning\nof taxi) that prevents a bus being a taxi.\n\nDefinitions—pt 3A.3 Division 3A.3.1A\nNote 1 A rideshare driver must—\n(a) hold a driver licence (or exemption) to drive a public vehicle under\nthe Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999 (see s 164Q); and\n(b) be accredited to operate a rideshare service under the Act, s 60E.\nNote 2 The registered operator of a rideshare vehicle is responsible for—\n(a) the vehicle’s registration under the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Act 1999; and\n(b) holding a rideshare vehicle licence for the vehicle under the Act,\ns 60J.\nDivision 3A.3.1A Definitions—pt 3A.3\n","sortOrder":186},{"sectionNumber":"163A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions—pt 3A.3","content":"163A Definitions—pt 3A.3\napproved identifier—see section 164C (3).\nrideshare vehicle identifier, for a rideshare vehicle, means—\n(a) if an approval under section 164C (3) is in force for the\nvehicle—an approved identifier; or\n(b) in any other case—a rideshare vehicle label.\nrideshare vehicle label—see section 164C (2).\n","sortOrder":187},{"sectionNumber":"164","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—application","content":"164 Rideshare vehicle licence—application\n(1) The registered operator of a vehicle may apply to the road transport\nauthority for a rideshare vehicle licence.\n\n(b) state, for each relevant person for the application—\n(i) the person’s name; and\n(ii) the person’s date of birth; and\n(iii) whether the person is—\n(A) an Australian citizen; or\n(B) a permanent resident; or\n(C) a temporary resident who holds a visa that allows the\nperson to hold a rideshare vehicle licence; and\n(iv) whether the person is disqualified from applying for the\nNote A person may be disqualified from applying for a licence for\na period of time if another licence has been suspended or\ncancelled (see s 322).\n(v) the registration number of the vehicle to be licensed; and\n(c) be accompanied by a rideshare vehicle compliance certificate\nfor the vehicle, issued not more than 1 month before the date of\nthe application.\nauthorised examiner—see the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Regulation 2000, section 115.\ncertificate of inspection means a certificate of inspection issued\nunder the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000,\nsection 146 (Issue of certificates of inspection etc).\nregistered operator, for a vehicle—see the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Act 1999, dictionary.\n\nrelevant person, for an application for a rideshare vehicle licence\nrideshare vehicle compliance certificate means a certificate of\ninspection—\n(a) issued by an authorised examiner at a vehicle inspection station;\nand\n(b) certifying that the vehicle, and its parts and equipment, comply\nwith the applicable vehicle standards for the vehicle.\nvehicle inspection station—see the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Regulation 2000, dictionary.\n","sortOrder":188},{"sectionNumber":"164A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—further information","content":"164A Rideshare vehicle licence—further information\n(1) This section applies if the road transport authority is deciding whether\nto issue a rideshare vehicle licence.\n(2) The authority may, by written notice given to the applicant\n(an information notice), require the applicant to give the authority\nstated further information about the application, not later than a stated\nreasonable time.\n(3) The authority need not decide the application if—\n(a) the authority has given the applicant an information notice; and\n(b) the applicant does not comply with the notice.\n\n","sortOrder":189},{"sectionNumber":"164B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—decision on application","content":"164B Rideshare vehicle licence—decision on application\napplication for a rideshare vehicle licence under section 164 (1).\n(2) The road transport authority must issue the licence to the applicant if\nsatisfied that—\nperson to hold a rideshare vehicle licence; and\napplying for the licence; and\nNote A person may be disqualified from applying for a licence for a\nperiod of time if another licence has been suspended or cancelled\n(see s 322).\n(c) the vehicle—\n(i) is a registered vehicle; and\n(ii) is a suitable vehicle; and\n(iii) complies with the applicable vehicle standards for the\n(3) The road transport authority must, not later than the required time—\n(b) tell the applicant about the decision on the application.\nambulance—see the Motor Accident Injuries (Premiums and\nAdministration) Regulation 2019, schedule 1, section 1.1.\n\nbus—see the Motor Accident Injuries (Premiums and\nAdministration) Regulation 2019, schedule 1, section 1.1.\nheavy vehicle—see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nAct 1999, dictionary.\npolice vehicle—see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nRegulation 2000, dictionary.\nrelevant person, for an application for a rideshare vehicle licence—\nsee section 164 (3).\nrequired time means the latest of the following:\nauthority further information under section 164A (Rideshare\nvehicle licence—further information)—28 days after the day the\nroad transport authority receives the information;\n(b) 28 days after the day the road transport authority receives the\nNote Failure to issue a licence within the required time is taken to be a decision\nnot to issue the licence (see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal\nAct 2008, s 12).\nsuitable vehicle—\n(a) means a motor vehicle with 4 or more doors and seats for 4 or\nmore adults (including the driver); but\n(b) does not include the following:\n(i) an ambulance;\n(ii) a bus;\n(iii) a demand responsive service vehicle;\n(iv) a heavy vehicle;\n(v) a police vehicle.\n\n","sortOrder":190},{"sectionNumber":"164C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—rideshare vehicle identifier","content":"164C Rideshare vehicle licence—rideshare vehicle identifier\n(1) This section applies if the road transport authority issues a rideshare\nvehicle licence to a person for a rideshare vehicle.\n(2) The road transport authority must issue a label for the rideshare\nvehicle (a rideshare vehicle label) to the person, unless there is an\napproved identifier for the vehicle.\n(3) The road transport authority may approve an identifier (an approved\nidentifier) for a rideshare vehicle and any requirements for displaying\nthe identifier.\n(4) An approval under subsection (3) is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":191},{"sectionNumber":"164D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—conditions","content":"164D Rideshare vehicle licence—conditions\n(1) A rideshare vehicle licence is subject to any condition imposed by the\nroad transport authority when the licence is issued, renewed or\namended.\n(a) is a rideshare vehicle licensee; and\n(b) does not comply with a condition of the licence.\n","sortOrder":192},{"sectionNumber":"164E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—term","content":"164E Rideshare vehicle licence—term\n(1) A rideshare vehicle licence comes into force on the day it is issued.\n(2) The road transport authority must not issue a rideshare vehicle licence\nfor longer than 6 years.\n(3) A rideshare vehicle licence expires on the day stated in the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":193},{"sectionNumber":"164F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—form","content":"164F Rideshare vehicle licence—form\n(1) A rideshare vehicle licence must—\n(b) include the following information:\n(i) the licensee’s full name and address;\n(ii) the registration number of the licensed vehicle; and\n(iii) the expiry date of the licence.\n(2) A rideshare vehicle licence may also include anything else the road\ntransport authority considers appropriate.\n","sortOrder":194},{"sectionNumber":"164G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—not transferable","content":"164G Rideshare vehicle licence—not transferable\nA rideshare vehicle licence is not transferable.\n","sortOrder":195},{"sectionNumber":"164H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—amendment initiated by","content":"164H Rideshare vehicle licence—amendment initiated by\nauthority\n(1) The road transport authority may, by written notice (an amendment\nnotice) given to a rideshare vehicle licensee, amend the licence.\n(2) However, the authority may amend the licence only if—\n(a) the authority has given the licensee written notice of the\nproposed amendment (a proposal notice); and\n(b) the proposal notice states that written submissions about the\nproposal may be made to the authority before the end of a stated\nperiod of at least 14 days after the day the proposal notice is\ngiven to the licensee; and\n(c) after the end of the stated period, the authority has considered\nany submissions made in accordance with the proposal notice.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a licensee if the licensee applied for,\nor agreed in writing to, the amendment.\n\n(4) The amendment takes effect on the day the amendment notice is given\nto the licensee or a later day stated in the notice.\n","sortOrder":196},{"sectionNumber":"164I","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—amendment initiated by","content":"164I Rideshare vehicle licence—amendment initiated by\nlicensee\n(1) A rideshare vehicle licensee may apply to the road transport authority\nto amend the licence.\n(2) The authority may amend the licence only if satisfied that, were the\napplication for amendment an application for a licence, the authority\nwould issue the licence as amended.\n(3) If the authority decides to amend the licence, the authority may\nimpose or amend a condition on the licence.\n(4) The authority must, not later than 28 days after the day the authority\nNote Failure to amend a licence within the required time is taken to be a\ndecision not to amend the licence (see ACT Civil and Administrative\n","sortOrder":197},{"sectionNumber":"164J","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—application for renewal","content":"164J Rideshare vehicle licence—application for renewal\n(1) A rideshare vehicle licensee may apply to the road transport authority\nto renew the licence for a period not longer than 6 years.\n(b) made at least 14 days before the licence expires.\n\nNote A licensee may apply to the road transport authority for the time to be\nextended, and the road transport authority may extend the time, even\n(4) If a licensee applies to renew a licence under this section, the licence\nremains in force until the application is decided.\n","sortOrder":198},{"sectionNumber":"164K","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—decision on application for","content":"164K Rideshare vehicle licence—decision on application for\nrenewal\napplication for renewal of a rideshare vehicle licence under\nsection 164J.\n(2) The authority may renew the licence only if satisfied that—\n(a) the vehicle continues to—\n(i) be a registered vehicle; and\n(ii) be a suitable vehicle; and\n(iii) comply with the applicable vehicle standards for the\n(b) the licensee is not disqualified from applying for a rideshare\nvehicle licence.\nNote A person may be disqualified from applying for a licence for a\nperiod of time if another licence has been suspended or cancelled\n(see s 322).\n(3) The road transport authority may refuse to renew the licence if—\n(a) the authority believes on reasonable grounds that the licensee\nhas contravened a condition of the licence or another rideshare\nvehicle licence; or\n\n(b) another rideshare vehicle licence, or an accreditation to operate\nany kind of public passenger service, held by the licensee is\nsuspended under chapter 8 (Disciplinary action).\n(4) If the authority decides to renew the licence, the authority may impose\nor amend a condition on the licence.\nNote Failure to renew a licence within the required time is taken to be a\ndecision not to renew the licence (see ACT Civil and Administrative\nsuitable vehicle—see section 164B (Rideshare vehicle licence—\ndecision on application).\n","sortOrder":199},{"sectionNumber":"164L","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—must update name and","content":"164L Rideshare vehicle licence—must update name and\n(a) the person is a rideshare vehicle licensee; and\n(ii) the licence.\n\n(3) If a rideshare vehicle licensee gives the road transport authority\nwritten notice of a change to the person’s name or address and the\nlicence, the authority must enter the changed details on the licence\nand return it to the licensee.\n","sortOrder":200},{"sectionNumber":"164M","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence—surrender","content":"164M Rideshare vehicle licence—surrender\n(1) A rideshare vehicle licensee may surrender the licence by giving\n(a) the—\n(i) licence; and\n(ii) if a rideshare vehicle label has been issued to the\nlicensee—rideshare vehicle label; or\n(b) if the licence, or licence label, has been lost, stolen or\ndestroyed—a statement verifying that the licence, or licence\nlabel, has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":201},{"sectionNumber":"164N","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licence and label—replacing when lost,","content":"164N Rideshare vehicle licence and label—replacing when lost,\nstolen or destroyed\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement rideshare\nvehicle licence to a rideshare vehicle licensee if satisfied the\nlicensee’s original licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n(2) The road transport authority may issue a replacement rideshare\nvehicle label to a rideshare vehicle licensee if satisfied the licensee’s\noriginal licence label has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n\n(3) For subsections (1) and (2), the road transport authority may require\nthe licensee to give the authority a statement verifying that the\noriginal licence, or label, has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":202},{"sectionNumber":"164O","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licensee or transport booking","content":"164O Rideshare vehicle licensee or transport booking\nservice—must give rideshare vehicle identifier to\nrideshare driver\n(a) the person is the rideshare vehicle licensee of a rideshare\n(b) the road transport authority has issued a rideshare vehicle label\nfor the vehicle to the person; and\n(c) the person does not give the label to the vehicle’s rideshare\ndriver before the driver carries out a rideshare in the vehicle.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a rideshare vehicle licensee of a\nrideshare vehicle if there is an approved identifier for the vehicle.\n(b) an identifier is approved under section 164C (3); and\n(c) the person does not give an approved identifier to each affiliated\nrideshare driver for the service before the driver carries out a\nrideshare for the service.\n\n","sortOrder":203},{"sectionNumber":"164P","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare vehicle licensee—must not advertise","content":"164P Rideshare vehicle licensee—must not advertise\nridesharing\n(a) is a rideshare vehicle licensee; and\n(b) advertises that the rideshare vehicle is used to provide a\nrideshare service.\nNote 1 Accreditation of rideshare drivers is dealt with in ch 2.\nNote 2 All rideshare drivers must be affiliated with a transport booking service\n(see Act, s 36F).\n","sortOrder":204},{"sectionNumber":"164Q","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare driver—must hold appropriate driver licence","content":"164Q Rideshare driver—must hold appropriate driver licence\n(b) is not either—\n(i) the holder of a public vehicle licence to drive a rideshare\nvehicle; or\n\n","sortOrder":205},{"sectionNumber":"164R","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare driver—must only accept bookings from","content":"164R Rideshare driver—must only accept bookings from\naccredited transport booking service\n(a) the person is a rideshare driver; and\n(b) the person accepts a rideshare booking other than via an\naccredited transport booking service.\n","sortOrder":206},{"sectionNumber":"164S","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare driver—must display rideshare vehicle","content":"164S Rideshare driver—must display rideshare vehicle\nidentifier\n(a) the person is the rideshare driver of a rideshare vehicle; and\n(b) the rideshare vehicle identifier for the vehicle is not, during the\nrideshare, displayed in or on the vehicle—\n(i) for an approved identifier—as required under the approval\nfor the vehicle; or\n(ii) for a rideshare vehicle label—so the label is readable.\nreadable, for a rideshare vehicle label on a rideshare vehicle,\n(a) the information on the label is able to be read from the outside\nof the vehicle; and\n\n(b) if the vehicle has a windscreen or fixed window—the label is\ndisplayed on—\n(i) the lower left side (or nearside) of the windscreen; or\n(ii) a fixed window on the left side (or nearside) of the vehicle.\n","sortOrder":207},{"sectionNumber":"164T","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare driver—must produce rideshare vehicle","content":"164T Rideshare driver—must produce rideshare vehicle\nlicence and identifier for inspection\n(a) the person is a rideshare vehicle driver; and\nproduce the rideshare vehicle licence for the rideshare vehicle\nfor inspection; and\n(c) the person fails to produce the licence for inspection.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person—\n(a) has a reasonable excuse for failing to produce the licence when\nrequired to do so; and\n(b) within 3 days after being required to produce the licence,\nproduces the licence at the place directed by the police officer\nor authorised person.\n(a) the person is the rideshare driver of a rideshare vehicle; and\nproduce the rideshare vehicle identifier for the vehicle for\ninspection; and\n\n(c) the person fails to produce the identifier for inspection.\n(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person—\n(a) has a reasonable excuse for failing to produce the rideshare\nvehicle identifier when required to do so; and\n(b) within 3 days after being required to produce the identifier,\nproduces the identifier at the place directed by the police officer\nor authorised person.\n","sortOrder":208},{"sectionNumber":"164U","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare driver—advertising","content":"164U Rideshare driver—advertising\n(b) advertises—\n(i) on the rideshare vehicle that the person is a rideshare\ndriver; or\n(ii) that the rideshare driver is immediately available to\nprovide a rideshare.\n","sortOrder":209},{"sectionNumber":"164V","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rideshare driver—end of affiliated driver agreement","content":"164V Rideshare driver—end of affiliated driver agreement\n(1) This section applies to a person if—\n(a) the person is a rideshare driver who is affiliated with a transport\n\n(b) the person has been given an approved identifier by the service;\nand\n(c) the person’s affiliated driver agreement with the service ends.\n(2) The person must give the road transport authority a statement\nverifying that the approved identifier has been returned to the service\nor destroyed.\n\nSubdivision 3A.4.1.1 Kinds of hire car licences\n","sortOrder":210},{"sectionNumber":"165","sectionType":"section","heading":"Hire car licences that may be issued","content":"165 Hire car licences that may be issued\n(1) The road transport authority may issue the following kinds of hire car\nlicences:\n(a) leased hire car licences;\n(b) restricted hire car licences.\nNote A hire car licence is a licence to use a vehicle as a hire car (see the Act,\ns 61). A general reference in this regulation to a hire car licence includes\neach of the above kinds of licences (see Legislation Act, s 155).\n(2) A restricted hire car licence may only authorise the licence-holder to\noperate the vehicle to which the licence relates as a restricted hire car\nto transport people along a road or road related area to or from—\n(a) a wedding ceremony or wedding reception; or\n(b) a function known as a school formal conducted by a school.\n(3) To remove any doubt, the transport of people to a wedding ceremony\nor wedding reception is not limited to people who are members of the\nbridal party.\n\nSubdivision 3A.4.1.2 Hire car licensing\n","sortOrder":211},{"sectionNumber":"166","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application procedure for issue of hire car licences","content":"166 Application procedure for issue of hire car licences\n(1) A person (the applicant) may apply to the road transport authority\nfor—\n(a) the issue (including renewal) of a leased hire car licence; or\n(b) the issue of a restricted hire car licence.\nNote The above licences are not transferable (see the Act, s 63).\n(2) The applicant must give the road transport authority a completed\napplication form for the kind of licence applied for.\n","sortOrder":212},{"sectionNumber":"167","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue of hire car licences","content":"167 Issue of hire car licences\n(1) The road transport authority may refuse to issue (including renew) a\nhire car licence to an applicant if the authority believes on reasonable\ngrounds that the applicant—\n(a) has contravened a condition of another hire car licence held by\nthe person or, for a licence renewal, a condition of the licence\nbeing renewed; or\n(b) has not complied with a requirement of the Act relating to the\n\n(2) The road transport authority may also refuse to issue (including\nrenew) a hire car licence to an applicant if a hire car licence, or an\naccreditation to operate any kind of hire car service, held by the\nperson is suspended under chapter 8 (Disciplinary action).\n(3) The road transport authority must refuse to issue a hire car licence of\nthe kind applied for by the applicant if—\n(a) the applicant is not accredited to operate a hire car service of that\nkind; or\n(b) the applicant is disqualified under chapter 8 (Disciplinary\naction) from holding or applying for a hire car licence of that\nkind; or\n(c) for an application for a leased hire car licence—the vehicle to\nwhich the application relates must be refused registration under\nthe Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000,\nsection 32C (Deciding applications for registration—certain\nhire cars).\n(4) The road transport authority must issue a hire car licence to the\napplicant if—\n(a) the applicant makes an application to the authority under\nsection 166; and\n(b) the authority does not refuse the application under this section.\n(5) A leased hire car licence must be issued for a minimum period of\n1 year and a maximum period of 6 years.\n(6) A restricted hire car licence must be issued for a minimum period of\n3 months and a maximum period of 1 year.\n(7) The road transport authority must not renew a restricted hire car\n\n","sortOrder":213},{"sectionNumber":"168","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restricted hire car licences—issue of licence labels","content":"168 Restricted hire car licences—issue of licence labels\nIf the road transport authority issues a restricted hire car licence to a\nperson, the authority must also issue to the licence-holder a label (a\nrestricted hire car licence label) for the vehicle to which the licence\nrelates.\nNote The label must be attached to the vehicle (see s 186).\n","sortOrder":214},{"sectionNumber":"169","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue or amendment of hire car licence subject to","content":"169 Issue or amendment of hire car licence subject to\n(1) A hire car licence may be issued (including renewed) subject to a\ncondition imposed by the road transport authority.\n(2) A hire car licence may be amended by the road transport authority to\nimpose a condition to which the licence is to be subject or to amend\nor revoke a condition to which the licence is already subject.\napplicant for a licence or the licence-holder; and\n","sortOrder":215},{"sectionNumber":"170","sectionType":"section","heading":"Hire car licences—procedure for imposition etc of","content":"170 Hire car licences—procedure for imposition etc of\n(1) This section applies to the holder of a hire car licence if the road\ntransport authority proposes, on its own initiative, to take action under\nsection 169 (2) to amend the hire car licence to impose, amend or\nrevoke a condition (the proposed action).\n(2) The road transport authority must give the licence-holder a written\nnotice stating—\n\n(b) if the proposed action is to impose a condition—the proposed\ncondition; and\n(c) if the proposed action is to amend a condition—the condition as\nproposed to be amended; and\n(d) an explanation for the proposed action; and\n(e) if appropriate, any action that must be taken by the licence-\nholder to avoid or reverse the proposed action; and\n(3) The notice may, but need not, provide an opportunity for the licence-\nholder to make representations about why the proposed action should\nnot be taken.\ngiven to the licence-holder.\n(5) This section does not affect the taking of action under chapter 8\n","sortOrder":216},{"sectionNumber":"171","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conditions of hire car licences","content":"171 Conditions of hire car licences\nA hire car licence is subject to the conditions (if any) stated in the\nlicence or in a document stated by the licence to form part of the\n","sortOrder":217},{"sectionNumber":"172","sectionType":"section","heading":"Form of hire car licences","content":"172 Form of hire car licences\n(1) A hire car licence issued to a person must show—\n(a) for a leased hire car licence—the hire car licence number\nallocated to the person; and\n\n(b) for a restricted hire car licence—the registration number of the\n(c) the person’s full name and address; and\n(d) the kind of licence; and\n(e) the expiry date (if any) of the licence.\n(2) A hire car licence may also include any additional information that\nthe road transport authority considers appropriate.\n","sortOrder":218},{"sectionNumber":"173","sectionType":"section","heading":"Hire car licence-holders to notify change of name or","content":"173 Hire car licence-holders to notify change of name or\n(1) If the name or home address of the holder of a hire car licence\nchanges, the licence-holder must, as soon as practicable but no later\nthan 14 days after the change happens, give the road transport\nauthority—\n(a) written notice of the change; and\n(b) the licence.\n(2) If a hire car licence is returned to the road transport authority, the\nauthority must amend the licence or issue another licence for the\nremainder of the period of the licence that it replaces.\n","sortOrder":219},{"sectionNumber":"174","sectionType":"section","heading":"Hire car licensee to comply with conditions","content":"174 Hire car licensee to comply with conditions\n(1) The holder of a hire car licence must not contravene a condition to\nwhich the licence is subject.\n\n","sortOrder":220},{"sectionNumber":"175","sectionType":"section","heading":"Replacement of hire car licence","content":"175 Replacement of hire car licence\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement hire car licence\nto the holder of a hire car licence if satisfied that the licence has been\nlost, stolen or destroyed.\nlicence has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":221},{"sectionNumber":"176","sectionType":"section","heading":"Production of hire car licence","content":"176 Production of hire car licence\n(1) The holder of a hire car licence must not fail to produce the person’s\nhire car licence for inspection when required to do so by the road\ntransport authority, a police officer or an authorised person.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—\n(a) the licence-holder has a reasonable excuse for failing to produce\nthe hire car licence when required to do so; and\n(b) within 3 days after being required to produce the licence, the\nlicence-holder produces the licence at the place directed by the\nroad transport authority, police officer or authorised person.\n","sortOrder":222},{"sectionNumber":"177","sectionType":"section","heading":"Surrender of hire car licence","content":"177 Surrender of hire car licence\n(1) The holder of a hire car licence may apply to the road transport\nauthority to surrender the licence.\n(2) The application may be made personally by the licence-holder or by\nan agent who produces written evidence of his or her appointment as\nagent.\n\n(a) return the hire car licence to the road transport authority; or\n(b) if the licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed—give the\nauthority a statement verifying that the licence has been lost,\n(4) If the licence is a restricted hire car licence, the licence-holder or\nagent must also, with the application, give the road transport authority\na statement verifying that the restricted hire car licence label for the\nhire car has been destroyed.\n(5) If the person complies with this section, the road transport authority\nsuspend or cancel the person’s licence.\nSubdivision 3A.4.1.3 Stand-by hire cars\n","sortOrder":223},{"sectionNumber":"177A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions—subdiv 3A.4.1.3","content":"177A Definitions—subdiv 3A.4.1.3\nIn this subdivision:\nstand-by hire car—see section 177B.\nstand-by hire car permit means a permit issued under\nsection 177C (1).\nstand-by hire car permit label means a label issued under\nsection 177E (1).\nusual hire car—see section 177B.\n\n","sortOrder":224},{"sectionNumber":"177B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for stand-by hire car permit","content":"177B Application for stand-by hire car permit\n(1) The holder of a hire car licence (other than a restricted hire car\nlicence) may apply to the road transport authority for the issue of a\npermit to operate another vehicle as a hire car (a stand-by hire car)\ninstead of the vehicle mentioned in the licence (the usual hire car).\n(2) The application must be accompanied by a written statement, signed\nby the registered operator of the other vehicle, authorising the licence-\nholder to use the other vehicle as a stand-by hire car.\n","sortOrder":225},{"sectionNumber":"177C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue of stand-by hire car permit","content":"177C Issue of stand-by hire car permit\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a permit to the holder of a hire\ncar licence to operate a stand-by hire car if—\n(a) the usual hire car is out of operation because it is being repaired\nor serviced or has become a written-off vehicle; and\n(b) the stand-by hire car is covered by a public passenger vehicle\npolicy to the extent that the usual hire car is covered when\noperated as a hire car; and\n(c) the applicant has given the road transport authority the\nnumberplates of the usual hire car.\n(2) A stand-by hire car permit is not transferable.\n(3) A stand-by hire car permit may be issued for a maximum period of\n60 days.\n(4) The road transport authority must not renew a stand-by hire car\npermit.\nwritten-off vehicle—see the Road Transport (General) Act 1999,\nsection 83B.\n\n","sortOrder":226},{"sectionNumber":"177D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Form of stand-by hire car permit","content":"177D Form of stand-by hire car permit\n(1) A stand-by hire car permit issued to the holder of a hire car licence\nmust show—\n(a) the hire car licence number allocated to the licence-holder for\nthe usual hire car; and\n(b) the registration number of the usual hire car; and\n(c) the registration number of the vehicle to be operated as the\nstand-by hire car; and\n(d) the licence-holder’s full name and address; and\n(e) the expiry date of the permit.\n(2) A stand-by hire car permit may also include any additional\ninformation that the road transport authority considers appropriate.\n","sortOrder":227},{"sectionNumber":"177E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue, form and display of stand-by hire car permit label","content":"177E Issue, form and display of stand-by hire car permit label\n(1) If the road transport authority issues a stand-by hire car permit to the\nholder of a hire car licence, the authority must also issue to the\nlicence-holder a label for the vehicle to which the permit relates.\n(2) A stand-by hire car permit label issued to the holder of a hire car\nlicence must show—\n(a) the registration number of the usual hire car; and\n(b) the registration number of the vehicle to be operated as the\nstand-by hire car; and\n(c) the expiry date of the permit.\n(3) The licence-holder must attach the stand-by hire car permit label—\n(a) to the lower left side (or nearside) of the windscreen of the stand-\nby hire car; and\n\n(b) so the information on the label is readable from the outside of\nthe hire car.\n(4) A person must not operate a stand-by hire car on a road or road related\narea if—\n(a) the hire car does not have the stand-by hire car permit label\nissued for it attached to the hire car; or\n(b) the label is not attached in accordance with subsection (3); or\n(5) The accredited operator of a stand-by hire car operated by someone\nelse in contravention of subsection (4) also commits an offence if the\naccredited operator failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent\n","sortOrder":228},{"sectionNumber":"177F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conditions of stand-by hire car permit","content":"177F Conditions of stand-by hire car permit\n(1) A stand-by hire car permit is subject to the following conditions:\n(a) the stand-by hire car must comply with the conditions of the\nlicence that apply to the usual hire car (unless otherwise\nauthorised in writing by the road transport authority);\n(b) the stand-by hire car must comply with the other requirements\nof the Act for hire cars.\n(2) If the accredited operator of the usual hire car complies with\nsubsection (1), the stand-by hire car is taken, for this regulation, to be\nthe usual hire car while it is being operated as a hire car.\n\n","sortOrder":229},{"sectionNumber":"177G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stand-by hire cars—replacement of permit label","content":"177G Stand-by hire cars—replacement of permit label\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement stand-by hire\ncar permit label to the holder of a hire car licence if satisfied that the\npermit label has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\npermit label has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":230},{"sectionNumber":"177H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stand-by hire cars—production of permit by hire car","content":"177H Stand-by hire cars—production of permit by hire car\ndriver\n(1) A hire car driver must, if the hire car is a stand-by hire car, produce\nthe stand-by hire car permit for the hire car for inspection when\nrequired to do so by the road transport authority, a police officer or\n","sortOrder":231},{"sectionNumber":"178","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of hire car driver","content":"178 Meaning of hire car driver\nhire car driver means a person who is driving a hire car while it is\noperating as a hire car.\n\n","sortOrder":232},{"sectionNumber":"180","sectionType":"section","heading":"Hire car service operator—must tell authority about","content":"180 Hire car service operator—must tell authority about\naffiliation\n(a) is an affiliated hire car service operator for a transport booking\n(b) does not tell the road transport authority, as soon as practicable\nafter entering into the affiliated operator agreement—\n(i) about the affiliation; and\n(ii) the name of the transport booking service.\n","sortOrder":233},{"sectionNumber":"181","sectionType":"section","heading":"Hire car service operator—drivers to be licensed and","content":"181 Hire car service operator—drivers to be licensed and\nskilled\n(a) is a hire car service operator; and\n(b) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that each hire car driver\nfor the hire car service is either—\n(i) the holder of a public vehicle licence to drive a hire car; or\n(a) the person is a hire car service operator; and\n\n(c) the person does not take reasonable steps to ensure that each hire\ncar driver for the hire car service has the knowledge and skills\nrequired under the determination to be a hire car driver.\n","sortOrder":234},{"sectionNumber":"182","sectionType":"section","heading":"Records of hire car drivers etc to be maintained by","content":"182 Records of hire car drivers etc to be maintained by\naccredited operator\n(1) The accredited operator of a hire car must make a written record of\nthe following particulars for each hire car driver for the vehicle:\n(a) the driver’s full name and home address;\n(b) the prescribed driver authority information for the driver,\n(c) if a determination is in force under section 221U (Knowledge\nand skills to be bookable vehicle driver)—evidence that the\ndriver has the knowledge and skills required under the\ndetermination to be a hire car driver;\n(d) the dates and times when the hire car was driven by the driver;\n(e) the registration number of the hire car driven by the driver.\n(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.\n\n","sortOrder":235},{"sectionNumber":"182A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accredited operator to tell road transport authority about","content":"182A Accredited operator to tell road transport authority about\nrecords of hire car drivers etc\n(1) The accredited operator of a hire car must, for each person for whom\nthe accredited operator has a record under section 182 (1), tell the\nroad transport authority about the following:\ndriver authority information since the accredited operator last\n(d) if the person no longer drives a hire car for the accredited\noperator—that the person no longer drives a hire car for the\naccredited operator.\n(2) The accredited operator of a hire car must not fail to comply with\n","sortOrder":236},{"sectionNumber":"182B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Road transport authority may tell accredited operator","content":"182B Road transport authority may tell accredited operator\nabout hire car drivers\n(a) the accredited operator of a hire car has a record for a person\nunder section 182; and\n(b) the accredited operator has told the road transport authority\nabout the person under section 182A (1).\n\n(2) The road transport authority may tell the accredited operator of a hire\ncar about the following for the person:\nauthorising the person to drive a hire car for hire or reward but\nthe person’s licence has been suspended or cancelled—\n","sortOrder":237},{"sectionNumber":"183","sectionType":"section","heading":"Keeping and inspection etc of records about hire cars","content":"183 Keeping and inspection etc of records about hire cars\n(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been the accredited\noperator of a hire car.\n(2) The person must—\n\n(3) The road transport authority, police officer or authorised person may\nsubsection (2) (b) or (c).\n(4) This section does not apply to a recording made by a security camera\nin a hire car.\n","sortOrder":238},{"sectionNumber":"186","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restricted hire cars—display of licence labels","content":"186 Restricted hire cars—display of licence labels\n(1) The accredited operator of a restricted hire car must attach the\nrestricted hire car licence label issued to the person under section\n168—\n(a) so the information on the label is readable from the outside of\nthe hire car; and\n(b) if the hire car has a windscreen or fixed window—\n(i) to the lower left side (or nearside) of the windscreen; or\n(ii) to a fixed window on the left side (or nearside) of the hire\ncar; and\n(c) if the hire car does not have a windscreen or fixed window—on\nor next to the hire car’s rear numberplate so the characters on\nthe numberplate are not obscured.\n\n(2) A person must not operate a restricted hire car on a road or road\nrelated area if—\n(a) the hire car does not have the restricted hire car licence label\nissued for it attached to the hire car; or\n(b) the label is not attached in accordance with subsection (1); or\n(3) The accredited operator of a restricted hire car operated by someone\nelse in contravention of subsection (2) also commits an offence if the\naccredited operator failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent\n","sortOrder":239},{"sectionNumber":"187","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restricted hire cars—replacement of licence label","content":"187 Restricted hire cars—replacement of licence label\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement licence label to\nthe holder of a restricted hire car licence if satisfied that the label has\nbeen lost, stolen or destroyed.\nlicence label has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n\n","sortOrder":240},{"sectionNumber":"221","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorisation for vehicles for other purposes—","content":"221 Authorisation for vehicles for other purposes—\nAct, s 128 (1) (b)\n(1) In this section:\nauthorised vehicle means a vehicle authorised in writing by the road\ntransport authority for this section.\n(2) The road transport authority may declare that the accredited operator\nof a hire car may use an authorised vehicle as a hire car to transport\npassengers along a road or road related area—\n(a) to and from the place or event stated in the declaration; and\n(b) during the period stated in the declaration.\n(3) The declaration may include any other information the road transport\nauthority considers appropriate.\n(4) The Act, section 64 (Use of vehicles as hire cars) and division 7.3\n(Entitlement to operate hire car services) do not apply to the\naccredited operator for an authorised vehicle if the accredited\noperator uses the authorised vehicle in accordance with the\ndeclaration (including the conditions (if any) stated in the\ndeclaration).\n\nDivision 3A.5.1 Bookable vehicles—security devices,\netc\n","sortOrder":241},{"sectionNumber":"221A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions—div 3A.5.1","content":"221A Definitions—div 3A.5.1\n(1) In this division:\nduress alarm, for a bookable vehicle, means an alarm fitted to a\nbookable vehicle that may be activated by a person in the bookable\nfitted, a GPS tracking device in a mobile phone is fitted to a bookable\nvehicle if the mobile phone is secured in a mounting attached to the\nsecurity camera does not include a camera in a mobile phone.\nsecurity device means—\n(a) a duress alarm; or\n(b) a GPS tracking device; or\n(c) a security camera.\n(2) In this section, a mobile phone is secured in a mounting attached to\na vehicle only if—\n(a) the mounting is commercially designed and manufactured for\nthat purpose; and\n(b) the mobile phone is secured in the mounting, and the mounting\nis attached to the vehicle, in the manner intended by the\nmanufacturer.\n\n","sortOrder":242},{"sectionNumber":"221B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Duress alarms in taxis","content":"221B Duress alarms in taxis\n(b) communicates a booking to a taxi driver; and\n(c) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that a duress alarm is\naccessible to the driver.\n(a) the person is a taxi service operator; and\n(b) a taxi used to operate the service is not fitted with a duress alarm\naccessible to the taxi driver.\n","sortOrder":243},{"sectionNumber":"221C","sectionType":"section","heading":"GPS tracking devices in bookable vehicles","content":"221C GPS tracking devices in bookable vehicles\n(b) communicates a booking to a bookable vehicle driver; and\n(c) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that a GPS tracking\ndevice is operating in the bookable vehicle.\n\n(a) the person is a taxi service operator; and\n(b) a taxi used to operate the service is not fitted with a GPS tracking\ndevice.\n(a) the person is a rideshare driver; and\n(b) the person accepts a hiring communicated by a transport\n(c) the rideshare vehicle is not fitted with a GPS tracking device.\n(a) the person is a hire car driver; and\n(b) the person accepts a hiring communicated by a transport\n(c) the hire car is not fitted with a GPS tracking device.\n","sortOrder":244},{"sectionNumber":"221D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Security cameras in taxis","content":"221D Security cameras in taxis\n(a) the person is a taxi driver; and\n(b) the taxi stands or plies for hire for the transport of passengers\nalong a road or road related area; and\n\n(c) the taxi is not fitted with a security camera.\n(a) a recording is made by a security camera in a taxi; and\nNote In collecting personal information, the accredited operator may also have\nto comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy\nAct 1988 (Cwlth).\n","sortOrder":245},{"sectionNumber":"221E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interfere with security device, etc","content":"221E Interfere with security device, etc\n(a) a security device fitted to a bookable vehicle; or\n(b) an electronic device fitted to a bookable vehicle; or\n(c) anything else in the bookable vehicle that is being used to\nsupport the operation of a security device, or electronic device,\nfitted to the bookable vehicle.\nelectronic device means—\n(a) a taximeter; or\n(b) equipment used for communicating with a transport booking\nservice; or\n(c) an EFTPOS terminal.\n\n","sortOrder":246},{"sectionNumber":"221F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Security device standards","content":"221F Security device standards\n(1) The road transport authority may determine standards for security\ndevices in bookable vehicles (security device standards).\n(2) A security device standard may make provision for security devices\nin bookable vehicles, including, for example—\n(a) when security devices may be installed; and\n(b) the kinds of security devices that may be installed; and\n(c) the position of security devices; and\n(d) the operation of security devices; and\n(e) requirements about notices to be included in a bookable vehicle\nthat has a security device installed.\nNote The Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) imposes obligations on some private\nsector organisations in relation to the collection, storage, use and\ndisclosure of personal information collected about an individual.\n(3) A security device standard is a disallowable instrument.\n(4) A security device standard may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or\nwithout change) an instrument as in force from time to time.\n(5) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes a security\ndevice standard.\n\nDivision 3A.5.2 Bookable vehicles—fees and\nsurcharges\n","sortOrder":247},{"sectionNumber":"221G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Jump-the-queue fees prohibited for taxis","content":"221G Jump-the-queue fees prohibited for taxis\n(b) accepts a jump-the-queue fee for a taxi booking.\n(b) provides a way for a taxi driver to accept a jump-the-queue fee\nfor a taxi booking made via the transport booking service.\n(a) is a taxi driver; and\n(b) accepts a jump-the-queue fee for a taxi booking.\njump-the-queue fee, for a bookable vehicle booking, means a fee—\n(a) decided by the transport booking service; and\n(b) paid—\n(i) by a passenger; and\n(ii) in addition to the fare; and\n\n(iii) for the passenger to be the next passenger picked up by the\nbookable vehicle driver, ahead of the driver’s existing\nbookings.\n","sortOrder":248},{"sectionNumber":"221H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Up-front tipping prohibited for taxis and ridesharing","content":"221H Up-front tipping prohibited for taxis and ridesharing\n(b) accepts an up-front tip for—\n(i) a taxi booking; or\n(ii) a rideshare booking.\n(b) provides a way for—\n(i) a taxi driver to accept an up-front tip for a taxi booking\nmade via the transport booking service; or\n(ii) a rideshare driver to accept an up-front tip for a rideshare\nbooking made via the transport booking service.\n(a) is a taxi driver; and\n(b) accepts an up-front tip for a taxi booking.\n(4) A person commits an offence if the person—\n\n(b) accepts an up-front tip for a rideshare booking.\nup-front tip, for a bookable vehicle booking, means an amount—\n(a) decided by a prospective passenger; and\n(b) paid by the prospective passenger—\n(i) to a transport booking service, a bookable vehicle driver or\nboth; and\n(ii) in addition to the fare; and\n(iii) for the passenger to be picked up sooner than would\nhappen in the ordinary course of bookings.\n","sortOrder":249},{"sectionNumber":"221I","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle pricing during emergencies","content":"221I Bookable vehicle pricing during emergencies\n(b) the booking service—\n(i) accepts a jump-the-queue fee for a bookable vehicle\nbooking; or\n(ii) provides a way for a bookable vehicle driver to accept a\njump-the-queue fee for a bookable vehicle booking made\nvia the transport booking service; or\n(iii) applies surge pricing for a bookable vehicle hiring; and\n(c) a declared state of alert, or declared state of emergency, is in\nforce for all or part of the ACT.\n\n(i) accepts a jump-the-queue fee for a bookable vehicle\nbooking; or\n(ii) applies surge pricing for the bookable vehicle hiring; and\n(c) a declared state of alert, or declared state of emergency, is in\nforce for all or part of the ACT.\ndeclared state of alert means a state of alert declared under the\nEmergencies Act 2004, section 151.\ndeclared state of emergency means a state of emergency declared\nunder the Emergencies Act 2004, section 156.\njump-the-queue fee, for a bookable vehicle booking—see\nsection 221G.\nsurge pricing, for a bookable vehicle hiring, means the practice of\nincreasing bookable vehicle fares during times of high demand for\nbookable vehicles.\nNote 1 Jump-the-queue fees are always prohibited for taxis (see s 221G).\nNote 2 The Minister may determine fares and ways of calculating fares for taxis,\nridesharing and hire cars (see Act, s 60, s 60Q and s 79A).\n\n","sortOrder":250},{"sectionNumber":"221J","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of payment surcharge—div 3A.5.2","content":"221J Meaning of payment surcharge—div 3A.5.2\n(1) In this division:\npayment surcharge—\n(a) means a fee or charge (however calculated)—\n(i) added to the amount otherwise payable by a hirer of a\nbookable vehicle because the amount payable for the hire\nof the vehicle is paid wholly or partly using a declared\npayment method; or\n(ii) payable by a bookable vehicle driver, or a bookable vehicle\nlicensee, because an amount payable for the hire of the\nvehicle is paid wholly or partly using a declared payment\nmethod; and\n(b) includes a fee or charge mentioned in paragraph (a) whether or\nnot the fee or charge—\n(i) is payable for accepting or processing payment made using\na declared payment method; or\n(ii) is based on the amount payable for a bookable vehicle\nhiring; but\n(c) does not include a fee or charge imposed for the use of a declared\npayment method by—\n(i) a participant in a designated payment system; or\n(ii) a person consistently with a voluntary undertaking given\nby the person to, and accepted by, the Reserve Bank of\nAustralia.\n(2) In this section:\ndesignated payment system—see the Payment Systems (Regulation)\nAct 1998 (Cwlth), section 7 (Definitions).\n\nparticipant, in a payment system—see the Payment Systems\n(Regulation) Act 1998 (Cwlth), section 7 (Definitions).\n","sortOrder":251},{"sectionNumber":"221K","sectionType":"section","heading":"Methods of payment and maximum payment surcharges","content":"221K Methods of payment and maximum payment surcharges\n(1) The Minister may declare methods of payment (declared payment\nmethods) for the definition of payment surcharge.\n(2) A declaration is a disallowable instrument.\n(3) The Minister may determine the maximum amount payable for a\npayment surcharge (a maximum payment surcharge).\n(4) A determination is a disallowable instrument.\n","sortOrder":252},{"sectionNumber":"221L","sectionType":"section","heading":"Imposing more than the maximum payment surcharge","content":"221L Imposing more than the maximum payment surcharge\n(1) A defined person commits an offence if—\n(a) a payment surcharge is imposed; and\n(b) the payment surcharge exceeds the maximum payment\nsurcharge.\n(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if\n(a) someone else imposed the payment surcharge; and\n(b) the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably be\nexpected to know, that the other person would impose the\npayment surcharge.\n(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if\n(a) someone else imposed the payment surcharge; and\n(b) the defendant knew that the other person would impose the\npayment surcharge; and\n\n(c) the defendant told the person on whom the payment surcharge\nwas imposed that the person did not have to pay the part of the\nsurcharge that exceeded the maximum payment surcharge.\nNote The defendant has a legal burden in relation to the matters mentioned in\ns (2) and (3) (see Criminal Code, s 59).\ndefined person means any of the following people:\n(a) the person who imposed the surcharge;\n(b) the bookable vehicle driver;\n(c) the bookable vehicle licensee;\n(d) any person who provided or maintains any equipment installed\nin the bookable vehicle that enabled the surcharge to be\nimposed;\n(e) any person who manages or administers the whole or any part\nof the system under which the amounts due for the hiring may\nbe paid using a declared payment method.\n","sortOrder":253},{"sectionNumber":"221M","sectionType":"section","heading":"Collecting more than the maximum payment surcharge","content":"221M Collecting more than the maximum payment surcharge\n(a) the person initiates the collection of, or collects, a payment\nsurcharge in a bookable vehicle; and\n(b) the payment surcharge exceeds the maximum payment\nsurcharge for the declared payment method.\n(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if\n(a) someone else initiated the collection of, or collected, the\npayment surcharge; and\n\nNSW bookable vehicles in the ACT Division 3A.5.3\n(b) the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably be\nexpected to know, that the other person would initiate the\ncollection of, or collect, the payment surcharge.\nNote The defendant has a legal burden in relation to the matters mentioned in\ns (2) (see Criminal Code, s 59).\n","sortOrder":254},{"sectionNumber":"221N","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of ACT region","content":"221N Meaning of ACT region\n(1) In this regulation:\nACT region means—\n(a) the ACT; and\n(b) any area of NSW declared under subsection (2).\n(2) The road transport authority may declare a stated area of NSW to be\npart of the ACT region.\n(3) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":255},{"sectionNumber":"221O","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption for NSW bookable vehicles—ACT pick up,","content":"221O Exemption for NSW bookable vehicles—ACT pick up,\ndrop off outside ACT region—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\n(1) A person is exempt from the Act, section 52 (1) (Unaccredited\noperators not to operate taxi services) in relation to the hiring of a taxi\noperated by the person if—\n(a) the hiring is booked via—\n(i) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi—a WTBS; or\n(ii) a transport booking service; and\n(b) the hiring starts in the ACT and finishes outside the ACT region;\nand\n(c) the person is authorised to operate a taxi service, and provide\n\n(d) the person operates the service from an address outside the\n(2) A person is exempt from the Act, section 60E (1) (Rideshare driver\nmust be accredited) in relation to a rideshare operated by the person\nif—\n(a) the rideshare is booked via a transport booking service; and\n(b) the rideshare starts in the ACT and finishes outside the\n(c) the person is authorised to operate a rideshare service, and\nprovide that kind of rideshare, under NSW law; and\n(d) the person operates the service from an address outside the\n(3) A person is exempt from the Act, section 74 (1) (Unaccredited\noperators not to operate hire car services) in relation to the hiring of\na hire car operated by the person if—\n(a) the hiring starts in the ACT and finishes outside the ACT region;\nand\n(b) the person is authorised to operate a hire car service, and provide\n(c) the person operates the service from an address outside the\nNote NSW pick up, ACT drop off—exemption for NSW bookable vehicles.\nA NSW bookable vehicle that is hired in NSW may deliver a passenger\nto a destination in the ACT without the service operator holding ACT\naccreditation (see Act, s 52, s 60E and s 74).\n\nNSW bookable vehicles in the ACT Division 3A.5.3\n","sortOrder":256},{"sectionNumber":"221P","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption for NSW bookable vehicles—ACT pick up,","content":"221P Exemption for NSW bookable vehicles—ACT pick up,\ndrop off inside ACT region—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\n(1) A person is exempt from the Act, section 52 (1) (Unaccredited\noperators not to operate taxi services) in relation to the hiring of a taxi\noperated by the person if—\n(a) the hiring is booked via—\n(i) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi—a WTBS; or\n(ii) a transport booking service; and\n(b) the hiring starts in the ACT and finishes in the ACT region; and\n(c) the person is authorised to operate a taxi service, and provide\nperson’s intention to operate a taxi service in the ACT; and\n(2) A person is exempt from the Act, section 60E (1) (Rideshare driver\nmust be accredited) in relation to a rideshare operated by the person\nif—\n(a) the rideshare is booked via a transport booking service; and\n(b) the rideshare starts in the ACT and finishes in the ACT region;\nand\n(c) the person is authorised to operate a rideshare service, and\nprovide that kind of rideshare, under NSW law; and\n\nperson’s intention to operate a rideshare service in the ACT; and\n(3) A person is exempt from the Act, section 74 (1) (Unaccredited\noperators not to operate hire car services) in relation to the hiring of\na hire car operated by the person if—\n(a) the hiring is booked via a transport booking service; and\n(b) the hiring starts in the ACT and finishes in the ACT region; and\n(c) the person is authorised to operate a hire car service, and provide\nperson’s intention to operate a hire car service in the ACT; and\n(4) The road transport authority may determine—\n(a) additional exemption criteria; and\n(b) exemption conditions.\n(5) A determination is a notifiable instrument.\n\nBookable vehicle licensees Division 3A.5.4\nDivision 3A.5.4 Bookable vehicle licensees\n","sortOrder":257},{"sectionNumber":"221Q","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of bookable vehicle licensee—pt 3A.5","content":"221Q Meaning of bookable vehicle licensee—pt 3A.5\nbookable vehicle licensee means—\n(a) a taxi licensee; or\n(b) a rideshare vehicle licensee; or\n(c) a hire car licensee.\nNote 1 Taxi licence—see the Act, s 37.\nRideshare vehicle licence—see the Act, s 60J.\nHire car licence—see the Act, s 61.\nNote 2 The taxi licensee is also the taxi service operator for the taxi. The hire car\nlicensee is also the hire car service operator for the hire car. However, a\nrideshare vehicle licensee is not the rideshare service operator—the\nrideshare driver is the rideshare service operator.\n","sortOrder":258},{"sectionNumber":"221R","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle licensee—offensive material in vehicle","content":"221R Bookable vehicle licensee—offensive material in vehicle\n(a) is a bookable vehicle licensee; and\n(b) an advertisement, or other document, that a reasonable adult\nwould consider indecent, insulting or offensive is displayed in\nthe bookable vehicle.\nmay direct a bookable vehicle licensee to remove an advertisement or\nother document that the authority, officer or person believes on\nreasonable grounds contravenes subsection (1).\n\n(3) The bookable vehicle licensee must comply with a direction under\n","sortOrder":259},{"sectionNumber":"221S","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle licensee—noncompliance notices","content":"221S Bookable vehicle licensee—noncompliance notices\n(a) the person is a bookable vehicle licensee; and\n(b) a noncompliance notice is in force for a bookable vehicle\noperated by the service; and\n(c) the bookable vehicle is used for a hiring.\nNote Noncompliance notice—see the Act, s 120 (1).\n","sortOrder":260},{"sectionNumber":"221T","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—must have knowledge and skills","content":"221T Bookable vehicle driver—must have knowledge and skills\n(b) a determination is in force under section 221U; and\n(c) the person does not have the knowledge and skills required\nunder the determination to be a bookable vehicle driver.\n\n(c) the person does not—\n(i) keep a record of evidence that the person has the\nknowledge and skills required under the determination to\nbe a bookable vehicle driver; and\n(ii) provide the record, on request, to the road transport\nauthority.\n","sortOrder":261},{"sectionNumber":"221U","sectionType":"section","heading":"Knowledge and skills to be bookable vehicle driver","content":"221U Knowledge and skills to be bookable vehicle driver\n(1) The road transport authority may determine the knowledge and skills\nrequired to be a bookable vehicle driver.\nNote Power to make a statutory instrument includes power to make different\nprovision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters\n(see Legislation Act, s 48).\n\n","sortOrder":262},{"sectionNumber":"221V","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—carrying goods in vehicle","content":"221V Bookable vehicle driver—carrying goods in vehicle\n(b) the person allows a passenger to place or carry a thing in the\n(c) the thing cannot be carried in the bookable vehicle without\ndanger to someone.\n(3) This section does not apply if the passenger has a disability and the\nthing is used by the passenger to alleviate the effect of the disability.\n","sortOrder":263},{"sectionNumber":"221W","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—carrying animals in vehicle","content":"221W Bookable vehicle driver—carrying animals in vehicle\n(b) the person allows a passenger to place or carry an animal in the\n(c) the animal is not confined in a box, basket or other container.\n\n","sortOrder":264},{"sectionNumber":"221X","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—offensive material in vehicle","content":"221X Bookable vehicle driver—offensive material in vehicle\n(b) an advertisement or other document that a reasonable adult\nwould consider indecent, insulting or offensive is displayed in\nthe bookable vehicle.\nmay direct a bookable vehicle driver to remove an advertisement or\nother document that the authority, officer or person believes on\nreasonable grounds contravenes subsection (1).\n(3) The bookable vehicle driver must comply with a direction under\n\n","sortOrder":265},{"sectionNumber":"221Y","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—dropping off and picking up","content":"221Y Bookable vehicle driver—dropping off and picking up\n(1) A bookable vehicle driver—\n(a) must refuse to stop the bookable vehicle at any place where\nstopping the vehicle would be unlawful; and\n(b) may refuse to stop the bookable vehicle at any place where\nstopping the vehicle would be, in the driver’s opinion, unsafe.\n(2) However, the bookable vehicle driver may stop the bookable vehicle\nat a place (the preferred place) where stopping the vehicle would\notherwise be unlawful if—\n(a) the driver is dropping off or picking up a person with a\nsignificant disability that affects the person’s mobility; and\n(b) there is no other place near the preferred place where the driver\ncan lawfully and safely drop off or pick up the person; and\n(c) stopping the vehicle in the preferred place is, in the driver’s\nopinion, safe.\nExamples—people with significant disabilities affecting mobility\n1 a wheelchair-dependent person\n2 a person who ordinarily uses a walking stick, crutches or a walking frame to\nmove around outdoors\n3 a person who is blind\n","sortOrder":266},{"sectionNumber":"222","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—must not tout for passengers","content":"222 Bookable vehicle driver—must not tout for passengers\n(b) touts for—\n(i) passengers for the bookable vehicle; or\n\n(ii) a hiring of the bookable vehicle.\n","sortOrder":267},{"sectionNumber":"223","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—notifiable accidents","content":"223 Bookable vehicle driver—notifiable accidents\n(b) the bookable vehicle is involved in a notifiable accident; and\n(c) the person fails to give, as soon as practicable (but within\n24 hours) after the notifiable accident, written notice to the road\ntransport authority of the following:\n(i) the date and time when the accident happened;\n(ii) the place where the accident happened.\n(b) the bookable vehicle is involved in a notifiable accident; and\n(c) the person fails to give, as soon as practicable (but within 5 days)\nafter the day of a notifiable accident, written notice to the road\ntransport authority of the following:\n(i) the person’s full name and home address;\n(ii) the make, model and registration number of the bookable\nvehicle involved in the accident;\n(iii) the circumstances of the accident;\n(iv) the name and address of anyone killed or injured in the\naccident;\n\n(v) if a person is injured—the kind of injuries sustained.\nnotifiable accident, for a bookable vehicle, means an accident or\nother incident in which the death of, or bodily injury to, a person is\ncaused by, or arises out of the use of, the bookable vehicle.\n","sortOrder":268},{"sectionNumber":"224","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—noncompliance notices","content":"224 Bookable vehicle driver—noncompliance notices\n(b) a noncompliance notice is in force for the bookable vehicle; and\n(c) the person uses the bookable vehicle for a hiring.\nNote Noncompliance notice—see the Act, s 120 (1).\n(3) This section does not apply if a police officer or authorised person\nhas, under the Act, section 120 (Attachment and removal of\nnoncompliance notices), directed that the notice be taken to have been\nremoved.\n\n","sortOrder":269},{"sectionNumber":"225","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle driver—directions by police officers or","content":"225 Bookable vehicle driver—directions by police officers or\nauthorised people\n(1) A police officer or authorised person may give a bookable vehicle\ndriver a direction—\n(a) to accept a particular hiring even though the driver could refuse\nto accept the hiring under section 129 (3)\n(Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—must preferentially accept\nhirings for wheelchair-dependent people); or\n(b) about how a particular hiring is to be carried out.\n(2) However, the police officer or authorised person may not give a\ndirection that would involve the driver committing an offence (other\nthan an offence against this regulation).\n(b) is given a direction under subsection (1); and\n(c) fails to comply with the direction.\n(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the driver has a reasonable excuse\nfor failing to comply with the direction.\n(5) If a bookable vehicle driver carries out a hiring in accordance with a\ndirection under subsection (1)—\n(a) the driver is exempt from any provision of this regulation that\nwould otherwise prohibit the driver from carrying out the hiring\nin accordance with the direction; and\n\n(b) the Territory must pay the driver, in addition to the fare,\nreasonable compensation for any damage, injury, loss of time or\nother harm incurred by the driver because of the driver’s\ncompliance with the direction.\n","sortOrder":270},{"sectionNumber":"226","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle passenger—offensive behaviour or","content":"226 Bookable vehicle passenger—offensive behaviour or\nlanguage\n(a) is a bookable vehicle passenger; and\n(b) does any of the following in a bookable vehicle:\n(i) uses offensive language;\n(ii) behaves in an offensive way;\n","sortOrder":271},{"sectionNumber":"227","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle passenger—carrying animals in vehicle","content":"227 Bookable vehicle passenger—carrying animals in vehicle\n(a) the person is a bookable vehicle passenger; and\n(b) the person places or carries an animal in the bookable vehicle;\nand\n(c) the animal is not confined in a box, basket or other container.\n\nBookable vehicle passengers Division 3A.5.6\n","sortOrder":272},{"sectionNumber":"228","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle passenger—lost property","content":"228 Bookable vehicle passenger—lost property\n(a) is a bookable vehicle passenger; and\n(b) finds something in the bookable vehicle; and\n(c) fails to give the thing to—\n(i) its owner; or\n(ii) the bookable vehicle driver; or\n(iii) the transport booking service through which the person\nbooked the bookable vehicle; or\n(iv) a police officer; or\n(v) an authorised person.\n\n","sortOrder":273},{"sectionNumber":"229","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bookable vehicle passenger—direction to get out of","content":"229 Bookable vehicle passenger—direction to get out of\n(1) A bookable vehicle driver, police officer or authorised person may\ndirect a person not to get into, or to get out of, a bookable vehicle if\nthe driver, police officer or authorised person believes on reasonable\ngrounds that—\n(a) the person, the person’s clothing or goods (or anything else on\nor carried by the person) may soil or damage the bookable\nvehicle or the clothing or goods of someone else; or\n(b) any of the person’s goods cannot, because of their size or\ndimensions, be carried in the bookable vehicle without\ninconvenience or danger to someone else; or\n(i) under the influence of alcohol or a drug; and\n(ii) causing, or likely to cause, a nuisance or annoyance to\nsomeone else; or\n(d) committing an offence under this division.\n(2) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply if the person has a disability and the\nthing is used by the person to alleviate the effect of the disability.\n(5) A police officer may remove a person from a bookable vehicle if the\nperson is given a direction under subsection (1) and the person does\nnot comply with the direction.\n\n","sortOrder":274},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"1 Demand responsive service","content":"Part 6.1 Demand responsive service\nauthorisations\n","sortOrder":275},{"sectionNumber":"230","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application procedure for issue of authorisations","content":"230 Application procedure for issue of authorisations\n(1) A person (the applicant) may apply to the road transport authority for\nthe issue (including renewal) of an authorisation to operate a DRS.\n(2) The applicant must give the road transport authority a completed\napplication form for the authorisation.\n","sortOrder":276},{"sectionNumber":"231","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue of authorisations","content":"231 Issue of authorisations\n(1) The road transport authority may refuse to issue (including renew) a\nDRS authorisation to an applicant if the authority believes on\nreasonable grounds that the applicant—\n(a) has contravened a condition of another DRS authorisation held\n(or previously held) by the person or, for a DRS authorisation\nrenewal, a condition of the authorisation being renewed; or\n(b) has not complied with a requirement of the Act relating to the\n\n(2) The road transport authority must refuse to issue a DRS authorisation\nif—\n(a) the applicant is not accredited to operate a DRS; or\n(b) the applicant is disqualified under chapter 8 (Disciplinary\naction) from holding or applying for a DRS authorisation; or\n(c) by issuing the authorisation, the proposed DRS would\ncontravene the approved guidelines under the Act, section 83\n(Demand responsive services—guidelines for giving\nauthorisations); or\nNote Contravene includes fail to comply with (see Legislation Act, dict,\npt 1).\n(d) a double-decker bus or a motorbike is to be used to operate the\nproposed DRS.\n(3) The road transport authority must issue a DRS authorisation to the\napplicant if the authority does not refuse the application.\n(4) A DRS authorisation must be issued for a minimum period of 1 year\nand a maximum period of 6 years.\n","sortOrder":277},{"sectionNumber":"232","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue or amendment of authorisations subject to","content":"232 Issue or amendment of authorisations subject to\n(1) A DRS authorisation may be issued (including renewed) subject to a\ncondition imposed by the road transport authority.\n(2) A DRS authorisation may be amended by the road transport authority\nto impose a condition to which the authorisation is to be subject or to\namend or revoke a condition to which the authorisation is already\nsubject.\n\napplicant for a DRS authorisation or the holder of a DRS\nauthorisation; and\n","sortOrder":278},{"sectionNumber":"233","sectionType":"section","heading":"Demand responsive service authorisations—procedure","content":"233 Demand responsive service authorisations—procedure\nfor imposition etc of conditions on authority’s initiative\n(1) This section applies to the holder of a DRS authorisation if the road\ntransport authority proposes, on the authority’s own initiative, to take\naction under section 232 (2) to amend the authorisation to impose,\namend or revoke a condition (the proposed action).\n(2) The road transport authority must give the authorisation-holder a\nwritten notice stating—\n(b) if the proposed action is to impose a condition—the proposed\ncondition; and\n(c) if the proposed action is to amend a condition—the condition as\nproposed to be amended; and\n(d) an explanation for the proposed action; and\n(e) if appropriate, any action that must be taken by the\nauthorisation-holder to avoid or reverse the proposed action; and\n\n(3) The notice may, but need not, provide an opportunity for the\nauthorisation-holder to make representations about why the proposed\naction should not be taken.\ngiven to the authorisation-holder.\n(5) This section does not affect the taking of action under\nchapter 8 (Disciplinary action).\n","sortOrder":279},{"sectionNumber":"234","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conditions of authorisations","content":"234 Conditions of authorisations\nA DRS authorisation is subject to the conditions (if any) stated in the\nauthorisation or in a document stated by the authorisation to form part\nof the authorisation.\n","sortOrder":280},{"sectionNumber":"235","sectionType":"section","heading":"Form of authorisations","content":"235 Form of authorisations\n(1) A DRS authorisation issued to a person must—\n(a) state the authorisation number allocated to the person; and\n(b) state the person’s full name and address; and\n(c) describe the kind of public passenger service that may be\noperated under the authorisation (including, for example, the\nmatters mentioned in the Act, section 83 (2) (a)); and\n(d) state the kinds of vehicles that may be used to operate the DRS\nunder the authorisation; and\n(e) state the expiry date of the authorisation.\n(2) An authorisation may also include any additional information that the\nroad transport authority considers appropriate.\n\n","sortOrder":281},{"sectionNumber":"236","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorisation labels—issue and display","content":"236 Authorisation labels—issue and display\n(1) If the road transport authority issues a DRS authorisation to a person,\nthe authority may also issue to the authorisation-holder a label (a DRS\nauthorisation label) for a DRS vehicle for which the authorisation\nrelates.\n(2) A DRS authorisation label issued to the authorisation-holder must\nshow—\n(a) the authorisation number allocated to the authorisation-holder;\nand\n(b) the registration number of the vehicle to be used to operate the\nDRS; and\n(c) the hours of operation of the DRS; and\n(d) the expiry date of the authorisation.\n(3) The authorised-holder must ensure that the DRS authorisation label\nis displayed—\n(a) on the lower left side (or nearside) of the windscreen of the DRS\n(b) so the information on the label is readable from the outside of\n(4) A person must not operate a DRS vehicle on a road or road related\narea if—\n(a) the vehicle does not have the DRS authorisation label issued for\nit attached to the vehicle; or\n(b) the label is not attached in accordance with subsection (3); or\n\n(5) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle operated by someone else\nin contravention of subsection (4) also commits an offence if the\nauthorised operator failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent\n","sortOrder":282},{"sectionNumber":"237","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorisation labels—replacement","content":"237 Authorisation labels—replacement\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement DRS\nauthorisation label to a DRS authorisation-holder if satisfied that the\nauthorisation label has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\nauthorisation-holder to give the authority a statement verifying that\nthe authorisation label has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":283},{"sectionNumber":"238","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorisation-holders to notify change of name or","content":"238 Authorisation-holders to notify change of name or\n(1) If the name or home address of a DRS authorisation-holder changes,\nthe authorisation-holder must, as soon as practicable but no later than\n14 days after the day the change happens, give the road transport\nauthority—\n(a) written notice of the change; and\n(b) the authorisation issued to the authorisation-holder.\nMaximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.\n(2) If a DRS authorisation is returned to the road transport authority, the\nauthority must amend the authorisation or issue another authorisation\nfor the remainder of the period of the authorisation that it replaces.\n\n","sortOrder":284},{"sectionNumber":"239","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorisation-holder to comply with conditions","content":"239 Authorisation-holder to comply with conditions\n(1) A DRS authorisation-holder must not contravene a condition to which\nthe authorisation is subject.\n","sortOrder":285},{"sectionNumber":"240","sectionType":"section","heading":"Replacement of authorisation","content":"240 Replacement of authorisation\n(1) The road transport authority may issue a replacement DRS\nauthorisation to a DRS authorisation-holder if satisfied that the\nauthorisation has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\nauthorisation-holder to give the authority a statement verifying that\nthe authorisation has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n","sortOrder":286},{"sectionNumber":"241","sectionType":"section","heading":"Production of authorisation","content":"241 Production of authorisation\n(1) A DRS authorisation-holder must not fail to produce the person’s\nauthorisation for inspection when required to do so by the road\ntransport authority, a police officer or an authorised person.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if—\n(a) the authorisation-holder has a reasonable excuse for failing to\nproduce the authorisation when required to do so; and\n\n(b) as soon as practicable, but no later than 3 days after the day of\nbeing required to produce the authorisation, the\nauthorisation-holder produces the authorisation at the place\ndirected by the road transport authority, police officer or\n","sortOrder":287},{"sectionNumber":"242","sectionType":"section","heading":"Surrender of authorisation","content":"242 Surrender of authorisation\n(1) A DRS authorisation-holder may apply to the road transport authority\nto surrender the authorisation.\n(2) The application may be made personally by the authorisation-holder\nor by an agent who produces written evidence of his or her\nappointment as agent.\n(a) return the authorisation to the road transport authority; or\n(b) if the authorisation has been lost, stolen or destroyed—give the\nauthority a statement verifying that the authorisation has been\nlost, stolen or destroyed.\n(4) If the person complies with this section, the road transport authority\nsuspend or cancel the authorisation.\n","sortOrder":288},{"sectionNumber":"243","sectionType":"section","heading":"Demand responsive service authorisations not","content":"243 Demand responsive service authorisations not\ntransferable\nA DRS authorisation is not transferable.\n\nPreliminary Division 6.2.1\n","sortOrder":289},{"sectionNumber":"Div 6","sectionType":"division","heading":"2.1 Preliminary","content":"Division 6.2.1 Preliminary\n","sortOrder":290},{"sectionNumber":"244","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of authorised operator and DRS vehicle driver—","content":"244 Meaning of authorised operator and DRS vehicle driver—\npt 6.2\nauthorised operator means an authorised DRS operator.\nDRS vehicle driver means a person who is driving a DRS vehicle\nwhile it is operating as a DRS vehicle.\nDivision 6.2.2 Demand responsive service vehicle\noperators\n","sortOrder":291},{"sectionNumber":"245","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maintenance of demand responsive service vehicles","content":"245 Maintenance of demand responsive service vehicles\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must not use the vehicle, or\nallow someone else to use the vehicle, to operate a DRS if the vehicle\nhas not been serviced and maintained in accordance with the vehicle\nmanufacturer’s maintenance standards (however described) relating\nto the vehicle.\n(2) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must not use the vehicle, or\nallow someone else to use the vehicle, to operate a DRS if—\n(a) the vehicle does not comply with the applicable vehicle\nstandards for the vehicle; or\n\n(b) the use of the vehicle by the authorised operator or other person\nwould contravene the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nAct 1999.\nExample for par (b)\nThe vehicle must be maintained in a condition that enables it to be driven safely\n(see Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000, s 107 (2)).\n","sortOrder":292},{"sectionNumber":"246","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fleet and maintenance records for demand responsive","content":"246 Fleet and maintenance records for demand responsive\nservice vehicles to be made\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS must make a written record of the\nfollowing particulars for each DRS vehicle used to operate the\nservice:\n(a) the make, model and year of manufacture of the vehicle;\n(b) the registration number of the vehicle;\n(c) the insurance policies, and the expiry date of the policies, that\napply in relation to the operation of the vehicle;\n(d) if the vehicle is a bus—the maximum number of seated and\nstanding passengers that may be carried on the bus in accordance\nwith section 269 (Maximum number of passengers in demand\nresponsive service vehicles);\n(e) the date the vehicle was first used by the operator to operate the\nDRS and (if applicable) the date the vehicle ceased to be used\nby the operator to operate the DRS;\n(f) the inspections of the vehicle for compliance with section 245\n(Maintenance of demand responsive service vehicles);\n(g) any defects that affect the roadworthiness or safe operation of\nthe vehicle;\n\n(h) the cleaning, servicing, maintenance and repair of the vehicle\nand any other work done to the vehicle;\n(i) accidents or other incidents in which—\n(i) the death of, or bodily injury to, a person is caused by, or\narises out of the use of, the vehicle; or\n(ii) damage to property is caused by, or arises out of the use of,\n","sortOrder":293},{"sectionNumber":"247","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of changes to demand responsive service","content":"247 Notification of changes to demand responsive service\nvehicle fleet\n(1) This section applies to an authorised operator of a DRS who acquires\n(including under a lease) a vehicle to operate the DRS.\n(2) The authorised operator must, as soon as practicable (but no later than\n7 days after the day the vehicle is acquired), give the road transport\nauthority written notice of the matters mentioned in section 246 (1)\n(a) to (d).\n\n","sortOrder":294},{"sectionNumber":"248","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notifiable incidents involving demand responsive service","content":"248 Notifiable incidents involving demand responsive service\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS must, as soon as practicable (but\nwithin 24 hours) after a notifiable accident, give the road transport\nauthority written notice of the time and date when, and the place\nwhere, the accident happened.\n(2) The authorised operator of a DRS must, as soon as practicable (but\nno later than 5 days after the day of a notifiable accident), give the\nroad transport authority written notice of the following information:\n(a) the make, model and registration number of the DRS vehicle\ninvolved in the accident;\n(b) the full name and home address of the driver of the DRS vehicle\ninvolved in the accident;\n(c) the circumstances of the accident;\n(d) the name and address of anyone killed or injured in the accident;\n(e) for an injured person—the kind of injuries received by the\n(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is a strict liability offence.\n(4) The authorised operator of a DRS must give the road transport\nauthority written notice of any incident (other than a notifiable\naccident) that—\n(a) relates to a DRS vehicle; and\n(b) significantly affects the operation of the DRS.\n\nnotifiable accident means an accident or other incident in which the\ndeath of, or bodily injury to, a person is caused by, or arises out of the\nuse of, a DRS vehicle.\n","sortOrder":295},{"sectionNumber":"249","sectionType":"section","heading":"Condition of demand responsive service vehicles","content":"249 Condition of demand responsive service vehicles\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must not operate, or allow\nsomeone else to operate, the vehicle as a DRS vehicle if—\n(a) the vehicle’s exterior and interior are not clean and undamaged;\nand\n(b) the vehicle’s fittings are not clean and undamaged, properly\nfitted and securely in place and, if appropriate, fully operational.\nExamples for par (b) of fittings to be fully operational\n1 interior lights and window-winding mechanisms\n2 fire-extinguisher\n3 if the DRS vehicle is fitted with a security camera, the security camera\nNote The authorised operator must also comply with any standards about\nexterior, of a DRS vehicle, includes the body, door panels, bumper\nbars, trim and wheels of the vehicle.\ninterior, of a DRS vehicle, includes the interior of the boot (if any) of\n\n","sortOrder":296},{"sectionNumber":"250","sectionType":"section","heading":"Demand responsive service vehicle drivers to hold","content":"250 Demand responsive service vehicle drivers to hold\nappropriate driver licence or authority\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS must ensure that a person who\ndrives a DRS vehicle to operate the service is—\n(a) the holder of a public vehicle licence authorising the person to\ndrive the vehicle for hire or reward; or\n(b) exempt from holding a public vehicle licence under the Road\nNote 1 A person does not hold a public vehicle licence if the public vehicle\nlicence is suspended or has been cancelled under the road transport\nlegislation or any other territory law.\nNote 2 The Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, s 94A (4)\nprovides that a person ceases to be exempt from holding a public vehicle\nlicence if—\n(a) an automatic disqualifying circumstance applies to the person (see\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, s 91); or\n(b) the person is disqualified by the road transport authority from\ndriving a vehicle on a road or road related area (in the ACT) under\nthat regulation, s 103.\n","sortOrder":297},{"sectionNumber":"251","sectionType":"section","heading":"Records of demand responsive service vehicle drivers","content":"251 Records of demand responsive service vehicle drivers\netc to be maintained by authorised operator\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS must make a written record of the\nfollowing particulars for each person who drives a DRS vehicle to\noperate the service:\n\nauthorised operator by the road transport authority;\n(c) the dates and times when the DRS vehicle was driven by the\n(a) the person is an authorised operator of a DRS; and\n(b) the person has a written record under subsection (1) of a person\n(the driver) who drives a DRS vehicle to operate the service; and\n(c) the driver was the holder of a public vehicle licence authorising\nthe driver to drive a DRS vehicle for hire or reward; and\n(d) the driver’s public vehicle licence is suspended or cancelled; and\n(e) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the driver’s\npublic vehicle licence is suspended or cancelled; and\n(f) the person fails to make a written record of the following for the\ndriver—\n(ii) when the licence was suspended or cancelled; and\n(iii) if the licence was suspended—when the suspension ends.\n\n(a) the person is an authorised operator of a DRS; and\n(b) the person has a written record under subsection (1) of a person\n(the driver) who drives a DRS vehicle to operate the service; and\n(c) the driver was exempt from holding a public vehicle licence\nsection 94A; and\n(d) the driver is no longer exempt from holding a public vehicle\n(e) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the driver\nis no longer exempt under section 94A; and\n(f) the person fails to record for the driver that the driver is no\nlonger exempt under section 94A.\n","sortOrder":298},{"sectionNumber":"252","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorised operator to tell road transport authority about","content":"252 Authorised operator to tell road transport authority about\nrecords of demand responsive service vehicle drivers etc\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS must, for each person for whom the\nauthorised operator has a record under section 251 (1), tell the road\ntransport authority about the following:\nauthorised operator by the road transport authority;\ndriver authority information since the authorised operator last\n\n(d) if the person no longer drives a DRS vehicle for the authorised\noperator—that the person no longer drives a DRS vehicle for the\nauthorised operator.\n","sortOrder":299},{"sectionNumber":"253","sectionType":"section","heading":"Road transport authority may tell authorised operator","content":"253 Road transport authority may tell authorised operator\nabout demand responsive service drivers\n(a) the authorised operator of a DRS has a record for a person under\nsection 251 (1); and\n(b) the authorised operator has told the road transport authority\nabout the person under section 252 (1).\n(2) The road transport authority may tell the authorised operator about\nthe following for the person:\nauthorising the person to drive a DRS vehicle for hire or reward\nbut the person’s licence has been suspended or cancelled—\n\n","sortOrder":300},{"sectionNumber":"254","sectionType":"section","heading":"Keeping and inspection etc of records about demand","content":"254 Keeping and inspection etc of records about demand\nresponsive service vehicles\n(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been the authorised\noperator of a DRS vehicle.\n(2) The person must—\n(4) The road transport authority, police officer or authorised person may\nsubsection (2) (b) or (c).\n\n(5) This section does not apply to a recording made by a security camera\nin a DRS vehicle.\nNote For the keeping and destruction of security camera recordings, see\ns 264 (2).\n","sortOrder":301},{"sectionNumber":"255","sectionType":"section","heading":"Display of notice about maximum number of passengers","content":"255 Display of notice about maximum number of passengers\n(2) The authorised operator of the DRS must display in a conspicuous\nposition at the rear of the bus a statement, in legible text at least 25mm\nhigh, of the maximum number of seated, and the maximum number\nof standing, passengers the bus is permitted to carry under\nsection 269 (5) (Maximum number of passengers in demand\nresponsive service vehicles).\n","sortOrder":302},{"sectionNumber":"256","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accreditation details to be displayed on demand","content":"256 Accreditation details to be displayed on demand\nresponsive service vehicles\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must display on the vehicle\nin a position approved by the road transport authority a statement, in\nlegible text at least 50mm high, of the name in which the operator’s\naccreditation to operate a DRS is held and the accreditation number\nallocated to the operator by the authority.\n(2) An approval under subsection (1) is a notifiable instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":303},{"sectionNumber":"257","sectionType":"section","heading":"Advertisements for demand responsive services to","content":"257 Advertisements for demand responsive services to\ndisplay accreditation number\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS must ensure that an advertisement\nfor the service identifies the service by the accreditation number\nallocated to the operator for the DRS by the road transport authority.\nNote 1 A person who falsely represents that the person is entitled to operate a\nDRS, commits an offence against the Act, s 92.\nNote 2 For the entitlement of a person to operate a DRS, see the Act, s 90.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to an advertisement appearing in a DRS\n","sortOrder":304},{"sectionNumber":"258","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information about fares to be displayed in demand","content":"258 Information about fares to be displayed in demand\nresponsive service vehicle\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must ensure that\ninformation about fares is displayed in accordance with\n(2) The information must be displayed inside the vehicle in a form\napproved by the road transport authority in a position where it can\nreadily be read by a passenger.\n(4) An approval under subsection (2) is a notifiable instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":305},{"sectionNumber":"259","sectionType":"section","heading":"Presence of security camera in demand responsive","content":"259 Presence of security camera in demand responsive\nservice vehicle to be indicated\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle fitted with a security\ncamera must ensure that signs telling people that they may be under\nvideo surveillance while in or near the vehicle are conspicuously\nplaced inside and outside the vehicle.\nNote 1 The authorised operator must also comply with any standards about\nNote 2 In collecting personal information, the authorised operator may also have\nto comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act\n1988 (Cwlth).\n","sortOrder":306},{"sectionNumber":"260","sectionType":"section","heading":"Air conditioning of demand responsive service vehicles","content":"260 Air conditioning of demand responsive service vehicles\n(1) This section applies if a DRS vehicle is fitted with air conditioning.\n(2) The authorised operator of the vehicle must ensure that the air\nconditioning is in good condition and fully operational.\n","sortOrder":307},{"sectionNumber":"261","sectionType":"section","heading":"Demand responsive service vehicle livery","content":"261 Demand responsive service vehicle livery\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must ensure that the vehicle\nis fitted with signs and livery (including colours) that comply with the\nrequirements and design approved by the road transport authority for\nthe DRS.\n(3) An approval under subsection (1) is a notifiable instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":308},{"sectionNumber":"262","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offensive material etc in or on demand responsive","content":"262 Offensive material etc in or on demand responsive\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must ensure that an\nadvertisement or other document that a reasonable adult would\nconsider indecent, insulting or offensive is not displayed in the\nmay direct the authorised operator of a DRS vehicle to remove an\nadvertisement or other document that the authority, officer or person\nbelieves on reasonable grounds contravenes subsection (1).\n(3) The authorised operator must comply with a direction under\n","sortOrder":309},{"sectionNumber":"263","sectionType":"section","heading":"Compliance with dress code of practice","content":"263 Compliance with dress code of practice\n(1) The authorised operator of a DRS vehicle commits an offence if—\n(a) a code of practice approved under section 302 (Code of\npractice—dress of demand responsive service vehicle drivers) is\nin force; and\n(b) the authorised operator allows a DRS vehicle driver to drive the\n(c) the driver does not comply with the code of practice.\n\n","sortOrder":310},{"sectionNumber":"264","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorised operator’s responsibilities for security","content":"264 Authorised operator’s responsibilities for security\ncamera recordings\n(1) This section applies to the authorised operator of a DRS vehicle if the\nvehicle is fitted with a security camera.\n(2) If a recording made by the security camera has not been given to a\npolice officer or the road transport authority under subsection (4), the\nauthorised operator must ensure that the recording is—\n(a) kept by the authorised operator for 30 days after the day it is\nmade; and\n(b) destroyed as soon as practicable after the end of the 30-day\nperiod.\n(3) An authorised operator of a DRS vehicle must comply with\nNote The authorised operator must also comply with any standards about\n(4) If a police officer or the road transport authority asks an authorised\noperator to give the police officer or authority a recording made by\nthe security camera, the operator must comply with the request.\n(5) An authorised operator must maintain, in good condition and fully\noperational, equipment that can display a recording made by the\nsecurity camera.\nNote The authorised operator may also have to comply with the Australian\nPrivacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) about the\ncollection, storage, use and disclosure of the recordings.\n\n","sortOrder":311},{"sectionNumber":"265","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorised operators to comply with service standard for","content":"265 Authorised operators to comply with service standard for\nlost property\n(1) This section applies to the authorised operator of a DRS vehicle who\nis given lost property found in or near a DRS vehicle.\n(2) The authorised operator must deal with the property in accordance\nwith the operator’s accepted service standard for the handling and\ndisposal of lost property.\n","sortOrder":312},{"sectionNumber":"266","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of noncompliance notices—authorised operators","content":"266 Effect of noncompliance notices—authorised operators\n(1) This section applies to the authorised operator of a DRS vehicle if a\nnoncompliance notice under the Act, section 120 (Attachment and\nremoval of noncompliance notices) has been attached to the vehicle.\n(2) The authorised operator commits an offence if the notice is attached\nto the vehicle and the authorised operator uses, or allows someone\nelse to use, the vehicle to operate a DRS after the time of effect of the\nnotice.\nNote 1 For the time of effect, see the Act, s 120 (2) (b).\nAct, s 120 (4)).\n(3) The authorised operator commits an offence if—\n(a) the authorised operator uses, or allows someone else to use, the\nvehicle to operate a DRS after the time of effect of the notice;\nand\n\n(b) the authorised operator knows the notice has been removed\notherwise than in accordance with the Act, section 120.\n(4) Strict liability applies to subsections (2) and (3) (a).\n(5) This section does not apply to the authorised operator if a police\nofficer or authorised person has directed under the Act, section 120\nthat the notice be taken to have been removed.\nDivision 6.2.3 Demand responsive service vehicle\nNote For the licensing of DRS vehicle drivers, see the Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000.\n","sortOrder":313},{"sectionNumber":"267","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirements about demand responsive service vehicle","content":"267 Requirements about demand responsive service vehicle\ndrivers stopping for passengers\n(1) A DRS vehicle driver must stop the vehicle and drop off a passenger\nat a place if the passenger indicates to the driver that the passenger\nwishes to get off the vehicle at the place.\n(2) A DRS vehicle driver must stop the vehicle and pick up a person at a\nplace if the person indicates to the driver that the person wishes to get\non the vehicle at the place.\n(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if stopping the vehicle to drop\noff or pick up a passenger would—\n(a) be at a bus stop where the vehicle is not authorised to stop; or\n(b) be unlawful; or\n\n(c) be, in the driver’s opinion, unsafe; or\n(d) be in a place that is not within the scope of the operation of the\nDRS; or\n(e) contravene any of the following provisions:\n• section 269 (Maximum number of passengers in demand\nresponsive service vehicles)\n• section 272 (Restrictions on carriage of goods in demand\nresponsive service vehicles) if the driver picked up the\nperson\n• section 297 (Demand responsive service vehicle\npassengers—soiled clothing etc)\n• section 298 (Intoxicated demand responsive service vehicle\npassengers).\n(5) However, subsection (4) (b) does not apply if the DRS vehicle driver\nstops the vehicle at a place (the preferred place) where stopping the\nvehicle would otherwise be unlawful if—\n(a) the driver is dropping off or picking up a person with a\nsignificant disability that affects the person’s mobility; and\n(b) there is no other place near the preferred place where the driver\ncan lawfully and safely drop off or pick up the person; and\n(c) stopping the vehicle in the preferred place is, in the driver’s\nopinion, safe.\nExamples of people with significant disabilities affecting mobility\n1 a wheelchair-dependent person\n2 a person who ordinarily uses a walking stick, crutches or a walking frame to\nmove around outdoors\n3 a person who is blind\n\nauthorised to stop, at a bus stop, for a DRS vehicle, means a bus stop\nthat the DRS vehicle is authorised to stop at under an authority under\nsection 305 (1) (DRS vehicles—bus stop and bus zone authorities).\n","sortOrder":314},{"sectionNumber":"268","sectionType":"section","heading":"Where demand responsive service vehicle drivers must","content":"268 Where demand responsive service vehicle drivers must\nstop on a road\n(1) If a DRS vehicle driver stops on a road or road related area to drop\noff or pick up a passenger, the driver must stop parallel to, and as\nclose as practicable to, the side of the road or area.\n(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.\n","sortOrder":315},{"sectionNumber":"269","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maximum number of passengers in demand responsive","content":"269 Maximum number of passengers in demand responsive\n(2) A DRS vehicle driver must not, at any time—\n(a) carry in the bus more passengers, whether seated or standing,\nthat the total number of passengers permitted to be carried in the\nbus; or\n(b) carry in the bus more passengers seated than the number of\npassengers permitted to be carried seated in the bus; or\n(c) carry in the bus more passengers standing than the number of\npassengers permitted to be carried standing in the bus.\n\n(4) For subsection (2), in working out the number of passengers being\ncarried, the following people are not to be taken into account:\n(a) any child apparently under 5 years old who is being carried on\nthe lap of a seated passenger;\n(b) every 3rd child, whether seated or standing, who is apparently\nunder 12 years old unless the child is seated on a seat designed\n(either by way of fixed armrests or seating contours for\nindividual passengers) so that it is impracticable for the seat to\nbe used by more than the number of passengers for which it is\ndesigned.\n(5) The number of passengers who are permitted to be carried seated, or\nare permitted to be carried standing, in the bus is—\n(a) if the bus is registered under the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Act 1999—the number notified (or last notified) to\nthe authorised operator by the road transport authority; or\n(b) if the bus is registered under the law of another jurisdiction that\ncorresponds to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nAct 1999—the number permitted to be carried by the bus under\nthat law.\n","sortOrder":316},{"sectionNumber":"270","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheelchair passengers in demand responsive service","content":"270 Wheelchair passengers in demand responsive service\n(1) This section applies in relation to a DRS vehicle if the vehicle has\nwheelchair access and has passenger seating positions fitted with\nseatbelts.\n(2) The DRS vehicle driver must not carry a wheelchair in the vehicle if\nthe wheelchair is not safely and securely attached to the vehicle.\n\n(3) The DRS vehicle driver must not carry a person in the vehicle while\nthe person is seated in a wheelchair.\n(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if—\n(a) the wheelchair cannot travel faster than 10km/h on level ground;\nand\n(b) the wheelchair is not in another vehicle (for example, a\nmotorised tricycle) while the wheelchair is in the DRS vehicle;\nand\n(c) if a seatbelt is provided for the position where the wheelchair is\nattached—the person is wearing the seatbelt.\n(5) However, subsection (4) (c) does not apply if the person is exempt\nunder a territory law from wearing a seatbelt.\nRegulation 2017, s 265 and s 266).\n(6) Despite subsection (4) (a), the DRS vehicle driver must not carry a\nperson in the vehicle while the person is seated in a motorised\nwheelchair of a kind known as, or that is similar to, a scooter or\ntricycle.\n(7) The DRS vehicle driver must provide reasonable assistance in loading\nand unloading a wheelchair, or a person in a wheelchair, into or from\n(8) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n\n","sortOrder":317},{"sectionNumber":"271","sectionType":"section","heading":"Responsibilities of demand responsive service vehicle","content":"271 Responsibilities of demand responsive service vehicle\ndrivers for security cameras\n(1) This section applies to a DRS vehicle driver if the vehicle is fitted\nwith a security camera.\n(2) The driver must—\n(a) at the beginning of each shift of the driver, check whether the\nsecurity camera is operating; and\n(b) if the camera is not operating—tell the authorised operator of\nthe DRS vehicle that the camera is not operating.\nNote The DRS vehicle driver must also comply with any standards about\n","sortOrder":318},{"sectionNumber":"272","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on carriage of goods in demand responsive","content":"272 Restrictions on carriage of goods in demand responsive\n(1) A DRS vehicle driver must not allow anyone to place or carry a thing\nin the DRS vehicle if, because of its size or dimensions, the thing\ncannot be carried in the vehicle without inconvenience or danger to\nanyone.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a disability and the\nthing is used by the person to alleviate the effect of the disability.\n\n","sortOrder":319},{"sectionNumber":"273","sectionType":"section","heading":"Responsibility of demand responsive service vehicle","content":"273 Responsibility of demand responsive service vehicle\ndrivers for lost property\n(1) This section applies to a DRS vehicle driver if the driver finds lost\nproperty in the vehicle or is given lost property under section 301\n(Lost property found by demand responsive service vehicle\npassengers).\n(2) The driver must give the property to—\n(a) its owner; or\n(b) if the owner cannot be identified—the authorised operator of the\nvehicle as soon as practicable (but within 24 hours) after finding\nor being given the property.\n","sortOrder":320},{"sectionNumber":"274","sectionType":"section","heading":"Behaviour of demand responsive service vehicle drivers","content":"274 Behaviour of demand responsive service vehicle drivers\ngenerally\n(1) A DRS vehicle driver must not—\n(a) solicit for passengers; or\n(b) move the vehicle while a door is open; or\n(c) start or stop the vehicle in a way that subjects a passenger or\nanyone else to unnecessary risk of injury.\nNote 1 A DRS vehicle driver may not smoke in the DRS vehicle (see\nSmoke-Free Public Places Act 2003).\nNote 2 A DRS vehicle driver must also comply with any standards about security\ncameras in DRS vehicles, see s 303 (5).\n\n","sortOrder":321},{"sectionNumber":"275","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dress and conduct of demand responsive service vehicle","content":"275 Dress and conduct of demand responsive service vehicle\n(1) A DRS vehicle driver must—\n(a) be clean and tidy; and\n(b) behave in an orderly way and with politeness and propriety\ntowards every passenger, police officer and authorised person\nand other road users.\n(2) If a code of practice approved under section 302 (Code of practice—\ndress of demand responsive service vehicle drivers) is in force, a DRS\nvehicle driver must comply with the code of practice.\n","sortOrder":322},{"sectionNumber":"276","sectionType":"section","heading":"Responsibility of drivers for condition of demand","content":"276 Responsibility of drivers for condition of demand\nresponsive service vehicle\n(1) A DRS vehicle driver must ensure that the vehicle is clean and tidy.\n","sortOrder":323},{"sectionNumber":"277","sectionType":"section","heading":"Drivers to remain in vehicle","content":"277 Drivers to remain in vehicle\n(2) A DRS vehicle driver must not leave the driver’s seat of the bus\nduring a journey of the bus.\n(4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the driver has a reasonable excuse.\n\n","sortOrder":324},{"sectionNumber":"278","sectionType":"section","heading":"Passengers not to be carried on certain parts of a","content":"278 Passengers not to be carried on certain parts of a\ndemand responsive service vehicle\n(2) A DRS vehicle driver must not allow a passenger—\n(a) to enter the driver’s compartment (if any) of the bus; or\n(b) to occupy the driver’s seat or a part of the driver’s seat.\n(3) A DRS vehicle driver must not, while the bus is moving, allow a\npassenger—\n(a) on a part of the bus not designed to carry passengers; or\n(b) on a part of the bus beside or in front of the driver’s seat.\n(5) Subsection (3) (b) does not apply in relation to a passenger occupying\na seat beside the driver that is designed for a passenger.\n(6) Without limiting subsection (2), the parts of a bus not designed to\ncarry passengers include the roof, steps and footboard.\n","sortOrder":325},{"sectionNumber":"279","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of noncompliance notices—demand responsive","content":"279 Effect of noncompliance notices—demand responsive\nservice vehicle drivers\n(1) This section applies to the driver of a DRS vehicle if a noncompliance\nnotice under the Act, section 120 (Attachment and removal of\nnoncompliance notices) has been attached to the vehicle.\n\n(2) The driver commits an offence if the notice is attached to the vehicle\nand the driver uses, or allows someone else to use, the vehicle to\noperate a DRS after the time of effect of the notice.\nNote 1 For the time of effect, see the Act, s 120 (2) (b).\nAct, s 120 (4)).\n(3) The driver commits an offence if—\n(a) the driver uses, or allows someone else to use, the vehicle to\noperate a DRS after the time of effect of the notice; and\n(b) the driver knows the notice has been removed otherwise than in\naccordance with the Act, section 120.\n(4) Strict liability applies to subsections (2) and (3) (a).\n(5) This section does not apply to the driver if a police officer or\nauthorised person has directed under the Act, section 120 that the\nnotice be taken to have been removed.\n","sortOrder":326},{"sectionNumber":"279A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of DRS ticket—div 6.2.4","content":"279A Meaning of DRS ticket—div 6.2.4\nIn this division:\nDRS ticket, for a DRS vehicle, means anything issued by or on behalf\nof the authorised operator of a DRS for the purpose of authorising a\nperson to travel in a DRS vehicle.\n\nDemand responsive service tickets Division 6.2.4\n","sortOrder":327},{"sectionNumber":"280","sectionType":"section","heading":"Validity of demand responsive service tickets","content":"280 Validity of demand responsive service tickets\n(1) A DRS ticket is valid for travel only for the journey or journeys for\nwhich it is issued.\n(2) A DRS ticket transferred in contravention of section 282 (Demand\nresponsive service tickets not transferable) is not a valid ticket.\n","sortOrder":328},{"sectionNumber":"281","sectionType":"section","heading":"Valid demand responsive service ticket required for travel","content":"281 Valid demand responsive service ticket required for travel\n(1) A person must not travel in a DRS vehicle if the person does not hold\na valid DRS ticket for the travel.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.\n(4) For subsection (1), if a DRS vehicle uses automatic equipment to read\nor record any details in a DRS ticket, a ticket may be validated—\n(a) for equipment that is operated by inserting a ticket into the\nequipment—by putting the ticket into the automatic equipment\nin accordance with any instructions provided by the authorised\noperator; or\n(b) for equipment operated by passing a ticket near the equipment—\nby passing the ticket near the equipment in accordance with any\ninstructions provided by the authorised operator.\nExample of ticket inserted into automatic equipment\na DRS ticket with a magnetic strip\nExample of ticket passed near automatic equipment\na DRS ticket with a microchip\n\n","sortOrder":329},{"sectionNumber":"282","sectionType":"section","heading":"Demand responsive service tickets not transferable","content":"282 Demand responsive service tickets not transferable\n(1) A person who is issued with a DRS ticket must not transfer (or offer\nto transfer) the ticket, or a part of the ticket, to someone else.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if—\n(b) the transfer is authorised by the authorised operator of the DRS.\n","sortOrder":330},{"sectionNumber":"283","sectionType":"section","heading":"Damaged or changed demand responsive service tickets","content":"283 Damaged or changed demand responsive service tickets\nnot to be used\n(1) A person must not travel in a DRS vehicle using a DRS ticket if the\nticket has been—\n(a) damaged or defaced in a material respect; or\n(b) changed in a material particular.\nExamples of a DRS ticket damaged or defaced in a material respect—par (a)\n1 If the ticket has a magnetic strip or microchip, the ticket cannot be read or\nrecorded by the automatic equipment used by a DRS vehicle to read or record\nany details in the ticket.\n2 The information shown on the ticket by, or with the authorisation of, the\nauthorised operator of the DRS for which the ticket is issued is missing or\ncannot be readily read.\n\nDemand responsive service tickets Division 6.2.4\nExamples of a DRS ticket changed in a material particular—par (b)\n1 The information shown on the ticket by, or with the authorisation of, the\nauthorised operator of the DRS for which the ticket is issued has been changed\nor deleted without the authorised operator’s authorisation.\n2 If the ticket has a magnetic strip or microchip, the information recorded in the\nmagnetic strip or microchip by, or with the authorisation of, the authorised\noperator of the DRS for which the ticket is issued, has been changed or deleted\nwithout the authorised operator’s authorisation.\n","sortOrder":331},{"sectionNumber":"284","sectionType":"section","heading":"Concession tickets for demand responsive service","content":"284 Concession tickets for demand responsive service\n(1) A person must not travel in a DRS vehicle using a concession ticket\nif the person is not entitled to use the concession ticket.\n(2) A DRS vehicle driver, police officer or authorised person may require\na person who uses (or attempts to use) a concession ticket to travel on\na DRS vehicle to produce satisfactory evidence (for example, a\nstudent or pensioner concession card) that the person is entitled to use\nthe ticket to travel on the vehicle.\n(3) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement under\n(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.\n(5) A person may not be prosecuted for offences against both\nsubsection (1) and subsection (3) in relation to the same journey.\n(6) For this section, a person is entitled to use a concession ticket for\ntravel on a DRS if the authorised operator of the service has\nauthorised the person to use the concession ticket.\n\n(7) A person must not provide a document containing information that is\nfalse, misleading or incomplete in a material particular—\n(a) in relation to an application for a concession ticket; or\n(b) in purported compliance with a requirement under\n(8) A person must not in or in relation to an application for a concession\nticket or in purported compliance with a requirement under\nsubsection (2)—\n(a) state anything that is false or misleading in a material particular;\nor\n(b) omit from a statement anything without which the statement is\nmisleading in a material particular.\n(9) In this section:\nconcession ticket means a DRS ticket issued free or at a reduced fare.\n(10) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n","sortOrder":332},{"sectionNumber":"285","sectionType":"section","heading":"Inspection and processing of demand responsive service","content":"285 Inspection and processing of demand responsive service\ntickets\n(1) A person who is in a DRS vehicle must make the person’s DRS ticket\navailable for inspection or processing by an authorised person on the\nauthorised person’s request.\n\nDivision 6.2.5 Conduct of demand responsive\nservice vehicle passengers\n","sortOrder":333},{"sectionNumber":"286","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conduct of people in demand responsive service","content":"286 Conduct of people in demand responsive service\nvehicles generally\n(1) A person in a DRS vehicle must not unreasonably interfere with the\ncomfort or safety of anyone else.\n(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person unreasonably interferes\nwith the comfort or safety of someone else if the person—\n(a) puts a foot on a seat; or\n(b) spits; or\n(c) uses offensive language; or\n(d) behaves offensively; or\n(e) uses a wheeled recreational device.\nNote A person is not allowed to smoke on a DRS vehicle (see Smoke-Free\n","sortOrder":334},{"sectionNumber":"287","sectionType":"section","heading":"Demand responsive service vehicle seats for older","content":"287 Demand responsive service vehicle seats for older\npeople and people with disabilities\n(a) the authorised operator of a DRS has, by a notice in a DRS\nvehicle—\n(i) set aside seats (a designated seat) for older people or\npeople with a disability (a designated person); and\n(ii) specified the people who may use the seats; and\n\n(b) the person occupies or continues to occupy a designated seat if\na designated person is standing or indicates that the person\nwishes to use the seat.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a designated person.\n","sortOrder":335},{"sectionNumber":"288","sectionType":"section","heading":"Drinking of liquor in demand responsive service vehicles","content":"288 Drinking of liquor in demand responsive service vehicles\ngenerally prohibited\n(1) A person must not drink, or be in possession of an open container of,\nliquor in a DRS vehicle.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the liquor is supplied in the vehicle\nby, or with the permission of, the authorised operator of the DRS.\n","sortOrder":336},{"sectionNumber":"289","sectionType":"section","heading":"Eating and drinking in demand responsive service","content":"289 Eating and drinking in demand responsive service\n(1) A person must not eat or drink in a DRS vehicle (or part of a DRS\nvehicle) if eating and drinking in the vehicle (or part of the vehicle)\nis prohibited by a notice displayed in the vehicle.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is eating or drinking—\n(a) with the permission of the authorised operator of the DRS; or\n(b) for medical reasons.\nNote A person is not allowed to smoke in a DRS vehicle (see Smoke-Free\n\n","sortOrder":337},{"sectionNumber":"290","sectionType":"section","heading":"Getting on and getting off demand responsive service","content":"290 Getting on and getting off demand responsive service\n(1) A person must not get on or off a DRS vehicle—\n(a) while the vehicle is moving; or\n(b) through a window of the vehicle (including a window used as an\nemergency exit) or a roof hatch (if any).\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.\n","sortOrder":338},{"sectionNumber":"291","sectionType":"section","heading":"No interference with demand responsive service vehicle","content":"291 No interference with demand responsive service vehicle\nequipment\n(1) A person must not—\n(a) interfere with equipment attached to or forming part of a DRS\nvehicle; or\n(b) block a door in a DRS vehicle; or\n(c) open a locked door in a DRS vehicle; or\n(d) open an unlocked door in a DRS vehicle while the vehicle is\nmoving; or\n(e) interfere with an automatically operated door in a DRS vehicle.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if a person has a reasonable excuse.\n\n","sortOrder":339},{"sectionNumber":"292","sectionType":"section","heading":"Throwing objects in or from demand responsive service","content":"292 Throwing objects in or from demand responsive service\n(1) A person must not throw anything in or from a DRS vehicle.\n","sortOrder":340},{"sectionNumber":"293","sectionType":"section","heading":"Travel not allowed on certain parts of demand responsive","content":"293 Travel not allowed on certain parts of demand responsive\nservice vehicle\n(2) A passenger on the bus must not—\n(a) enter the driver’s compartment (if any) of the bus; or\n(b) occupy the driver’s seat or a part of the driver’s seat.\n(3) A passenger must not, while the bus is moving—\n(a) be on a part of the bus not designed to carry passengers; or\n(b) be on a part of the bus beside or in front of the driver’s seat.\n(5) Subsection (3) (b) does not apply in relation to a passenger occupying\na seat beside the driver that is designed for use by a passenger.\n(6) Without limiting subsection (3), the parts of a bus not designed to\ncarry passengers include the roof, steps and footboard.\n\n","sortOrder":341},{"sectionNumber":"294","sectionType":"section","heading":"Property not to be removed from demand responsive","content":"294 Property not to be removed from demand responsive\n(1) A person must not remove from a DRS vehicle property of the\nauthorised operator of the vehicle.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the authorised operator of the\nvehicle, a police officer or an authorised person.\n","sortOrder":342},{"sectionNumber":"295","sectionType":"section","heading":"No littering in demand responsive service vehicles","content":"295 No littering in demand responsive service vehicles\n(1) A person must not deposit, in a DRS vehicle, litter or anything that\nmay endanger a person or property.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to litter or a thing placed in a container\nprovided in the vehicle for the collection of litter.\n","sortOrder":343},{"sectionNumber":"296","sectionType":"section","heading":"Carriage of animals in demand responsive service","content":"296 Carriage of animals in demand responsive service\n(a) the person travels with an animal in a DRS vehicle; and\n(b) the animal is not confined in a box, basket or other container.\n\n","sortOrder":344},{"sectionNumber":"297","sectionType":"section","heading":"Demand responsive service vehicle passengers—soiled","content":"297 Demand responsive service vehicle passengers—soiled\nclothing etc\na person not to get into, or to get out of, a DRS vehicle if the driver,\npolice officer or authorised person believes on reasonable grounds\nthat—\n(a) the person, the person’s clothing or goods (or anything else on\nor carried by the person) may soil or damage the vehicle or the\nclothing or goods of someone else; or\n(b) any of the person’s goods cannot, because of their size or\ndimensions, be carried in the vehicle without inconvenience or\ndanger to someone else.\n\n(4) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to anything used by a person with a\ndisability to alleviate the effect of the disability.\n","sortOrder":345},{"sectionNumber":"298","sectionType":"section","heading":"Intoxicated demand responsive service vehicle","content":"298 Intoxicated demand responsive service vehicle\na person not to get into, or to get out of, a DRS vehicle if the driver,\npolice officer or authorised person believes on reasonable grounds\nthat the person—\n(a) is under the influence of liquor or a drug; and\n(b) is causing, or is likely to cause, a nuisance or annoyance to\n","sortOrder":346},{"sectionNumber":"299","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offender to get out of demand responsive service vehicle","content":"299 Offender to get out of demand responsive service vehicle\nwhen directed\na person to get out of a DRS vehicle if the driver, police officer or\nauthorised person believes on reasonable grounds that the person is\ncommitting, or has just committed, an offence against this division or\ndivision 6.2.4 (Demand responsive service vehicle tickets).\n\n","sortOrder":347},{"sectionNumber":"300","sectionType":"section","heading":"Removal of people from demand responsive service","content":"300 Removal of people from demand responsive service\nA person who fails to comply with a direction under this division to\nget out of a DRS vehicle may be removed from the vehicle by a police\nofficer.\n","sortOrder":348},{"sectionNumber":"301","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lost property found by demand responsive service","content":"301 Lost property found by demand responsive service\nvehicle passengers\n(1) A person who finds something in a DRS vehicle must return it to its\nowner or give it to the DRS vehicle driver, the authorised operator of\nthe vehicle, a police officer or an authorised person.\nDivision 6.2.6 Other matters relating to demand\nresponsive services\n","sortOrder":349},{"sectionNumber":"301A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name Territory may operate demand responsive service","content":"301A Name Territory may operate demand responsive service\nunder—Act, s 82A\nThe Territory may operate a demand responsive service under either\nof the following names:\n(a) ACTION;\n(b) Transport Canberra.\n\nOther matters relating to demand responsive services Division 6.2.6\n","sortOrder":350},{"sectionNumber":"302","sectionType":"section","heading":"Code of practice—dress of demand responsive service","content":"302 Code of practice—dress of demand responsive service\nvehicle drivers\n(1) The road transport authority may approve a code of practice for the\ndress of DRS vehicle drivers.\n(2) The approval of a code of practice under subsection (1) is a notifiable\ninstrument.\n","sortOrder":351},{"sectionNumber":"303","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standards about security cameras in demand responsive","content":"303 Standards about security cameras in demand responsive\nsecurity cameras in DRS vehicles.\n(2) A standard may make provision in relation to security cameras in\nDRS vehicles, including, for example—\n(a) when security cameras may be installed; and\n(b) the kinds of security cameras that may be installed; and\n(c) the position of security cameras; and\n(d) the operation of security cameras; and\n(e) requirements about notices to be included in a vehicle that has a\nsecurity camera installed.\nNote The Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) imposes obligations on some private sector\norganisations in relation to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of\npersonal information collected about an individual.\n(3) An approval under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument.\n\n(4) A standard may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without change)\nan instrument as in force from time to time.\n(5) A person must not contravene a standard approved under\n","sortOrder":352},{"sectionNumber":"304","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interference with demand responsive service vehicle","content":"304 Interference with demand responsive service vehicle\nsecurity cameras and recordings\n(1) A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse, interfere with\na security camera in a DRS vehicle.\n(2) A person must not change or otherwise interfere with a recording\nmade by a security camera in a DRS vehicle.\nNote For the destruction of recordings, see s 264.\n","sortOrder":353},{"sectionNumber":"305","sectionType":"section","heading":"DRS vehicles—bus stop and bus zone authorities","content":"305 DRS vehicles—bus stop and bus zone authorities\n(1) The road transport authority may give the authorised operator of a\nDRS an authority for DRS vehicles used to operate the service to stop\nat a stated bus stop or in a stated bus zone.\n(2) An authorisation is a notifiable instrument.\n\nDriver authority cards Chapter 7\n","sortOrder":354},{"sectionNumber":"306","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of driver authority card––ch 7","content":"306 Meaning of driver authority card––ch 7\ndriver authority card means—\n(a) a public vehicle driver authority card issued under the Road\nTransport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, section 64A\n(Authority cards for public vehicle drivers); or\n(b) for a person who is authorised by the law of another jurisdiction\nto drive a public passenger vehicle for hire or reward—an\nauthority card that—\n(i) is issued by the other jurisdiction for the person to display\nwhen driving a public passenger vehicle for hire or reward;\nand\n(ii) includes a photograph of the person.\n","sortOrder":355},{"sectionNumber":"307","sectionType":"section","heading":"Driver authority card to be displayed or shown","content":"307 Driver authority card to be displayed or shown\n(1) A person who drives a public passenger vehicle for hire or reward\nmust––\n(a) display the person’s driver authority card so that the information\non the photo-side of the card can reasonably be read by a\npassenger—\n(i) if the public vehicle is a bus—on entering the vehicle; or\n(ii) if the public vehicle is a car—when the passenger is seated\nin the vehicle; or\n(b) if the public vehicle is a motorbike—show the person’s driver\nauthority card to the passenger at the start of the hire; or\n\n(c) display the person’s driver authority card––\n(i) in accordance with any guidelines made under\nsubsection (4); or\n(ii) in accordance with an approval given under subsection (6).\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who drives—\n(a) a light rail vehicle; or\n(b) a restricted hire car; or\n(c) a public passenger vehicle if—\n(i) the person is an affiliated driver for a transport booking\n(ii) the transport booking service gives the hirer sufficient\ninformation, including photo identification, for the hirer to\nidentify the person before the hiring begins.\nNote A light rail driver is not issued a driver authority card (see Road\nTransport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999, s 64 and dict, def public vehicle).\n(4) The road transport authority may make guidelines about the display\nof driver authority cards.\n(5) A guideline is a notifiable instrument.\n(6) On application by a person who drives a public passenger vehicle for\nhire or reward, the road transport authority may, in writing, approve\na way in which the person may display the person’s driver authority\ncard.\n\nDriver authority cards Chapter 7\n","sortOrder":356},{"sectionNumber":"308","sectionType":"section","heading":"Production of driver authority card","content":"308 Production of driver authority card\n(1) A person who drives a public passenger vehicle for hire or reward\ncommits an offence if the person fails to produce the person’s driver\nauthority card for inspection when required to do so by a police\nofficer or authorised person.\n\nNote 1 For the power to suspend, vary or cancel a public vehicle licence, see the\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, div 5.2.\nNote 2 For the power to disqualify a person who is exempt from holding a public\nvehicle licence from driving a public vehicle on a road or road related\narea in the ACT, see the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation\n2000, div 6.4.\n","sortOrder":357},{"sectionNumber":"320","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of service authority for ch 8","content":"320 Meaning of service authority for ch 8\nservice authority means—\n(a) an accreditation to operate a regulated service; or\nNote Accreditation to operate a light rail service, including disciplinary\naction, is dealt with in the Rail Safety National Law (ACT).\n(b) an accreditation to operate a transport booking service; or\n(c) a taxi licence, rideshare vehicle licence or hire car licence; or\n(d) an ITSO approval; or\n(e) a DRS authorisation to operate a DRS.\n","sortOrder":358},{"sectionNumber":"321","sectionType":"section","heading":"When authority may take action in relation to","content":"321 When authority may take action in relation to\naccreditations, licences and approvals\n(1) The road transport authority may take action under section 323\n(Procedure for authority taking disciplinary action) in relation to an\naccreditation held by a person if—\n(a) a ground mentioned in section 8 (Mandatory refusal of\naccreditation) applies in relation to the person (including in\nrelation to a relevant person for the accreditation); or\nNote Relevant person, for accreditation—see s 6B.\n\n(b) the person has contravened a service standard for the operation\nof the regulated service for the accreditation; or\n(c) the person has contravened a condition of the person’s\naccreditation; or\n(d) the person, or a relevant person for the accreditation, has\ncontravened any other provision of the Act; or\n(e) the person has not maintained a public passenger vehicle policy\nunder the Act, section 111 (Public passenger vehicle insurance\ncompulsory) for a public passenger vehicle operated by the\nperson; or\n(f) the person obtained the accreditation (or renewal of the\naccreditation) because of a false or misleading statement made,\nor false or misleading information supplied, by the person or a\nrelevant person for the accreditation; or\n(g) an amount payable under the Road Transport (General)\nAct 1999 in relation to the accreditation has not been paid.\n(2) The road transport authority may take action under section 323 in\nrelation to a taxi licence, rideshare vehicle licence, hire car licence or\nITSO approval (the licence or approval) held by a person if—\n(a) the person is operating the kind of public passenger service to\nwhich the licence or approval relates without being accredited\nto operate the service; or\n(b) the person has contravened a condition of the person’s licence\nor approval; or\n\n(c) the person has contravened any other provision of the Act in\nrelation to the licence or approval; or\n(d) the person obtained the licence or approval (or the renewal of\nthe licence or approval) because of a false or misleading\nstatement made, or false or misleading information supplied, by\nthe person; or\n(e) the authority is taking action against the person under\nsubsection (1) in relation to the operation of a taxi service,\nrideshare service or hire car service; or\n(f) an amount payable under the Road Transport (General)\nAct 1999 in relation to the licence or approval has not been paid;\nor\n(g) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence or an ITSO approval—\nthe licensee, or approval-holder, is no longer operating the\nlicensed vehicle as a taxi; or\n(h) if the person is operating a stand-by hire car—\n(i) the person is operating a stand-by hire car without a stand-\nby hire car permit; or\n(ii) the person has contravened any other provision of the Act\nin relation to the permit; or\n(iii) the person obtained the permit because of a false or\nmisleading statement made, or false or misleading\ninformation supplied, by the person; or\n(iv) an amount payable under the Road Transport (General)\nAct 1999 in relation to the permit has not been paid.\n\n","sortOrder":359},{"sectionNumber":"322","sectionType":"section","heading":"Action that may be taken in relation to service authorities","content":"322 Action that may be taken in relation to service authorities\n(1) The road transport authority may take any 1 or more of the following\nactions under section 323 (Procedure for authority taking disciplinary\naction) in relation to a service authority held by a person:\n(a) cancel the service authority, and disqualify the person from\napplying for a service authority of that kind for a period of not\nlonger than 2 years;\n(b) suspend the service authority for a period of not longer than\n1 year and, if the authority considers appropriate, disqualify the\nperson from applying for a service authority of that kind for a\nperiod of not longer than 1 year;\n(c) if the service authority is a licence or approval in relation to\nwhich an amount under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999\nhas not been paid (see section 321 (2) (f))—\n(i) suspend the licence or approval for a period of not longer\nthan 3 months; and\n(ii) if the amount remains unpaid after that time and the\nauthority considers appropriate, cancel the licence or\napproval;\n(d) if the service authority is already suspended—do either of the\nfollowing:\n(i) cancel the service authority and disqualify the person from\napplying for a service authority of that kind for a period of\nnot longer than 2 years;\n(ii) suspend the service authority for an additional period of not\nlonger than 1 year and, if the authority considers\nappropriate, disqualify the person from applying for a\nservice authority of that kind for a period, or an additional\nperiod, of not longer than 1 year;\n(e) direct the person to undertake particular training;\n\n(f) impose a condition on, or amend a condition of, the service\nauthority;\n(g) order the person to pay to the Territory an amount of not more\nthan—\n(i) for an individual—$5 000; or\n(ii) for a corporation—$25 000;\n(h) reprimand the person.\n(2) If the person holds more than 1 kind of service authority, the road\ntransport authority may take action in relation to 1 or more of the\nservice authorities.\n(3) If the road transport authority disqualifies a person from applying for\na standard taxi licence or wheelchair-accessible taxi licence for a\nperiod under subsection (1), the person is also disqualified from\napplying for a pre-approval for that kind of licence for the same\nperiod.\n","sortOrder":360},{"sectionNumber":"323","sectionType":"section","heading":"Procedure for authority taking disciplinary action","content":"323 Procedure for authority taking disciplinary action\n(1) If the road transport authority proposes to take action under this\nsection in relation to a person’s service authority, the authority must\ngive the person a notice (a disciplinary notice) that—\n(a) states the proposed action (including any proposed period of\nsuspension or disqualification from applying for a service\nauthority of a particular kind); and\n(b) if the person holds more than 1 kind of service authority—states\nthe service authority or service authorities to which the proposed\naction relates; and\n(c) states the grounds for the proposed action; and\n(d) invites the person to make written representations within a stated\nperiod why the proposed action should not be taken.\n\n(2) For subsection (1) (d), the period stated in the disciplinary notice must\nbe—\n(a) if the disciplinary notice includes an immediate suspension\nnotice under section 324—a period of at least 14 days after the\nday the person is given the notice; or\n(b) in any other case—a period of at least 28 days after the day the\nperson is given the notice.\n(3) In deciding whether to take action under this section, the road\ntransport authority must consider any response given to the authority\nin accordance with subsection (1) (d).\n(4) If the road transport authority is satisfied that grounds for taking\naction under this section have been established, the authority may\ntake any of the following actions:\n(a) if the proposed action included cancelling the service\nauthority—cancel the service authority, suspend the service\nauthority for a period of not longer than 1 year or impose a\ncondition on, or amend a condition of, the service authority;\n(b) if the proposed action included suspending the service authority\nfor a stated period or a stated additional period—either suspend\nthe service authority for a period of not longer than that period\nor impose a condition on, or amend a condition of, the service\nauthority;\n(c) if the proposed action included disqualifying the person from\napplying for a service authority of that kind for a stated period\nor stated additional period—either disqualify the person from\napplying for a service authority of that kind for not longer than\nthat period or impose a condition on, or amend a condition of,\nthe service authority;\n\n(d) if the proposed action included imposing a condition on, or\namending a condition of, the service authority—impose a\ncondition on, or amend a condition of, the service authority that\nis no more onerous than the proposed condition or a condition\nas proposed to be amended;\n(e) if the proposed action included ordering the person to pay an\namount of money to the Territory—order the person to pay to\nthe Territory an amount of not more than that amount;\n(f) in any case—direct the person to undertake particular training\nor reprimand the person.\n(5) If the road transport authority decides to cancel or suspend the service\nauthority, disqualify the person from applying for a service authority\nor impose or amend a condition on the service authority, the internal\nreview notice about the decision must include a statement about when\nthe cancellation, suspension, disqualification, condition or condition\nas amended takes effect.\nNote A decision to take action under this section is an internally reviewable\ndecision (see Road Transport (General) Act 1999, s 90, def internally\nreviewable decision and Road Transport (General) Regulation 2000, sch\n1), and the road transport authority must give an internal review notice to\nthe person (see Road Transport (General) Act 1999, s 91).\n(6) A cancellation, suspension, condition or condition as amended takes\neffect on—\n(a) the 7th day after the day the internal review notice about the\ncancellation, suspension or condition is given to the person; or\n(b) if the notice states a later date of effect—the stated date.\n(7) An amount ordered to be paid under subsection (4) (e) is a debt owing\nto the Territory.\n(8) If the debt is owed by 2 or more people, their liability for the debt is\njoint and several.\n\n","sortOrder":361},{"sectionNumber":"324","sectionType":"section","heading":"Immediate suspension of service authority","content":"324 Immediate suspension of service authority\n(1) This section applies if the road transport authority—\n(a) has decided to give, or has given, a disciplinary notice to a\nperson; and\n(b) believes on reasonable grounds that it is in the public interest\nthat a service authority held by the person be suspended as soon\nas practicable before a decision is made to take action under\nsection 323 (4) (Procedure for authority taking disciplinary\naction) in relation to the person.\n(2) In forming the belief, the road transport authority must consider—\n(a) the circumstances leading to the decision to issue the\ndisciplinary notice; and\n(b) the grounds stated, or proposed to be stated, in the disciplinary\nnotice.\n(3) If this section applies, the road transport authority may give the\nperson a notice (an immediate suspension notice) suspending the\nservice authority.\n(4) If an immediate suspension notice is given to the person, the service\nauthority is suspended on the receipt of the notice by the person.\n(5) An immediate suspension notice given in relation to a service\nauthority ends—\n(a) if the service authority is cancelled or suspended under\nsection 323 (4)—when the cancellation or suspension takes\neffect; or\n(b) if a condition is imposed on the service authority, or a condition\nof the service authority is amended—when the condition or\namended condition takes effect; or\n\n(c) if the road transport authority decides to revoke the notice––\nwhen the person is given written notice by the authority of the\nrevocation; or\n(d) in any other case—when the person is told under section 323 (5)\nof the decision made on the disciplinary notice.\n","sortOrder":362},{"sectionNumber":"325","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of suspension of service authority","content":"325 Effect of suspension of service authority\n(1) This section applies if the road transport authority suspends a\nperson’s service authority.\n(2) During the period of the suspension, the person is taken not to hold\nthe service authority under this regulation.\n(3) To remove any doubt, the service authority cannot be renewed during\nthe period of the suspension.\n","sortOrder":363},{"sectionNumber":"326","sectionType":"section","heading":"Return of service authority certificate etc","content":"326 Return of service authority certificate etc\n(1) The holder of a service authority commits an offence if the person’s\nservice authority is suspended or cancelled and the person does not,\nas soon as practicable but within 7 days of the suspension or\ncancellation taking effect—\n(a) return the certificate of accreditation, taxi licence, rideshare\nvehicle licence, hire car licence or ITSO approval (as\nappropriate) to the road transport authority; or\n(b) if the certificate, licence or approval has been lost, stolen or\ndestroyed—give the authority a statement verifying that the\ncertificate, licence or approval has been lost, stolen or destroyed.\n\n(3) If a person’s service authority is suspended and it has not expired\nwhen the suspension ends, the road transport authority must return\nthe certificate of accreditation or taxi licence, rideshare vehicle\nlicence, hire car licence or ITSO approval (as appropriate) to the\n\nPart 1.1 Bus services\n(see s 20B (2) (a))\nPart 1.1 Bus services\n1 Standards in relation to the following:\n(a) the location of bus depots;\n(b) the inspection and servicing of buses for compliance with\nsection 21 (Maintenance of buses);\n(c) the parking, cleaning, servicing, maintenance and repair of\nbuses;\n(d) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to buses carried out by an\naccredited operator—the operation of the facilities for those\n(e) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to buses carried out on\nwill ensure that the buses will comply with the Act (including\nthe person by whom, and the place where, the activities will be\nbe kept under the Act (including a service contract under the\nAct, section 17);\n(g) for the operation of a bus service—\n(i) systems for ensuring compliance with section 26 (Bus\ndrivers to hold appropriate driver licence or authority); and\n\nBus services Part 1.1\n(ii) the training of bus drivers; and\n(iii) the driving hours of, and rest periods for, bus drivers; and\n(iv) the monitoring of the safety of bus drivers; and\n(v) how contraventions of the road transport legislation by bus\ndrivers will be handled; and\n(vi) how customer inquiries (including for lost property) and\n(vii) the recording and resolution of customer complaints; and\n(viii) the handling and disposal of lost property; and\n(ix) the making available to the public of fares, timetables,\nroute maps and tour information (as appropriate); and\n(x) the training of people to manage, and the management of,\nany incident causing the death of, or bodily injury to,\nanyone caused by, or resulting from the use of, a bus used\nto operate the bus service; and\n(xi) systems for ensuring compliance with the Act, section 111\n\nPart 1.2 Transport booking services\nPart 1.2 Transport booking services\n2 Standards in relation to the following matters:\n(a) the making, management and auditing (including performance\nauditing) of records and systems required to be kept under the\nAct;\nregulation and standards (see Legislation Act, s 104).\n(b) for the operation of a transport booking service—\n(i) the affiliation of—\n(A) bookable vehicle drivers with the transport booking\nservice, including matters to be included in affiliated\ndriver agreements; and\n(B) taxi service operators and hire car service operators\nwith the transport booking service, including matters\nto be included in affiliated operator agreements; and\n(ii) systems for ensuring compliance with the Act, section 36G\n(Transport booking service—responsibilities); and\n(iii) the knowledge and skills required to be a bookable vehicle\ndriver and the training of bookable vehicle drivers; and\n(iv) the monitoring of the safety of bookable vehicle drivers\nincluding the use of security devices; and\n(v) the communications technology used by transport booking\nservices; and\n(vi) the operation of transport booking services in particular\nareas of the ACT; and\n(vii) the maximum waiting times in each area of the ACT for a\n\nTransport booking services Part 1.2\n(viii) how contraventions of the road transport legislation, and\nthe Discrimination Act 1991, by affiliated drivers will be\nhandled; and\n(ix) the procedures for processing payments under the taxi\nsubsidy scheme; and\n(x) how customer inquiries (including for lost property),\nfeedback and complaints will be handled; and\n(xi) the handling and disposal of lost property; and\n(xii) the recording of customer feedback and complaints, and\nresolution of customer complaints; and\n(xiii) ensuring that an adequate number of bookable vehicles\n(including bookable vehicles equipped with baby capsules)\nare available to operate; and\n(xiv) if the transport booking service provides transport booking\nservices for wheelchair-accessible taxis—\n(A) the management and operation of the taxis, including\nensuring that preference for hirings is given to\nwheelchair-dependent people; and\n(B) how a failure of a driver to comply with section 114\n(Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—special\nresponsibilities) will be handled.\n\nPart 1.3 Taxi services\nPart 1.3 Taxi services\n3 Standards in relation to the following:\n(a) the inspection and servicing of taxis;\n(b) the maintenance and repair of taxis;\n(c) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to taxis carried out by an\naccredited operator—the operation of the facilities for those\n(d) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to taxis carried out on\nwill ensure that the taxis will comply with the Act (including the\nperson by whom, and the place where, the activities will be\n(e) the making and management of records and systems required to\n(f) for the operation of a taxi service—\n(i) the terms under which drivers will be employed or a taxi\nwill be made available to another person for use as a taxi;\nand\n(ii) systems for ensuring compliance with section 97 (Taxi\nservice operator—drivers to be licensed and skilled); and\n(iii) the knowledge and skills required to be a taxi driver and\nthe training of taxi drivers; and\n(iv) the monitoring of the safety of taxi drivers including the\nuse of security devices; and\n\nTaxi services Part 1.3\n(v) if the taxi service includes wheelchair-accessible taxis—\nhow a failure of a driver to comply with section 114\n(Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver—special\nresponsibilities) will be handled; and\n(vi) how other contraventions of the road transport legislation\nby taxi drivers will be handled; and\n(vii) systems for ensuring compliance with the Act, section 111\n\nPart 1.3A Rideshare services\nPart 1.3A Rideshare services\n3A Standards in relation to the following:\n(a) the inspection and servicing of rideshare vehicles;\n(b) the maintenance and repair of rideshare vehicles;\n(c) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to a rideshare vehicle\ncarried out by the rideshare vehicle licensee—the operation of\nthe facilities for those activities carried out by the rideshare\nvehicle licensee and the training of people to carry out the\nactivities;\n(d) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to rideshare vehicles\ncarried out on behalf of a rideshare vehicle licensee—how the\nrideshare vehicle licensee will ensure that the rideshare vehicle\nwill comply with the Act (including the person by whom, and\nthe place where, the activities will be carried out);\n(e) the advertising of the rideshare service;\n(g) the terms under which drivers will be engaged;\n(h) systems for ensuring compliance with section 164Q (Rideshare\ndriver—must hold appropriate driver licence);\n(i) the training of, and knowledge required by, rideshare drivers;\n(j) the monitoring of the safety of rideshare drivers;\n(k) how contraventions of the road transport legislation by rideshare\ndrivers will be handled;\n\nRideshare services Part 1.3A\n(l) how customer inquiries (including for lost property) and\ncomplaints will be handled;\n(m) the recording and resolution of customer complaints;\n(n) the handling and disposal of lost property;\n(o) systems for ensuring compliance with the Act, section 111\n\nPart 1.4 Hire car services\nPart 1.4 Hire car services\n4 Standards in relation to the following:\n(a) the inspection and servicing of hire cars;\n(b) the maintenance and repair of hire cars;\n(c) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to hire cars carried out by\nan accredited operator—the operation of the facilities for those\n(d) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to hire cars carried out on\nwill ensure that the hire cars will comply with the Act (including\nthe person by whom, and the place where, the activities will be\n(e) the advertising of the hire car service;\n(g) for the operation of a hire car service—\n(i) the terms under which drivers will be employed; and\n(ii) systems for ensuring compliance with section 181 (Hire car\nservice operator—drivers to be licensed and skilled); and\n(iii) the training of hire car drivers; and\n(iv) the monitoring of the safety of hire car drivers; and\n(v) how contraventions of the road transport legislation by hire\ncar drivers will be handled; and\n\nHire car services Part 1.4\n(vi) how customer inquiries (including for lost property) and\n(vii) the recording and resolution of customer complaints; and\n(viii) the handling and disposal of lost property; and\n(ix) if a motorbike will be used to operate the hire car service—\nthe measures that will be taken for the safety of passengers;\nand\n(x) systems for ensuring compliance with the Act, section 111\n\nPart 1.6 Demand responsive services\nPart 1.6 Demand responsive services\n6 Standards in relation to the following:\n(a) the inspection and servicing of DRS vehicles for compliance\nwith section 245 (Maintenance of demand responsive service\nvehicles);\n(b) the parking, cleaning, servicing, maintenance and repair of DRS\nvehicles;\n(c) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to DRS vehicles carried out\nby an authorised operator—the operation of the facilities for\nthose activities carried out by the authorised operator and the\ntraining of people to carry out the activities;\n(d) for servicing, maintenance or repairs to DRS vehicles carried out\non behalf of an authorised operator—how the authorised\noperator will ensure that the vehicles will comply with the Act\n(including the person by whom, and the place where, the\nactivities will be carried out);\n(e) the advertising of the DRS;\nbe kept under the Act (including a service contract under the\nAct, section 89);\n(g) for the operation of a DRS—\n(i) the operation of booking services by or for the DRS; and\n(ii) systems for ensuring compliance with section 250\n(Demand responsive service vehicle drivers to hold\nappropriate driver licence or authority); and\n(iii) the training of DRS vehicle drivers; and\n\nDemand responsive services Part 1.6\n(iv) the driving hours of, and rest periods for, bus drivers; and\n(v) the monitoring of the safety of DRS vehicle drivers; and\n(vi) how contraventions of the road transport legislation by\nDRS vehicle drivers will be handled; and\n(vii) how customer inquiries (including for lost property) and\n(viii) the recording and resolution of customer complaints; and\n(ix) the handling and disposal of lost property; and\n(x) the making available to the public of information about\nfares and services; and\n(xi) the training of people to manage, and the management of,\nany incident causing the death of, or bodily injury to,\nanyone caused by, or resulting from the use of, a\nDRS vehicle; and\n(xii) systems for ensuring compliance with the Act, section 111\n\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n• ACT\n• Australian citizen\n• contravene\n• Corporations Act\n• fail\n• found guilty\n• home address\n• penalty unit (see s 133)\n• the Territory.\nNote 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 (see\nLegislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in\nthe Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001, dict:\n• accredited operator (see s 110)\n• accredited rideshare driver\n• accredited transport booking service\n• affiliated driver (see s 35)\n• affiliated driver agreement (see s 36)\n• affiliated operator (see s 36B)\n• affiliated operator agreement (see s 36C)\n• authorisation\n• bookable vehicle (see s 29)\n• bookable vehicle driver (see s 29)\n• bus service (see s 11)\n• demand responsive service (see s 80)\n• demand responsive service vehicle (see s 81)\n• fittings\n\n• hire car (see s 67)\n• independent taxi service operator\n• licensed rideshare vehicle\n• public passenger service (see s 10)\n• public passenger vehicle\n• public passenger vehicle policy (see s 110)\n• regular route service (see s 12)\n• restricted hire car (see s 68)\n• rideshare (see s 60A)\n• rideshare driver (see s 60A)\n• rideshare service (see s 60A)\n• rideshare vehicle (see s 60A)\n• rideshare vehicle licence (see s 60J)\n• taxi (see s 45)\n• taxi licence (see s 37)\n• taxi service (see s 47)\n• tour and charter service (see s 13)\n• transport booking service (see s 28).\nNote 4 The Road Transport (General) Act 1999 contains definitions relevant to\nthis regulation. For example, the following terms are defined in the Road\nTransport (General) Act 1999, dictionary:\n• another jurisdiction\n• authorised person\n• driver\n• driver licence\n• jurisdiction\n• light rail\n• light rail vehicle\n• motor vehicle\n• permanent resident\n• road\n• road related area\n\n• road transport authority (or authority) (see s 16)\n• road transport legislation (see s 6)\n• vehicle.\naccreditation, to operate a regulated service, means accreditation\nunder this regulation to operate the service.\nNote Accreditation to operate a light rail service is dealt with in the Rail Safety\nNational Law (ACT).\naccredited assistance animal—see the Domestic Animals Act 2000,\nsection 94.\naccredited operator, of a public passenger service or transport\nbooking service, means an accredited person who is entitled to\noperate the service.\nNote Accredited operator, of a public passenger vehicle—see the Act, s 110.\nACT region—see section 221N (1).\naffiliated driver, for a transport booking service—see section 70A.\naffiliated driver record, for division 3A.1.2 (Transport booking\nservices—records)—see section 70F.\naffiliated hire car driver, for a transport booking service—see\nsection 70A.\naffiliated operator record, for division 3A.1.2 (Transport booking\nservices—records)—see section 70F.\naffiliated taxi driver, for a transport booking service—see\nsection 70A.\napplicable vehicle standards, for a vehicle—see the Road Transport\n(Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000, section 103.\napplicant, for accreditation (including renewal)—see section 7 (1).\napproved educational qualifications, for a kind of accreditation—see\nsection 19 (1).\n\napproved identifier, for part 3A.3 (Ridesharing)—see\nsection 164C (3).\napproved wheelchair-accessible taxi driver training course—see\nsection 162 (1).\nauthorised fixed-fare hiring—see section 142A (1).\nauthorised operator, for part 6.2 (Demand responsive services)—see\nsection 244.\navailable, for subdivision 3A.2.2.2 (Standard and\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licences)—see section 92.\navailability determination, for a taxi licence—see section 92.\navailability notice, for a taxi licence—see section 92A.\nbegins, for a taxi hiring—see section 127.\nbookable vehicle licensee, for part 3A.5 (Bookable vehicles\ngenerally)—see section 221Q.\nbus means a public bus.\nNote Public bus—see the Act, s 10A.\nbus driver means the driver of a bus.\nbus stop means a bus stop appointed under section 70.\nbus stop area, for part 3.3 (Bus passengers and people in bus stop\nareas)—see section 51A.\nbus ticket means—\n(a) for a bus service operated by the Territory—anything issued by\nor on behalf of the Territory authorising a person to travel in a\nbus operated for the service; and\n\n(b) for a bus service operated by an accredited operator of the bus\nservice—anything issued by or on behalf of the accredited\noperator of the bus service authorising a person to travel in a bus\noperated for the service.\nconcession bus ticket—see section 50.\nconcession light rail ticket—see section 70AO.\ndeclared payment methods—see section 221K.\ndisciplinary notice—see section 323 (1).\ndrive a public passenger vehicle includes stop or park the vehicle.\ndriver authority card, for chapter 7 (Driver authority cards)—see\nsection 306.\nDRS means demand responsive service.\nDRS authorisation label—see section 236 (1).\nDRS ticket, for a DRS vehicle, for division 6.2.4 (Demand responsive\nservice tickets)—see section 279A.\nDRS vehicle driver, for part 6.2 (Demand responsive services)—see\nsection 244.\nduress alarm, for division 3A.5.1 (Bookable vehicles—security\nends, for a taxi hiring—see section 127A.\nexecutive officer, of a corporation, means a person, however\ndescribed and whether or not the person is a director of the\ncorporation, who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation’s\nmanagement.\nfare, for the hiring of a taxi, for chapter 3A (Bookable vehicles)—see\nsection 127B.\n\nfitted, for a GPS tracking device in a mobile phone, for\ndivision 3A.5.1 (Bookable vehicles—security devices, etc)—see\nsection 221A.\ngoods includes luggage.\nhire car driver—see section 178.\nhirer, of a taxi, rideshare vehicle or hire car, means the person by\nwhom the taxi, rideshare vehicle or hire car is hired.\nimmediate suspension notice—see section 324 (3).\nin a vehicle includes on the vehicle.\nITSO approval—see section 71.\nITSO eligibility criteria, for an ITSO approval—see section 72.\nleased hire car licence means a leased hire car licence issued under\nsection 167.\nlight rail driver, for part 3AA.1 (Light rail service operators)—see\nsection 70AA.\nlight rail driving assessor, for part 3AA.1 (Light rail service\noperators)—see section 70AA.\nlight rail driving instructor, for part 3AA.1 (Light rail service\noperators)—see section 70AA.\nlight rail stop means a place on a road or road related area where—\n(a) a light rail vehicle may stop for the purpose of allowing a\npassenger to get on or get off the light rail vehicle; and\n(b) there is a sign indicating that the place is a light rail stop.\nlight rail ticket, for part 3AA.2 (Light rail tickets)—see section 70AJ.\nliquor—see the Liquor Act 2010, section 11.\nlow-alcohol liquor—see the Liquor Act 2010, dictionary.\n\nmaximum payment surcharge—see section 221K.\nmember, of an emergency service—see the Emergencies Act 2004,\ndictionary.\nmultiple hiring, of a taxi, for subdivision 3A.2.3.3 (Taxi hirings)—\nsee section 140A.\noperate a public passenger vehicle includes drive a public passenger\npayment surcharge, for division 3A.5.2 (Bookable vehicles—fees\nand surcharges)—see section 221J.\nperpetual taxi licence—see section 82.\npre-approval, for a standard taxi licence or a wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi licence—see section 83.\npre-approval register—see section 91.\nprescribed driver authority information, for a person, means—\n(a) if the person is the holder of a public vehicle licence—the\nnumber of the person’s public vehicle licence and its expiry\ndate; or\n(b) in any other case—\n(i) the number of the person’s Australian driver licence and its\nexpiry date; and\n(ii) the number of the authority mentioned in the Road\nTransport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000,\nsection 94A (1) (b) held by the person and its expiry date.\npublic vehicle licence—see the Road Transport (Driver Licensing)\nAct 1999, dictionary.\nregistered vehicle—see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nRegulation 2000, dictionary.\n\nregistration number, for a vehicle—see the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Regulation 2000, dictionary.\nregulated service—see section 4B.\nrelevant person, for accreditation and applications for\naccreditation—see section 6B.\nrestricted hire car licence label—see section 168.\nrideshare vehicle identifier, for a rideshare vehicle, for part 3A.3\n(Ridesharing)—see section 163A.\nrideshare vehicle label, for part 3A.3 (Ridesharing)—see\nsection 164C (2).\nsecurity camera, for division 3A.5.1 (Bookable vehicles—security\nsecurity device, for division 3A.5.1 (Bookable vehicles—security\nservice authority, for chapter 8 (Disciplinary action)—see\nsection 320.\nservice contract, to operate a WTBS—see section 70P.\nservice standards, for the operation of a regulated service—see\nsection 20B.\nstandard taxi—see section 82.\nstandard taxi licence—see section 82.\nstand-by hire car, for subdivision 3A.4.1.3 (Stand-by hire cars)—\nsee section 177B.\nstand-by hire car permit, for subdivision 3A.4.1.3 (Stand-by hire\ncars)—see section 177A.\nstand-by hire car permit label, for subdivision 3A.4.1.3 (Stand-by\nhire cars)—see section 177A.\n\nstand-by taxi—see section 109.\ntaxi includes a stand-by taxi.\nNote Taxi—see the Act, s 45.\ntaxi licence waiting list—see section 84.\ntaxi zone—\n(a) see the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017,\nsection 182; and\n(b) includes a temporary taxi zone appointed under section 123.\ntransferable leased taxi licence—see section 82.\nusual hire car, for subdivision 3A.4.1.3 (Stand-by hire cars)—\nsee section 177B.\nwheelchair—see the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017,\ndictionary.\nwheelchair-accessible taxi—see section 82.\nwheelchair-accessible taxi booking service (WTBS)—see\nsection 70L.\nwheelchair-accessible taxi licence—see section 82.\nwheelchair-dependent person means a person who is using a\nwheelchair for mobility.\nwheeled recreational device—see the Road Transport (Road Rules)\nRegulation 2017, dictionary.\nWTBS—see section 70L.\nWTBS operator—see section 70P.\nWTBS’s approved procedures and rules—see section 70S.\n\nAbout the endnotes 1\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nThis regulation was originally the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services)\nRegulations 2002. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002\nSL No 3\nnotified LR 27 February 2002\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 February 2002 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 132 (4) commenced 1 March 2003 (s 2 (2))\nremainder commenced 1 March 2002 (s 2 (1) and see CN2002-2)\nas amended by\nRoad Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment\nRegulations 2003 (No 1) SL2003-32 pt 2, sch 1\nnotified LR 22 September 2003\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 September 2003 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 2, sch 1 commenced 23 September 2003 (s 2)\nRegulations 2003 (No 1) SL2003-43\nnotified LR 10 November 2003\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 November 2003 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 11 November 2003 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1)\nSL2004-47 pt 4\nnotified LR 9 September 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 9 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 4 commenced 10 September 2004 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation (Hire Cars) Amendment Regulation 2005\n(No 1) SL2005-4\nnotified LR 7 March 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 7 March 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 9 March 2005 (s 2 and see Road Transport\n(Public Passenger Services) (Hire Cars) Amendment Act 2004\nA2004-69, s 2 and LA s 79)\n\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2005 (No 1)\nSL2005-39 pt 4\nnotified LR 14 December 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 December 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 4 commenced 15 December 2005 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation (Taxi Licences) Amendment\nRegulation 2006 (No 1) SL2006-5\nnotified LR 6 March 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 March 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 7 March 2006 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2006 A2006-26 pt 3\nnotified LR 14 June 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 2 July 2006 (s 2 and CN2006-12)\nAdministrative (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 A2006-30\nsch 1 pt 1.11\nnotified LR 16 June 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\namdt 1.87 commenced 3 July 2006 (s 2 (2))\nsch 1 pt 1.11 remainder commenced 1 July 2006 (s 2 (1))\nRoad Transport Legislation (Taxi Licences) Amendment\nRegulation 2006 (No 2) SL2006-31\nnotified LR 26 June 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 2 July 2006 (s 2 and see Road Transport\nLegislation Amendment Act 2006 A2006-26 s 2 and CN2006-12)\nRegulation 2006 (No 1) SL2006-32\nnotified LR 26 June 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 3 July 2006 (s 2 (2))\n\nRoad Transport Legislation (Accreditation and Licensing)\nAmendment Regulation 2006 (No 1) SL2006-59 pt 4\nnotified LR 18 December 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 December 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 4 commenced 1 January 2007 (s 2 and CN2006-24)\nACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment\nAct 2008 (No 2) A2008-37 sch 1 pt 1.93\nnotified LR 4 September 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 4 September 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.93 commenced 2 February 2009 (s 2 (1) and see ACT Civil\nand Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 A2008-35, s 2 (1) and CN2009-2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2009 A2009-20 sch 3 pt 3.66\nnotified LR 1 September 2009\ns 1, s 2 commenced 1 September 2009 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.66 commenced 22 September 2009 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2009 (No 2) A2009-49 sch 3 pt 3.64\nnotified LR 26 November 2009\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 November 2009 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.64 commenced 17 December 2009 (s 2)\nSmoking (Prohibition in Enclosed Public Places) Amendment\nAct 2009 A2009-51 sch 1 pt 1.3\nnotified LR 18 December 2009\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 December 2009 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.3 commenced 9 December 2010 (s 2 (1) (b) and CN2010-4)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 1)\nSL2010-5 pt 3\nnotified LR 1 March 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 1 March 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 15 March 2010 (s 2 (1))\n\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 2)\nSL2010-7 pt 4, sch 1 pt 1.4\nnotified LR 16 March 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 March 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 39, amdt 1.26, amdt 1.47 commenced 7 April 2010 (s 2 (2))\npt 4 remainder, sch 1 pt 1.4 remainder commenced 17 March 2010\n(s 2 (1))\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2010 A2010-18 sch 3 pt 3.19\nnotified LR 13 May 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 May 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.19 commenced 3 June 2010 (s 2)\nLiquor (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 A2010-43 sch 1 pt 1.19\nnotified LR 8 November 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 8 November 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.19 commenced 1 December 2010 (s 2 (4) and see Liquor\nAct 2010 A2010-35, s 2 (3) (as am by A2010-43 amdt 1.19) and\nCN2010-14)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1)\nSL2011-2 pt 2\nnotified LR 27 January 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 January 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 2 commenced 28 January 2011 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 2)\nSL2011-32 pt 3\nnotified LR 24 November 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 November 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 1 February 2012 (s 2 and CN2012-2)\nRegulation 2012 (No 1) SL2012-1\nnotified LR 19 January 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 19 January 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 March 2012 (s 2 and CN2012-5)\n\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2012 A2012-21 sch 3 pt 3.41\nnotified LR 22 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.41 commenced 5 June 2012 (s 2 (1))\nRegulation 2012 (No 2) SL2012-37\nnotified LR 10 September 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 September 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 11 September 2012 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1)\nSL2012-44 pt 5\nnotified LR 19 December 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 19 December 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 5 commenced 20 December 2012 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2013 A2013-19 sch 3 pt 3.43\nnotified LR 24 May 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 May 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.43 commenced 14 June 2013 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 2)\nSL2013-14 pt 3\nnotified LR 17 June 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 June 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 1 July 2013 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2013 (No 2) A2013-44 sch 3 pt 3.20\nnotified LR 11 November 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 November 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.20 commenced 25 November 2013 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2014\n(No 2) A2014-49 sch 1 pt 1.20\nnotified LR 10 November 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 November 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.20 commenced 17 November 2014 (s 2)\n\n2015 (No 1) SL2015-11\nnotified LR 15 April 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 15 April 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 16 April 2015 (s 2)\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2015 A2015-33\nsch 1 pt 1.58\nnotified LR 30 September 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 September 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.58 commenced 14 October 2015 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) (Exemptions)\nAmendment Regulation 2015 (No 1) SL2015-34\nnotified LR 29 October 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 October 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 30 October 2015 (s 2)\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2016 A2016-18\nsch 3 pt 3.40\nnotified LR 13 April 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 April 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.40 commenced 27 April 2016 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (Taxi Industry Innovation) Legislation Amendment\nRegulation 2016 (No 1) SL2016-20\nnotified LR 26 July 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nss 3-151 commenced 1 August 2016 (s 2 (1))\nDiscrimination Amendment Act 2016 A2016-49 sch 1 pt 1.5\nnotified LR 23 August 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 23 August 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.5 commenced 24 August 2016 (s 2 (1))\n2016 (No 1) SL2016-26\nnotified LR 8 September 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 8 September 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 9 September 2016 (s 2)\n\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2017 A2017-4 sch 3 pt 3.29\nnotified LR 23 February 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 23 February 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.29 commenced 9 March 2017 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (Road Rules) (Consequential Amendments)\nRegulation 2017 (No 1) SL2017-44 sch 1 pt 1.5\nnotified LR 21 December 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 December 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.5 commenced 30 April 2018 (s 2 and see Road Transport\n(Road Rules) Regulation 2017 SL2017-43 s 2)\nRoad Transport Reform (Light Rail) Legislation Amendment Act 2018\nA2018-19 pt 3\nnotified LR 17 May 2018\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 May 2018 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 24 May 2018 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018 (No 2)\nA2018-16 pt 4\nnotified LR 6 September 2018\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 September 2018 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 4 commenced 8 October 2018 (s 2 (2))\nMotor Accident Injuries Act 2019 A2019-12 sch 3 pt 3.13\nnotified LR 31 May 2019\ns 1, s 2 commenced 31 May 2019 (LA s 75 (2))\nsch 3 pt 3.13 commenced 1 February 2020 (s 2 (1) and CN2019-13)\n2019 (No 1) SL2019-15\nnotified LR 1 July 2019\ns 1, s 2 commenced 1 July 2019 (LA s 75 (1))\nss 5-7 commenced 18 September 2019 (s 2 (2))\nremainder commenced 15 July 2019 (s 2 (1))\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019 A2019-21 pt 11\nnotified LR 8 August 2019\ns 1, s 2 commenced 8 August 2019 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 11 commenced 22 August 2019 (s 2 (4))\n\nMotor Accident Injuries (Premiums and Administration) Amendment\nRegulation 2020 (No 1) SL2020-11 sch 1 pt 1.3\nnotified LR 2 April 2020\ns 1, s 2 commenced 2 April 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.3 commenced 3 April 2020 (s 2 (1))\n2020 (No 1) SL2020-32\nnotified LR 21 August 2020\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 August 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 28 August 2020 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (Road Rules) Amendment Regulation 2025 (No 1)\nSL2025-23 sch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 30 October 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 October 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 3 November 2025 (s 2 (a))\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 4 pt 4.159\nnotified LR 6 November 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 4 pt 4.159 commenced 5 January 2026 (s 2 (8))\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Amendment Act 2025\nA2025-31 pt 3\nnotified LR 12 November 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 12 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 13 November 2025 (s 2)\n\nName of regulation\ns 1 am R9 LA\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nNotes\ns 4 s 4 (2), bracketed notes in s 4 (2) and s 4 (3)\nexp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nOffences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc\ns 4A ins SL2003-32 amdt 1.1\nsub SL2005-4 amdt 1.1\nam SL2005-39 s 13; SL2006-5 amdt 1.29; SL2006-31\namdt 1.12, amdt 1.13; SL2006-32 amdt 1.47, amdt 1.48;\nSL2010-7 amdt 1.26; SL2012-37 s 4; SL2016-20 s 4;\nA2018-19 s 11; SL2018-16 s 14; A2025-31 s 6\nRegulated services\nch 2 hdg sub SL2016-20 s 5\nMeaning of regulated service\npt 2.1 hdg sub SL2016-20 s 6\nMeaning of regulated service\ns 4B hdg sub A2018-19 s 12\ns 4B ins SL2016-20 s 6\nam A2018-19 s 13\nAccreditation\npt 2.1A hdg ins SL2016-20 s 7\nAccreditations that may be approved\ns 5 am SL2005-4 s 4; SL2006-5 s 4; A2006-26 s 17; SL2006-32\ns 4; SL2016-20 s 8; ss renum R49 LA\nAccreditation procedure\npt 2.2 hdg om SL2016-20 s 9\nDefinitions for pt 2.2\ns 6 sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.2; SL2005-4 s 5\ndef applicant ins SL2003-32 amdt 1.2\nsub SL2005-4 s 5\ndef executive officer ins SL2005-4 s 5\nsub A2010-18 amdt 3.83\n\ndef mandatory disqualifying offence ins SL2005-4 s 5\nom SL2006-59 s 23\ndef proposed service standards ins SL2005-4 s 5\ndef regulated service sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.2; SL2005-4\ns 5; SL2006-5 amdt 1.6\nam SL2006-32 s 5\ndef relevant person sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.2; SL2005-4 s 5\nMeaning of proposed service standards for pt 2.2\ns 6A ins SL2005-4 s 5\n(2), (3) exp 10 March 2006 (s 6A (3))\nMeaning of relevant person for accreditation and applications for\naccreditation\ns 6B hdg sub SL2016-20 s 11\ns 6B ins SL2005-4 s 5\nam SL2010-7 s 38; SL2016-20 s 12\nApplication procedure for accreditation\ns 7 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 7 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.3, amdt 1.4\nsub SL2005-4 s 5\nam A2013-19 amdt 3.431; SL2016-20 ss 13-16; ss renum R49\nLA; SL2018-16 s 15; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nMandatory refusal of accreditation\ns 8 sub SL2005-4 s 5\nam SL2006-32 s 6, amdt 1.88; SL2006-59 ss 24-26; pars\nrenum R19 LA; SL2011-2 s 4; SL2016-20 s 17, s 18; pars\nrenum R49 LA\nDiscretionary refusal of accreditation\ns 9 am SL2005-4 s 6, amdt 1.2; SL2006-5 amdt 1.7; ss renum\nR13 LA; SL2006-32 amdt 1.88; SL2010-7 amdt 1.27;\nSL2016-20 s 19\nIssue or amendment of accreditation subject to conditions\ns 10 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nAccredited people—procedure for imposition etc of conditions on authority’s\ninitiative\ns 11 am SL2005-4 amdt 1.3; SL2006-32 amdt 1.88\nAccreditation and certificates of accreditation\ns 12 am SL2005-4 s 7, s 8; SL2006-32 s 7; SL2016-20 s 20, s 21\n\nAccepted service standards—amendment on accredited person’s initiative\ns 13 sub SL2004-47 s 25\nom SL2016-20 s 22\nAccepted service standards—amendment on authority’s initiative\ns 13A ins SL2004-47 s 25\nom SL2016-20 s 22\nNotification of change in details of accreditation or operation of regulated\nservice\ns 14 am SL2004-47 s 26; SL2006-59 s 27; SL2016-20 s 23, s 24;\nSL2018-16 s 16\nHolder of conditional accreditation to comply with conditions\ns 15 sub SL2018-16 s 17\nReplacement of certificate of accreditation\ns 16 am A2012-21 amdt 3.158; A2016-18 amdt 3.181, amdt 3.182;\nA2025-29 amdt 4.160\nProduction of certificate of accreditation\ns 17 sub SL2018-16 s 18\nSurrender of accreditation\ns 18 am A2012-21 amdt 3.159; A2016-18 amdt 3.183, amdt 3.184\nRecovery of lost or stolen certificate of accreditation\ns 18A ins SL2005-4 s 9\nOther matters relating to accreditation\npt 2.3 hdg om SL2016-20 s 25\nMinimum service standards for regulated services\ns 18B ins SL2005-4 s 10\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.8\n(6), (7) exp 10 March 2006 (s 18B (7))\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.89\nom SL2016-20 s 26\nApproval of educational qualifications\ns 19 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; SL2016-20 s 27; A2025-29\nAccreditation guidelines—relevant offences\ns 19A ins SL2006-59 s 28\nOperator training\ns 20 am SL2016-20 s 28\n\nTour and charter services from interstate—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 20A hdg sub SL2010-7 amdt 1.28\ns 20A ins SL2003-43 s 4\nService standards\npt 2.4 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 29\nService standards for regulated services\ns 20B ins SL2016-20 s 29\nRegulated service must comply with service standards\ns 20C ins SL2016-20 s 29\nam SL2018-16 s 19\nMaintenance of buses\ns 21 sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.4\nFleet and maintenance records for buses to be made\ns 22 am SL2018-16 s 20, s 21\nNotification of changes to bus fleet\ns 23 am SL2005-4 amdt 1.5\nsub SL2006-32 amdt 1.49\nNotifiable incidents involving buses\ns 24 sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.49\nam SL2018-16 ss 22-25; ss renum R58 LA\nCondition of buses\ns 25 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 25 am SL2018-16 s 26; ss renum R58 LA\nBus drivers to hold appropriate driver licence or authority\ns 26 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 26 sub SL2005-39 s 14\nRecords of bus drivers etc to be maintained by accredited operator\ns 27 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 27 sub SL2005-39 s 15\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.50, amdt 1.91\nsub SL2018-16 s 27\nAccredited operator to tell road transport authority about records of bus\ndrivers etc\ns 27A ins SL2005-39 s 15\n\nRoad transport authority to share information about bus drivers\ns 27B hdg sub SL2018-16 s 28\ns 27B ins SL2005-39 s 15\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.91; SL2018-16 s 29\nKeeping and inspection etc of records about buses\ns 28 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 28 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.51; SL2016-20 s 30; SL2018-16 s 30;\nss renum R58 LA\nDisplay of notice on bus about maximum number of passengers\ns 29 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 29 am SL2018-16 ss 31-33\nAccreditation details to be displayed on buses\ns 30 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 30 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nAdvertisements for bus services to display accreditation number\ns 30A ins SL2003-32 s 4\n(4), (5) exp 1 July 2004 (s 30A (5))\nAirconditioning of buses\ns 30B ins SL2006-32 amdt 1.52\nBus service vehicle livery\ns 30C ins SL2006-32 amdt 1.52\n(5), (6) exp 3 October 2006 (s 30C (6))\nOffensive material etc in or on buses\ns 30D ins SL2006-32 amdt 1.52\ns 30E ins SL2006-32 amdt 1.52\nSigns about security cameras in buses\ns 31 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.53; A2014-49 amdt 1.41\nsub SL2018-16 s 35\nBus operator’s responsibilities for security camera recordings\ns 32 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.5; SL2006-32 amdt 1.54; A2014-49\namdt 1.42\nsub SL2018-16 s 35\nBus operators to comply with service standard for lost property\ns 33 om SL2016-20 s 31\n\nEffect of noncompliance notices—bus operators\ns 34 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 34 sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.6; SL2005-4 amdt 1.6\nRequirements about bus drivers stopping for passengers\ns 35 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 35 am SL2018-16 ss 36-38\nWhere bus drivers must stop on a road\ns 36 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 36 am SL2018-16 s 39\nMaximum number of passengers in buses\ns 37 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 37 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.55, amdt 1.56\nsub SL2018-16 s 40\nLost property in bus\ns 38 sub SL2018-16 s 40\nPassengers not to be carried in certain parts of a bus\ns 39 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 39 sub SL2018-16 s 40\nResponsibility of bus drivers for lost property\ns 40 sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.57\nBehaviour of bus drivers generally\ns 41 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 41 am A2009-51 amdt 1.7\nDress and conduct of bus drivers\ns 42 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 42 sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.58\nDrivers to remain in bus\ns 43 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 43 om SL2018-16 s 40\nPassengers not to be carried on certain parts of a bus\ns 44 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 44 om SL2018-16 s 40\nEffect of noncompliance notices—bus drivers\ns 45 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 45 sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.7; SL2005-4 amdt 1.7\n\nValidity of bus tickets\ns 46 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 46 am SL2016-20 s 32\nsub SL2018-16 s 41\nValid bus ticket required for travel\ns 47 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 47 sub SL2018-16 s 41\nBus ticket not transferable\ns 48 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 48 sub SL2018-16 s 41\nDamaged or changed bus ticket not to be used\ns 49 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 49 sub SL2018-16 s 41\nEntitlement to use concession bus ticket\ns 50 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 50 am A2013-19 amdt 3.434\nsub A2018-19 s 14\nApplication for concession bus ticket\ns 50A ins A2018-19 s 14\nUse concession bus ticket when not entitled\ns 50B ins A2018-19 s 14\nInspection of bus ticket\ns 51 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 51 sub SL2018-16 s 42\nBus passengers and people in bus stop areas\npt 3.3 hdg sub SL2018-16 s 43; A2025-31 s 7\nMeaning of bus stop area—pt 3.3\ns 51A ins A2025-31 s 8\nBehaviour that interferes with comfort or safety\ns 52 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 52 am A2009-51 amdt 1.7; SL2017-44 amdt 1.25\nsub SL2018-16 s 43\nam A2025-31 s 9, s 10; ss renum R66 LA\nInconvenient or dangerous items in bus\ns 53 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 53 sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.59; SL2018-16 s 43\nObstructing bus door\ns 54 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 54 sub SL2018-16 s 43\n\nGetting on and off bus\ns 55 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 55 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nPassenger not allowed in certain parts of bus\ns 56 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 56 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nThrowing objects in or from bus\ns 57 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 57 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nVacating designated seats in bus\ns 58 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 58 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nLiquor in bus\ns 59 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 59 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nSeizure of liquor in bus\ns 60 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 60 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nEating or drinking in bus\ns 61 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 61 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nAnimal in bus\ns 62 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 62 am A2016-49 amdt 1.23\nsub SL2018-16 s 43\nam SL2020-32 s 4\nLost property found on bus\ns 63 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 63 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nRemoving bus property\ns 64 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 64 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nDamaging bus property\ns 65 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 65 sub SL2018-16 s 43\nInterfering with security camera or recording\ns 66 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 66 sub SL2018-16 s 43\n\nInterfering with bus equipment\ns 66A ins SL2018-16 s 43\nInterfering with bus equipment\ns 66B ins SL2018-16 s 43\nBus driver, authorised person or police officer—power to direct direct\nperson to get off, or not get on, bus\ns 66C ins SL2018-16 s 43\nam A2025-31 s 11\nPolice officer—power to remove person from bus\ns 67 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 67 sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.60; SL2018-16 s 43\nPolice officer or authorised person—power to direct person to leave bus\nstop area\ns 67AA ins A2025-31 s 12\nPolice officer—power to remove person from bus stop area\ns 67AB ins A2025-31 s 12\nName Territory may operate bus service under—Act, s 19A\ns 67A ins A2006-30 amdt 1.86\nsub SL2018-16 s 44\nLittering in bus\ns 67B ins SL2006-32 amdt 1.61\nom SL2018-16 s 44\nStandards about security cameras in buses\ns 68 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; A2013-19 amdt 3.434; A2013-44\namdt 3.177, amdt 3.178; A2014-49 amdt 1.43; A2025-29\nInterference with bus security cameras and recordings\ns 69 om SL2018-16 s 45\nAppointment of bus stops\ns 70 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nLight rail services\nch 3AA hdg ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail service operators\npt 3AA.1 hdg ins A2018-19 s 15\nDefinitions—pt 3AA.1\ns 70AA ins A2018-19 s 15\ndef light rail driver ins A2018-19 s 15\ndef light rail driving assessor ins A2018-19 s 15\ndef light rail driving instructor ins A2018-19 s 15\n\nNotifiable occurrence involving light rail vehicle\ns 70AB ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail driver etc to hold driver licence\ns 70AC ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail driver records\ns 70AD ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail driving instructor records\ns 70AE ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail driving assessor records\ns 70AF ins A2018-19 s 15\nRoad transport authority to share information\ns 70AG ins A2018-19 s 15\nSigns about security cameras in light rail vehicles and at light rail stops\ns 70AH ins A2018-19 s 15\nLost property in light rail vehicles and at light rail stops\ns 70AI ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail tickets\npt 3AA.2 hdg ins A2018-19 s 15\nMeaning of light rail ticket—pt 3AA.2\ns 70AJ ins A2018-19 s 15\nValidity of light rail tickets\ns 70AK ins A2018-19 s 15\nValid light rail ticket required for travel\ns 70AL ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail ticket not transferable\ns 70AM ins A2018-19 s 15\nDamaged or changed light rail ticket not to be used\ns 70AN ins A2018-19 s 15\nEntitlement to use concession light rail ticket\ns 70AO ins A2018-19 s 15\nApplication for concession light rail ticket\ns 70AP ins A2018-19 s 15\nUse concession light rail ticket when not entitled\ns 70AQ ins A2018-19 s 15\n\nInspection of light rail ticket\ns 70AR ins A2018-19 s 15\nMinister may declare light rail ticket required at certain place\ns 70AS ins A2018-19 s 15\nLight rail passengers and people at light rail stops\npt 3AA.3 hdg ins A2018-19 s 15\nBehaviour that interferes with comfort or safety\ns 70AT ins A2018-19 s 15\nInconvenient or dangerous items in light rail vehicle\ns 70AU ins A2018-19 s 15\nObstructing light rail vehicle door\ns 70AV ins A2018-19 s 15\nGetting on and off light rail vehicle\ns 70AW ins A2018-19 s 15\nPassenger not allowed on certain parts of light rail vehicle\ns 70AX ins A2018-19 s 15\nThrowing objects in or from light rail vehicle\ns 70AY ins A2018-19 s 15\nVacating designated seats in light rail vehicle\ns 70AZ ins A2018-19 s 15\nLiquor in light rail vehicle or at light rail stop\ns 70AAA ins A2018-19 s 15\nSeizure of liquor in light rail vehicle or at light rail stop\ns 70AAB ins A2018-19 s 15\nEating or drinking in light rail vehicle\ns 70AAC ins A2018-19 s 15\nAnimal in light rail vehicle\ns 70AAD ins A2018-19 s 15\nam SL2020-32 s 5; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nLost property found on light rail vehicle or at light rail stop\ns 70AAE ins A2018-19 s 15\nRemoving light rail property\ns 70AAF ins A2018-19 s 15\nam SL2018-16 ss 47-50\nDamaging light rail property\ns 70AAG ins A2018-19 s 15\n\nInterfering with security camera or recording\ns 70AAH ins A2018-19 s 15\nInterfering with emergency equipment\ns 70AAI ins A2018-19 s 15\nInterfering with light rail vehicle equipment\ns 70AAJ ins A2018-19 s 15\nLittering\ns 70AAK ins A2018-19 s 15\nPolice officer or authorised person—power to direct person to get off, or not\nget on, light rail vehicle\ns 70AAL ins A2018-19 s 15\nPolice officer—power to remove person from light rail vehicle\ns 70AAM ins A2018-19 s 15\nPolice officer or authorised person—power to direct person to leave light rail\nstop\ns 70AAN ins A2018-19 s 15\nPolice officer—power to remove person from light rail stop\ns 70AAO ins A2018-19 s 15\nBookable vehicles\nch 3A hdg ins SL2016-20 s 33\npt 3A.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking services—generally\ndiv 3A.1.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 33\nMeaning of affiliated driver, affiliated hire car driver and affiliated taxi driver\ns 70A ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—must ensure affiliated drivers have required\nknowledge and skills\ns 70B ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—must ensure bookable vehicle is licensed\ns 70C ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—must be available to take bookings\ns 70D ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—must give fare estimate and vehicle identifier\ns 70E ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking services—records\ndiv 3A.1.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 33\n\nMeaning of affiliated driver record and affiliated operator record—div 3A.1.2\ns 70F ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—affiliated driver records\ns 70G ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—affiliated operator records\ns 70H ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—bookable vehicle records\ns 70I ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—booking records\ns 70J ins SL2016-20 s 33\nRoad transport authority to share information\ns 70K ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking services—wheelchair-accessible taxis\ndiv 3A.1.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 33\nMeaning of wheelchair-accessible taxi booking service (WTBS)\ns 70L ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—must direct wheelchair-accessible taxi booking\nto WTBS\ns 70M ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—must direct driver to accept\ns 70N ins SL2016-20 s 33\nTransport booking service—must give estimated arrival time for\nwheelchair-accessible taxis\ns 70O ins SL2016-20 s 33\nWTBS—service contracts\ns 70P ins SL2016-20 s 33\nWTBS—entitlement to operate\ns 70Q ins SL2016-20 s 33\nWTBS—exemption for WTBS operators—Act, s 128 (1) (b)\ns 70R ins SL2016-20 s 33\nWTBS—approval of procedures and rules\ns 70S ins SL2016-20 s 33\nWTBS—must direct driver to accept wheelchair-accessible taxi hiring\ns 70T ins SL2016-20 s 33\n\nTaxis\npt 3A.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 34\nIndependent taxi service operators\ndiv 3A.2.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 35\nITSO approval—application\ns 71 sub SL2006-31 s 4; SL2016-20 s 35\nITSO approval—eligibility criteria\ns 72 am SL2005-39 s 16; A2013-19 amdt 3.434\nITSO approval—decision on application\ns 73 sub SL2016-20 s 35\nITSO approval—conditions\ns 74 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.8\nsub SL2012-37 s 5; SL2016-20 s 35\nWCBS to direct driver to accept wheelchair-accessible taxi hiring\ns 74A ins SL2012-37 s 5\nAccredited taxi network provider to direct driver to accept\ns 74B ins SL2012-37 s 5\nITSO approval—term\ns 75 sub SL2012-37 s 5; SL2016-20 s 35\nITSO approval—not transferable\ns 76 sub SL2016-20 s 35\nITSO approval—application for renewal\ns 77 sub SL2005-39 s 17\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.62, amdt 1.91\nAccredited network provider to tell road transport authority about records of\ntaxi drivers etc\ns 77A ins SL2005-39 s 17\n\nRoad transport authority may tell accredited network provider about taxi\ns 77B ins SL2005-39 s 17\nITSO approval—decision on application for renewal\ns 78 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.63\nITSO approval—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed\ns 79 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.64; A2014-49 amdt 1.44\nITSO approval—must update name and address\ns 80 sub SL2016-20 s 35\nITSO approval—surrender\ns 81 om SL2005-4 amdt 1.8\nins SL2015-34 s 4\nExemption for independent taxi booking services—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 81A ins SL2015-34 s 4\nTaxi licences\ndiv 3A.2.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 35\nKinds of taxi licences\nsdiv 3A.2.2.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 35\nKinds of taxi licences\ns 82 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 82 sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.9; SL2006-5 s 5\nam SL2006-31 ss 5-7\nKinds of restricted taxis\ns 82A ins SL2006-5 s 5\n(3), (4) exp 30 September 2007 (s 82A (4))\nStandard and wheelchair-accessible taxi licences\nsdiv 3A.2.2.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 35\n\nMeaning of pre-approval for standard or wheelchair taxi licence\ns 83 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 83 sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.10; SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 amdt 1.14\nTransferable leased taxi licences—decision on application\ns 83A ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 amdt 1.15; SL2010-7 amdt 1.29\nNon-transferable leased taxi licences—application for issue\ns 83B ins SL2006-31 s 8\nNon-transferable leased taxi licences—decision on application\ns 83C ins SL2006-31 s 8\nam SL2010-7 amdt 1.30\nWheelchair-accessible taxi licences—application for issue\ns 83D ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 amdt 1.16\nWheelchair-accessible taxi licences—decision on application\ns 83E ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 amdt 1.17; SL2010-7 amdt 1.31\nNSW cross-border taxi licences—application for issue\ns 83F ins SL2006-5 s 6\nNSW cross-border taxi licences—decision on application\ns 83G ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 s 10; SL2006-32 amdt 1.88\nTaxi licence waiting list\ns 84 sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.10; SL2006-5 s 6; SL2006-31 s 11\nom SL2011-32 s 6\nins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—application for renewal\ns 84A hdg am SL2011-32 s 7\ns 84A ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 amdt 1.18; SL2011-32 s 7\n\nTaxi licences—decision on application for renewal\ns 84B hdg am SL2011-32 s 7\ns 84B ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 s 12; SL2006-32 amdt 1.88; SL2010-7\namdt 1.32; SL2011-32 s 7\nTaxi licences—term of renewed licences\ns 84C hdg am SL2011-32 s 7\ns 84C ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2011-32 s 7\nPower to issue defined rights\ns 84D ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 s 13\nDefined rights ballots\ns 84E ins SL2006-5 s 6\nNotification of ballots\ns 84F ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 s 14; A2009-20 amdt 3.189; SL2015-11 s 4;\nA2015-33 amdt 1.207\nApplication for entry in ballot\ns 84G ins SL2006-5 s 6\nDecision on application for ballot\ns 84H ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 s 15; SL2006-32 amdt 1.88\nWithdrawal from ballot\ns 84I ins SL2006-5 s 6\nBallot reserve list\ns 84J ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2011-2 s 5; A2015-33 amdt 1.208\nOffering defined rights to ballot reserves\ns 84K ins SL2006-5 s 6\nam SL2006-31 s 16; ss renum SL2006-31 s 17\n\nWhen defined rights end\ns 84L ins SL2006-5 s 6\nDefined right conditions\ns 84M ins SL2006-5 s 6\nDefined rights not transferable\ns 84N ins SL2006-5 s 6\nPre-approval—application\ns 85 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 85 am SL2005-4 amdt 1.11\nsub SL2006-5 s 7; SL2016-20 s 35\nPre-approval—decision on application\ns 86 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 86 sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.10, amdt 1.28; SL2006-32 amdt 1.88\nConditions of taxi licences\ns 86A ins SL2005-4 amdt 1.12\nPre-approval—form\ns 87 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 87 sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.12; SL2016-20 s 35\nPre-approval—term\ns 88 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.29\ns 88 sub SL2003-32 s 5\nam SL2005-4 amdt 1.13; SL2006-5 amdt 1.11; A2009-49\namdt 3.155\nPre-approval—not transferable\ns 89 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 89 sub SL2016-20 s 35\nPre-approval—surrender\ns 90 am A2012-21 amdt 3.160; A2016-18 amdt 3.185, amdt 3.186\n\nPre-approval register\ns 91 am SL2005-4 amdt 1.14\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—availability\ns 92 am A2012-21 amdt 3.161; A2016-18 amdt 3.187, amdt 3.188\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—notice of availability\ns 92A ins SL2016-20 s 35\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—application\ns 92B ins SL2016-20 s 35\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—decision on application\ns 92C ins SL2016-20 s 35\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—time for decision on application\ns 92D ins SL2016-20 s 35\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—conditions\ns 92E ins SL2016-20 s 35\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—term\ns 92F ins SL2016-20 s 35\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—form\ns 92G ins SL2016-20 s 35\nStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—transferability—Act, s 41\ns 92H ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences generally\nsdiv 3A.2.2.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—amendment initiated by authority\ns 92I ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—amendment initiated by licensee\ns 92J ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—application for renewal\ns 92K ins SL2016-20 s 35\n\nTaxi licences—decision on application for renewal\ns 92L ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—replacing when lost, stolen or destroyed\ns 92M ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—must be produced for inspection\ns 92N ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—surrender\ns 92O ins SL2016-20 s 35\nTaxi licences—must update name and address\ns 92P ins SL2016-20 s 35\ndiv 3A.2.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 36\nTaxi operators\nsdiv 3A.2.3.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 37\nMaintenance of taxis\ns 93 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 93 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.9\nsub SL2005-4 amdt 1.15\nom SL2016-20 s 38\nTaxi service operator—must tell authority about affiliation\ns 94 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 94 sub SL2016-20 s 38\nTaxis to be fitted with complying taximeters\ns 95 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 95 sub SL2003-32 s 6\nExemption from requirement to comply with taximeter standards\ns 95A ins SL2003-32 s 6\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nTaximeters to be clearly visible\ns 96 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nTaxi service operator—drivers to be licensed and skilled\ns 97 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 97 sub SL2005-39 s 18; SL2016-20 s 39\nDrivers of wheelchair-accessible taxis to be trained\ns 98 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 98 s (2), s (3) exp 1 March 2003 (s 98 (3))\n\nRecords of taxi drivers etc to be maintained by accredited operator\ns 99 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 99 sub SL2005-39 s 19\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.65, amdt 1.91; SL2010-7 amdt 1.33;\nSL2016-20 s 40, s 41; pars renum R49 LA\nKeeping and inspection etc of records about taxis\ns 100 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 100 am SL2005-4 amdt 1.16\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.66; SL2016-20 s 42, s 43\nArrangements with taxi networks\ns 101 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 101 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89\nom SL2016-20 s 44\nWheelchair-accessible taxi operator to have equipment and arrangements\nwith WTBS\ns 101A hdg am SL2016-20 s 45\ns 101A ins SL2012-37 s 6\nam SL2016-20 s 45, s 46\nWheelchair-accessible taxi operator—WTBS’s approved procedures and\nrules\ns 101B ins SL2016-20 s 47\nInformation to be displayed in taxis\ns 102 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 102 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nPresence of security camera in taxi to be indicated\ns 103 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.67; A2014-49 amdt 1.44\nAirconditioning of taxis\ns 104 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 104 om SL2016-20 s 48\nChild restraint anchorages in taxis\ns 105 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 105 om SL2016-20 s 48\nTaxi roof sign indicating hiring availability\ns 106 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 106 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89\n\nTaxi must have identifying signs and livery\ns 107 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 107 sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.68\n(4), (5) exp 3 October 2006 (s 107 (5))\nsub SL2016-20 s 48\nOffensive material etc in or on taxis\ns 108 am SL2005-4 amdt 1.17\nStand-by taxis\ns 109 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 109 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.69; SL2010-7 amdt 1.34; SL2016-20 ss\n49-51\nTaxi network uniforms\ns 110 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 110 om SL2016-20 s 52\nTaxi operators to comply with service standard for lost property\ns 111 om SL2016-20 s 52\nEffect of noncompliance notices—taxi operators\ns 112 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 112 sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.10; SL2005-4 amdt 1.18\nom SL2016-20 s 52\nTaxi drivers\nsdiv 3A.2.3.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 53\nResponsibility of drivers for condition of taxi\ns 113 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 113 om SL2016-20 s 54\nWheelchair-accessible taxi driver—special responsibilities\ns 114 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.11, amdt 1.12; SL2012-37 ss 7-9\nsub SL2016-20 s 54\nWheelchair-accessible taxi driver—connection to WTBS\ns 115 sub SL2016-20 s 54\nWheelchair-accessible taxi driver—WTBS’s procedures and rules\ns 116 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 116 sub SL2016-20 s 54\nCarriage of animals in taxis\ns 117 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 117 om SL2016-20 s 54\n\nResponsibility of taxi drivers for lost property\ns 118 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 118 om SL2016-20 s 54\nBehaviour of taxi drivers generally\ns 119 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 119 am A2009-51 amdt 1.7\nom SL2016-20 s 54\nDress and conduct of taxi drivers\ns 120 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 120 om SL2016-20 s 54\nDrivers to remain in taxi\ns 121 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 121 om SL2016-20 s 54\nUse of taxi zones\ns 122 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nTemporary taxi zones\ns 123 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nOffence to park taxis on road for longer than 30 minutes\ns 124 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nUse of accredited taxi network by drivers\ns 125 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 125 om SL2016-20 s 55\nRoad transport authority may approve WCBS’s procedures and rules\ns 125A ins SL2012-37 s 10\nWheelchair-accessible taxi driver to comply with WCBS’s approved\nprocedures and rules\ns 125B ins SL2012-37 s 10\nEffect of noncompliance notices—taxi drivers\ns 126 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 126 sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.13; SL2005-4 amdt 1.19\nTaxi hirings\nsdiv 3A.2.3.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 56\nWhen a taxi hiring begins\ns 127 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 127 sub SL2003-32 s 7\n\nWhen a taxi hiring ends\ns 127A ins SL2003-32 s 7\nam SL2016-20 s 57\nMeaning of fare—ch 3A\ns 127B ins SL2016-20 s 58\nSoliciting for taxi hirings prohibited\ns 128 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 128 om SL2016-20 s 59\nWheelchair-accessible taxi driver—must preferentially accept hirings for\nwheelchair-dependent people\ns 129 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nsub SL2016-20 s 60\ns 129 am SL2012-37 s 11\nam SL2016-20 ss 61-64; ss renum R49 LA\nDirections by police officers or authorised people about acceptance and\ncarrying out of hirings\ns 130 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 130 om SL2016-20 s 65\nHow taxi hiring to be carried out\ns 131 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 131 am SL2016-20 ss 66-69; ss renum R49 LA\nWheelchair passengers in wheelchair-accessible taxis\ns 132 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 132 am SL2010-5 s 47; A2013-19 amdt 3.434; SL2017-44\namdts 1.26-1.28; SL2025-23 amdt 1.3\nWhere taxi drivers must stop\ns 133 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 133 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.14\nsub SL2005-39 s 20\nom SL2016-20 s 70\nOperation of taxi roof sign by drivers\ns 134 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 134 sub SL2003-32 s 8\nom SL2016-20 s 70\nCarriage of goods in taxis\ns 135 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 135 om SL2016-20 s 70\nTaxi driver waiting or instructed to return\ns 136 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 136 am SL2003-32 s 9; SL2016-20 s 71\n\nEnding of taxi hiring by hirer\ns 137 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nEnding of taxi hiring by driver\ns 138 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 138 am SL2010-5 s 48; SL2016-20 s 72; SL2017-44\namdts 1.29-1.31\nExtra taxi passengers\ns 139 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nSharing taxis\ns 140 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 140 am SL2003-32 s 10; regs renum R5 LA (see SL2003-32 s 11);\nSL2016-20 s 73\nMeaning of multiple hiring of a taxi—subdiv 3A.2.3.3\ns 140A ins SL2016-20 s 74\nMultiple hiring of taxis\ns 141 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 141 am SL2016-20 s 75\nTaxi fare deposits\ns 142 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 142 sub SL2003-32 s 12\nExemption from operation of taximeter and metered fares for certain\nhirings—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 142A hdg sub SL2010-7 amdt 1.35\ns 142A ins SL2003-32 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; SL2016-20 s 76, s 77; A2025-29\nDriver not to start taximeter before hiring begins\ns 143 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 143 sub SL2003-32 s 12\nWhen driver must start taximeter\ns 143A ins SL2003-32 s 12\nam SL2016-20 s 78, s 79\nOperation of taximeter during hiring\ns 143B ins SL2003-32 s 12\nOperation of taximeter at end of hiring\ns 143C ins SL2003-32 s 12\nDriver to ask for correct fare\ns 144 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 144 sub SL2003-32 s 12\n\nPayment of taxi fare\ns 144A ins SL2003-32 s 12\nPayment under taxi subsidy scheme\ns 144B ins SL2003-32 s 12\nsub SL2016-20 s 80\nTaxi fare not payable for avoidable delays\ns 145 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 145 am A2013-19 amdt 3.434\nConduct of taxi passengers\nsdiv 3A.2.3.4 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 81\nOffensive behaviour or language in taxis\ns 146 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 146 om SL2016-20 s 82\nEating and drinking in taxis\ns 148 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 148 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.15; A2009-51 amdt 1.7\nRestrictions on carriage of animals in taxis\ns 149 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 149 om SL2016-20 s 82\nTaxi passengers—soiled clothing etc\ns 150 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 150 om SL2016-20 s 82\nIntoxicated taxi passengers\ns 151 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 151 om SL2016-20 s 82\nOffender to get out of taxi when directed\ns 152 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 152 om SL2016-20 s 82\nRemoval of people from taxis\ns 153 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 153 om SL2016-20 s 82\nLost property found by taxi passengers\ns 154 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 154 sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.70\nom SL2016-20 s 82\nObject—div 4.3.4A\ns 154A ins SL2012-1 s 4\n\nWhat is the ITO pilot period?\ns 154B ins SL2012-1 s 4\nEligibility criteria\ns 154C ins SL2012-1 s 4\nITO pilot—application to participate\ns 154D ins SL2012-1 s 4\nITO pilot—decision on application\ns 154E ins SL2012-1 s 4\nExemption for ITO pilot participants—Act, s 128 (1) (b)\ns 154F ins SL2012-1 s 4\nReview—div 4.3.4A\ns 154G ins SL2012-1 s 4\nExpiry—div 4.3.4A\ns 154H ins SL2012-1 s 4\nMeaning of wheelchair-accessible taxi centralised booking service (WCBS)\ns 154I ins SL2012-37 s 12\nWCBS—minimum service standards\ns 154J ins SL2012-37 s 12\nWCBS—service contracts\ns 154K ins SL2012-37 s 12\nWCBS—entitlement to operate\ns 154L ins SL2012-37 s 12\nOffence—operate WCBS without entitlement\ns 154M ins SL2012-37 s 12\nExemption for WCBS operator—Act, s 128 (1) (b)\ns 154N ins SL2012-37 s 12\n\nOther matters relating to taxi services\nsdiv 3A.2.3.5 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 84\nDeclaration of ACT taxi region\ns 155 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89\nom SL2016-20 s 85\nStandards about security cameras in taxis\ns 156 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; A2013-19 amdt 3.434; A2013-44\namdt 3.179, amdt 3.180\nom SL2016-20 s 85\nInterference with taxi security cameras and recordings\ns 157 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 157 om SL2016-20 s 85\nStandards for taximeters\ns 158 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 158 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; A2013-19 amdt 3.434; SL2016-20\ns 86; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nInterference with taximeters\ns 159 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 159 am A2013-19 amdt 3.434\nom SL2016-20 s 87\nApproval of wheelchair-accessible taxi driver training courses\ns 162 am SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; SL2016-20 s 88; A2025-29\nExemption of certain taxis—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 163 hdg sub SL2010-7 amdt 1.36\ns 163 sub SL2005-4 s 11\nam SL2016-20 s 89\npt 3A.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 91\nDefinitions—pt 3A.3\ndiv 3A.3.1A hdg ins SL2019-15 s 4\nDefinitions—pt 3A.3\ns 163A ins SL2019-15 s 4\ndef approved identifier ins SL2019-15 s 4\ndef rideshare vehicle identifier ins SL2019-15 s 4\ndef rideshare vehicle label ins SL2019-15 s 4\nRideshare vehicle licences\ndiv 3A.3.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 91\n\nRideshare vehicle licence—application\ns 164 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nsub SL2010-7 amdt 1.37\ns 164 sub SL2005-4 s 11\nom SL2016-20 s 90\nins SL2016-20 s 91\nRideshare vehicle licence—further information\ns 164A ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—decision on application\ns 164B ins SL2015-34 s 5\nam SL2019-15 ss 5-7; A2019-12 amdt 3.97 ; SL2020-11\namdt 1.3\ndef affiliated driver ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef certificate of inspection ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef declared state of alert ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef declared state of emergency ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef jump-the-queue fee ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef medical fitness certificate ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef passenger number ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef required medical standards ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef rideshare vehicle suitability certificate ins SL2015-34\ns 5\ndef surge pricing ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef third-party property insurance policy ins SL2015-34 s 5\ndef vehicle inspection station ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—rideshare vehicle identifier\ns 164C ins SL2015-34 s 5\nsub SL2016-20 s 91; SL2019-15 s 8\n\nRideshare vehicle licence—conditions\ns 164D ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—term\ns 164E ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—form\ns 164F ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—not transferable\ns 164G ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—amendment initiated by authority\ns 164H ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—amendment initiated by licensee\ns 164I ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—application for renewal\ns 164J ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—decision on application for renewal\ns 164K ins SL2015-34 s 5\nRideshare vehicle licence—must update name and address\ns 164L ins SL2016-20 s 91\nRideshare vehicle licence—surrender\ns 164M ins SL2016-20 s 91\nam SL2019-15 s 9; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nRideshare vehicle licence and label—replacing when lost, stolen or\ndestroyed\ns 164N ins SL2016-20 s 91\nam SL2019-15 s 10; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nRideshare vehicle licensee or transport booking service—must give\nrideshare vehicle identifier to rideshare driver\ns 164O ins SL2016-20 s 91\nsub SL2019-15 s 11\n\nRideshare vehicle licensee—must not advertise ridesharing\ns 164P ins SL2016-20 s 91\nRideshare drivers\ndiv 3A.3.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 91\nRideshare driver—must hold appropriate driver licence\ns 164Q ins SL2016-20 s 91\nRideshare driver—must only accept bookings from accredited transport\nbooking service\ns 164R ins SL2016-20 s 91\nRideshare driver—must display rideshare vehicle identifier\ns 164S ins SL2016-20 s 91\nsub SL2019-15 s 12\nRideshare driver—must produce rideshare vehicle licence and label for\ninspection\ns 164T hdg sub SL2019-15 s 13\ns 164T ins SL2016-20 s 91\nam SL2019-15 s 14\nRideshare driver—advertising\ns 164U ins SL2016-20 s 91\nRideshare driver—end of affiliated driver agreement\ns 164V sub SL2019-15 s 15\npt 3A.4 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 92\nHire car licences\ndiv 3A.4.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 93\nKinds of hire car licences\nsdiv 3A.4.1.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 94\nHire car licences that may be issued\ns 165 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 165 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nHire car licensing\nsdiv 3A.4.1.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 94\nApplication procedure for issue of hire car licences\ns 166 sub SL2005-4 s 12\n\nIssue of hire car licences\ns 167 am SL2003-32 amdt 1.16\nsub SL2005-4 s 12\n(7)-(9) exp 31 July 2005 (s 167 (9) and NI2005-226)\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.12; ss renum R13 LA; SL2006-32\namdt 1.88\nRestricted hire car licences—issue of licence labels\ns 168 sub SL2005-4 s 12\n(2), (3) exp 10 March 2006 (s 168 (3))\nIssue or amendment of hire car licence subject to conditions\ns 169 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nHire car licences—procedure for imposition etc of conditions on authority’s\ninitiative\ns 170 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 170 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.14, amdt 1.28; SL2006-32 amdt 1.88\nConditions of hire car licences\ns 171 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 171 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nForm of hire car licences\ns 172 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 172 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2016-20 s 96\nHire car licence-holders to notify change of name or address\ns 173 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.29\ns 173 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.15, amdt 1.28; A2009-49 amdt 3.155;\nSL2016-20 s 97, s 98\nHire car licensee to comply with conditions\ns 174 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 174 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.16\nReplacement of hire car licence\ns 175 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.17, amdt 1.28; A2012-21 amdt 3.162;\nA2016-18 amdt 3.189, amdt 3.190; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\n\nProduction of hire car licence\ns 176 hdg bracketed note exp 31 December 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 176 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.18, amdt 1.28; SL2016-20 s 99\nSurrender of hire car licence\ns 177 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.18, amdt 1.28; A2012-21 amdt 3.163;\nA2016-18 amdt 3.191, amdt 3.192; SL2016-20 s 100\nStand-by hire cars\nsdiv 3A.4.1.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 101\nDefinitions—subdiv 3A.4.1.3\ns 177A hdg sub SL2016-20 s 102\ns 177A ins SL2005-39 s 21\nam SL2016-20 s 103\ndef stand-by hire car ins SL2005-39 s 21\ndef stand-by hire car permit ins SL2005-39 s 21\ndef stand-by hire car permit label ins SL2005-39 s 21\ndef usual hire car ins SL2005-39 s 21\nApplication for stand-by hire car permit\ns 177B ins SL2005-39 s 21\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.19, amdt 1.28; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nIssue of stand-by hire car permit\ns 177C ins SL2005-39 s 21\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.30; pars renum R26 LA; SL2010-7\namdt 1.38; SL2013-14 s 11\nForm of stand-by hire car permit\ns 177D ins SL2005-39 s 21\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.20, amdt 1.28, amdt 1.30\nIssue, form and display of stand-by hire car permit label\ns 177E ins SL2005-39 s 21\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.28, amdt 1.30\nConditions of stand-by hire car permit\ns 177F ins SL2005-39 s 21\nStand-by hire cars—replacement of permit label\ns 177G hdg am SL2006-5 amdt 1.21\ns 177G ins SL2005-39 s 21\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.21, amdt 1.22, amdt 1.28; A2012-21\namdt 3.164; A2016-18 amdt 3.193, amdt 3.194; A2025-29\n\nStand-by hire cars—production of permit by hire car driver\ns 177H ins SL2005-39 s 21\ndiv 3A.4.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 104\nMeaning of hire car driver\ns 178 sub SL2005-4 s 12\nMaintenance of hire cars\ns 179 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nom SL2016-20 s 106\nHire car service operator—must tell authority about affiliation\ns 180 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nsub SL2016-20 s 106\nHire car service operator—drivers to be licensed and skilled\ns 181 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nam SL2005-39 s 22\nsub SL2016-20 s 107\nRecords of hire car drivers etc to be maintained by accredited operator\ns 182 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nsub SL2005-39 s 23\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.71, amdt 1.91; SL2016-20 s 108, s 109;\npars renum R49 LA\nAccredited operator to tell road transport authority about records of hire car\ndrivers etc\ns 182A ins SL2005-39 s 23\nRoad transport authority may tell accredited operator about hire car drivers\ns 182B ins SL2005-39 s 23\nKeeping and inspection etc of records about hire cars\ns 183 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.72; SL2016-20 s 110, s 111\nAnnual return of hiring statistics\ns 184 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nom SL2013-14 s 12\n\nRestricted hire cars—carriage of duplicate licence\ns 185 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nRestricted hire cars—display of licence labels\ns 186 exp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\n(5), (6) exp 10 March 2006 (s 186 (6))\nRestricted hire cars—replacement of licence label\ns 187 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.23, amdt 1.28; A2012-21 amdt 3.165;\nA2016-18 amdt 3.195, amdt 3.196; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nAdvertisements for hire car services to display accreditation number\ns 188 ins SL2005-4 s 12\n(4), (5) exp 10 March 2007 (s 188 (5))\nPresence of security camera in hire car to be indicated\ns 189 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.73; A2014-49 amdt 1.44\nAirconditioning of hire cars\ns 190 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2013-14 s 13\nAdvertisements in or on hire cars\ns 191 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2013-14 s 13\nOffensive material etc in or on hire cars\ns 192 ins SL2005-4 s 12\ns 193 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2013-14 s 14\nHire car operator’s responsibilities for security camera recordings\ns 194 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.74, amdt 1.75; A2014-49 amdt 1.44\nHire car operators to comply with service standard for lost property\ns 195 ins SL2005-4 s 12\n\nEffect of noncompliance notices—hire car operators\ns 196 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nResponsibility of drivers for condition of hire car\ns 197 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nResponsibilities of hire car drivers for security cameras\ns 198 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nRestrictions on carriage of goods in hire cars\ns 199 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nCarriage of animals in hire cars\ns 200 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nResponsibility of hire car drivers for lost property\ns 201 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nBehaviour of hire car drivers generally\ns 202 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nDress and conduct of hire car drivers\ns 203 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2013-14 s 15; ss renum R41 LA\nRestricted hire cars—production of duplicate licence by hire car driver\ns 204 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nEffect of noncompliance notices—hire car drivers\ns 205 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nSoliciting for hire car hirings prohibited\ns 206 ins SL2005-4 s 12\n\nWhere hire car drivers must stop\ns 207 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nsub SL2005-39 s 25\nExtra hire car passengers\ns 208 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nHire car fares\ns 209 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nOffensive behaviour or language in hire cars\ns 210 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nEating and drinking in hire cars\ns 211 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2013-14 s 16\nRestrictions on carriage of animals in hire cars\ns 212 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nHire car passengers—soiled clothing etc\ns 213 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nIntoxicated hire car passengers\ns 214 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nOffender to get out of hire car when directed\ns 215 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nRemoval of people from hire cars\ns 216 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nLost property found by hire car passengers\ns 217 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.76\nCode of practice—dress of hire car drivers\ns 218 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.89\nom SL2013-14 s 17\n\nStandards about security cameras in hire car\ns 219 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; A2013-44 amdt 3.181, amdt 3.182\nom SL2016-20 s 115\nInterference with hire car security cameras and recordings\ns 220 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 115\nAuthorisation for vehicles for other purposes—Act, s 128 (1) (b)\ns 221 hdg sub SL2010-7 amdt 1.39\ns 221 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.89; SL2016-20 s 116, s 117; ss renum\nR49 LA; A2017-4 amdt 3.183\nBookable vehicles generally\npt 3A.5 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicles—security devices, etc\ndiv 3A.5.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 118\nDefinitions—div 3A.5.1\ns 221A ins SL2016-20 s 118\ndef duress alarm ins SL2016-20 s 118\ndef fitted ins SL2016-20 s 118\ndef security camera ins SL2016-20 s 118\ndef security device ins SL2016-20 s 118\nDuress alarms in taxis\ns 221B ins SL2016-20 s 118\nGPS tracking devices in bookable vehicles\ns 221C ins SL2016-20 s 118\nSecurity cameras in taxis\ns 221D ins SL2016-20 s 118\nInterfere with security device, etc\ns 221E ins SL2016-20 s 118\nSecurity device standards\ns 221F ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicles—fees and surcharges\ndiv 3A.5.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 118\nJump-the-queue fees prohibited for taxis\ns 221G ins SL2016-20 s 118\nUp-front tipping prohibited for taxis and ridesharing\ns 221H ins SL2016-20 s 118\n\nBookable vehicle pricing during emergencies\ns 221I ins SL2016-20 s 118\nam A2017-4 amdt 3.183\nMeaning of payment surcharge—div 3A.5.2\ns 221J ins SL2016-20 s 118\nMethods of payment and maximum payment surcharges\ns 221K ins SL2016-20 s 118\nImposing more than the maximum payment surcharge\ns 221L ins SL2016-20 s 118\nCollecting more than the maximum payment surcharge\ns 221M ins SL2016-20 s 118\nNSW bookable vehicles in the ACT\ndiv 3A.5.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 118\nMeaning of ACT region\ns 221N ins SL2016-20 s 118\nExemption for NSW bookable vehicles—ACT pick up, drop off outside ACT\nregion—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 221O ins SL2016-20 s 118\nExemption for NSW bookable vehicles—ACT pick up, drop off inside\nACT region—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 221P ins SL2016-20 s 118\nNSW bookable vehicles in the ACT\ndiv 3A.5.4 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 118\nMeaning of bookable vehicle licensee—pt 3A.5\ns 221Q ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle licensee—offensive material in vehicle\ns 221R ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle licensee—noncompliance notices\ns 221S ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle drivers\ndiv 3A.5.5 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle driver—must have knowledge and skills\ns 221T ins SL2016-20 s 118\n\nKnowledge and skills to be bookable vehicle driver\ns 221U ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle driver—carrying goods in vehicle\ns 221V ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle driver—carrying animals in vehicle\ns 221W ins SL2016-20 s 118\nam SL2020-32 s 6\nBookable vehicle driver—offensive material in vehicle\ns 221X ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle driver—dropping off and picking up passengers\ns 221Y ins SL2016-20 s 118\nBookable vehicle driver—must not tout for passengers\ns 222 orig s 222\nrenum as s 320\npres s 222\nBookable vehicle driver—notifiable accidents\ns 223 orig s 223\nrenum as s 321\npres s 223\nBookable vehicle driver—noncompliance notices\ns 224 orig s 224\nrenum as s 322\npres s 224\nBookable vehicle driver—directions by police officers or authorised people\ns 225 orig s 225\nrenum as s 323\npres s 225\nBookable vehicle passengers\ndiv 3A.5.6 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 118\nImmediate suspension of accreditation or licence\ns 226 orig s 226\nrenum as s 324\npres s 226\n\nEffect of suspension of accreditation or licence\ns 227 orig s 227\nrenum as s 325\npres s 227\nam SL2020-32 s 7\nReturn of certificate of accreditation or licence\ns 228 orig s 228\nrenum as 326\npres s 228\nBookable vehicle passenger—direction to get out of vehicle\ns 229 hdg am A2006-26 s 19\ns 229 orig s 229\nam A2006-26 s 20, s 21\ns 115 by A2006-26 s 31\npres s 229\nTaxis\nch 4 hdg om SL2016-20 s 34\nTaxi networks\npt 4.1 hdg om SL2016-20 s 35\nIndependent taxi booking services\npt 4.1A hdg ins SL2015-34 s 4\nTaxi licences\npt 4.2 hdg sub SL2006-5 amdt 1.9\nTransferable leased taxi licences—issue\ndiv 4.2.2 hdg sub SL2006-5 s 6\nNon-transferable leased taxi licences—issue\ndiv 4.2.3 hdg orig div 4.2.3 hdg\nrenum as div 4.2.4 hdg\nprev div 4.2.3 hdg\nins SL2006-31 s 8\n\nWheelchair-accessible taxi licences—issue\ndiv 4.2.4 hdg orig div 4.2.4 hdg\nrenum as div 4.2.5 hdg\nprev div 4.2.4 hdg\n(prev div 4.2.3 hdg) ins SL2006-5 s 6\nNSW cross-border taxi licences—issue\ndiv 4.2.5 hdg orig div 4.2.5 hdg\nrenum as div 4.2.6 hdg\nprev div 4.2.5 hdg\n(prev div 4.2.4 hdg) ins SL2006-5 s 6\nRenewal of taxi licences\ndiv 4.2.6 hdg orig div 4.2.6 hdg\nrenum as div 4.2.7 hdg\nprev div 4.2.6 hdg\n(prev div 4.2.5 hdg) ins SL2006-5 s 6\nDefined rights for certain taxi licences\ndiv 4.2.7 hdg orig div 4.2.7 hdg\nrenum as div 4.2.8 hdg\nprev div 4.2.7 hdg\n(prev div 4.2.6 hdg) ins SL2006-5 s 6\nTaxi licences—other provisions\ndiv 4.2.8 hdg (prev div 4.2.7 hdg)ins SL2006-5 s 7\npt 4.3 hdg om SL2016-20 s 36\nTaxi operators\ndiv 4.3.1 hdg om SL2016-20 s 37\nTaxi drivers\ndiv 4.3.2 hdg (prev div 1.1.2 hdg) renum R1 LA\nom SL2016-20 s 53\nTaxi hirings\ndiv 4.3.3 hdg (prev div 1.1.3 hdg) renum R1 LA\nom SL2016-20 s 56\n\nConduct of taxi passengers\ndiv 4.3.4 hdg (prev div 1.1.4 hdg) renum R1 LA\nom SL2016-20 s 81\nIndependent taxi services\ndiv 4.3.4A hdg ins SL2012-1 s 4\nWheelchair-accessible taxi centralised booking services\ndiv 4.3.4B hdg ins SL2012-37 s 12\nOther matters relating to taxi services\ndiv 4.3.5 hdg (prev div 1.1.5 hdg) renum R1 LA\nom SL2016-20 s 84\nch 4A hdg ins SL2015-34 s 5\npt 4A.1 hdg ins SL2015-34 s 5\nInterim rideshare booking services\npt 4A.2 hdg ins SL2015-34 s 5\nInterim ridesharing arrangements\npt 4A.3 hdg ins SL2015-34 s 5\nch 5 hdg sub SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 92\nHire car licences\npt 5.1 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 93\nKinds of hire car licences\ndiv 5.1.1 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 94\nHire car licensing procedure\ndiv 5.1.2 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 94\nHire car licences—other provisions\ndiv 5.1.2A hdg ins SL2006-5 amdt 1.13\nom SL2016-20 s 95\n\nStand-by hire cars\ndiv 5.1.3 hdg ins SL2005-39 s 21\nom SL2016-20 s 101\npt 5.2 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 104\ndiv 5.2.1 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 105\nHire car operators\ndiv 5.2.2 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 105\nHire car drivers\ndiv 5.2.3 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2005-39 s 24\nHire car hirings\ndiv 5.2.4 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nConduct of hire car passengers\ndiv 5.2.5 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nOther matters relating to hire car services\ndiv 5.2.6 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nom SL2016-20 s 114\nch 6 hdg orig ch 6 hdg\nrenum as ch 8 hdg\npres ch 6 hdg\nDemand responsive service authorisations\npt 6.1 hdg ins SL2006-32 s 10\nApplication procedure for issue of authorisations\ns 230 ins SL2005-4 s 12\ns 116 by A2006-26 s 31\nam SL2016-20 s 149, s 150; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\n\nIssue of authorisations\ns 231 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam A2006-26 ss 22-25\ns 117 by A2006-26 s 31\nam SL2016-20 s 149, s 150\nIssue or amendment of authorisations subject to conditions\ns 232 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam A2006-26 s 26\ns 118 by A2006-26 s 31\nam SL2016-20 s 149, s 151\nDemand responsive service authorisations—procedure for imposition etc of\ns 233 hdg am SL2016-20 s 151\ns 233 ins SL2005-4 s 12\ns 119 by A2006-26 s 31\nam SL2016-20 ss 149-151\nConditions of authorisations\ns 234 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam A2006-26 s 27, s 28\ns 120 by A2006-26 s 31\nForm of authorisations\ns 235 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam A2006-26 s 29, s 30\ns 121 by A2006-26 s 31\nam SL2016-20 s 149\nAuthorisation labels—issue and display\ns 236 orig s 236\nrenum as s 500\npres s 236\nam SL2016-20 s 149, s 150\n\nAuthorisation labels—replacement\ns 237 orig s 237\nrenum as s 501\npres s 237\nam A2012-21 amdt 3.166; A2016-18 amdt 3.197, amdt 3.198;\nSL2016-20 s 149, s 150; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nAuthorisation-holders to notify change of name or address\ns 238 orig s 238\nrenum as s 502\npres s 238\nam A2009-49 amdt 3.155; SL2016-20 s 119, s 149, s 150\nAuthorisation-holder to comply with conditions\ns 239 orig s 239\nrenum as s 503\npres s 239\nReplacement of authorisation\ns 240 orig s 240\nrenum as s 504\npres s 240\nam A2012-21 amdt 3.167; A2016-18 amdt 3.199, amdt 3.200;\nSL2016-20 s 149, s 150; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nProduction of authorisation\ns 241 orig s 241\nrenum as s 505\npres s 241\nSurrender of authorisation\ns 242 orig s 242\nrenum as s 506\npres s 242\nam A2012-21 amdt 3.168; A2016-18 amdt 3.201, amdt 3.202;\nSL2016-20 s 149, s 150\nDemand responsive service authorisations not transferable\ns 243 orig s 243\nrenum as s 507\npres s 243\n\npt 6.2 hdg ins SL2006-32 s 10\ndiv 6.2.1 hdg ins SL2006-32 s 10\nMeaning of authorised operator and DRS vehicle driver—pt 6.2\ns 244 orig s 244\nrenum as s 508\npres s 244\nDemand responsive service vehicle operators\ndiv 6.2.2 hdg ins SL2006-32 s 10\nMaintenance of demand responsive service vehicles\ns 245 orig s 245\nrenum as s 509\npres s 245\nFleet and maintenance records for demand responsive service vehicles to be\nmade\ns 246 orig s 246\nrenum as s 510\npres s 246\nNotification of changes to demand responsive service vehicle fleet\ns 247 orig s 247\nrenum as s 511\npres s 247\nNotifiable incidents involving demand responsive service vehicles\ns 248 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nCondition of demand responsive service vehicles\ns 249 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nDemand responsive service vehicle drivers to hold appropriate driver licence\nor authority\ns 250 ins SL2005-4 s 12\n\nRecords of demand responsive service vehicle drivers etc to be maintained\nby authorised operator\ns 251 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nAuthorised operator to tell road transport authority about records of demand\nresponsive service vehicle drivers etc\ns 252 ins SL2005-4 s 12\nRoad transport authority may tell authorised operator about demand\nresponsive service drivers\ns 253 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nKeeping and inspection etc of records about demand responsive service\ns 254 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nam SL2016-20 s 120\nDisplay of notice about maximum number of passengers\ns 255 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nAccreditation details to be displayed on demand responsive service vehicles\ns 256 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nAdvertisements for demand responsive services to display accreditation\nnumber\ns 257 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nInformation about fares to be displayed in demand responsive service\ns 258 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nPresence of security camera in demand responsive service vehicle to be\nindicated\ns 259 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nam A2014-49 amdt 1.44\nAir conditioning of demand responsive service vehicles\ns 260 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDemand responsive service vehicle livery\ns 261 ins SL2006-32 s 10\n(4), (5) exp 3 October 2006 (s 261 (5))\n\nOffensive material etc in or on demand responsive service vehicles\ns 262 ins SL2006-32 s 10\ns 263 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nAuthorised operator’s responsibilities for security camera recordings\ns 264 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nam A2014-49 amdt 1.44\nAuthorised operators to comply with service standard for lost property\ns 265 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nEffect of noncompliance notices—authorised operators\ns 266 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDemand responsive service vehicle drivers\ndiv 6.2.3 hdg ins SL2006-32 s 10\nRequirements about demand responsive service vehicle drivers stopping for\ns 267 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nWhere demand responsive service vehicle drivers must stop on a road\ns 268 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nMaximum number of passengers in demand responsive service vehicles\ns 269 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nWheelchair passengers in demand responsive service vehicles\ns 270 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nam SL2010-5 s 49; SL2017-44 amdts 1.32-1.34\nResponsibilities of demand responsive service vehicle drivers for security\ncameras\ns 271 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nRestrictions on carriage of goods in demand responsive service vehicles\ns 272 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nResponsibility of demand responsive service vehicle drivers for lost\nproperty\ns 273 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nBehaviour of demand responsive service vehicle drivers generally\ns 274 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDress and conduct of demand responsive service vehicle drivers\ns 275 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nResponsibility of drivers for condition of demand responsive service vehicle\ns 276 ins SL2006-32 s 10\n\nDrivers to remain in vehicle\ns 277 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nPassengers not to be carried on certain parts of a demand responsive\nservice vehicle\ns 278 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nEffect of noncompliance notices—demand responsive service vehicle\ns 279 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDemand responsive service tickets\ndiv 6.2.4 hdg ins SL2006-32 s 10\nMeaning of DRS ticket—div 6.2.4\ns 279A ins SL2016-20 s 121\nValidity of demand responsive service tickets\ns 280 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nam SL2016-20 s 122\nValid demand responsive service ticket required for travel\ns 281 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDemand responsive service tickets not transferable\ns 282 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDamaged or changed demand responsive service tickets not to be used\ns 283 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nConcession tickets for demand responsive service vehicles\ns 284 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nInspection and processing of demand responsive service tickets\ns 285 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nConduct of demand responsive service vehicle passengers\ndiv 6.2.5 hdg ins SL2006-32 s 10\nConduct of people in demand responsive service vehicles generally\ns 286 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nam A2009-51 amdt 1.7; SL2017-44 amdt 1.35\nDemand responsive service vehicle seats for older people and people with\ndisabilities\ns 287 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDrinking of liquor in demand responsive service vehicles generally\nprohibited\ns 288 ins SL2006-32 s 10\n\nEating and drinking in demand responsive service vehicles\ns 289 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nGetting on and getting off demand responsive service vehicles\ns 290 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nNo interference with demand responsive service vehicle equipment\ns 291 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nThrowing objects in or from demand responsive service vehicles\ns 292 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nTravel not allowed on certain parts of demand responsive service vehicle\ns 293 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nProperty not to be removed from demand responsive service vehicles\ns 294 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nNo littering in demand responsive service vehicles\ns 295 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nCarriage of animals in demand responsive service vehicles\ns 296 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nsub SL2020-32 s 8\nDemand responsive service vehicle passengers—soiled clothing etc\ns 297 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nIntoxicated demand responsive service vehicle passengers\ns 298 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nOffender to get out of demand responsive service vehicle when directed\ns 299 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nRemoval of people from demand responsive service vehicles\ns 300 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nLost property found by demand responsive service vehicle passengers\ns 301 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nOther matters relating to demand responsive services\ndiv 6.2.6 hdg (prev div 6.2.7 hdg) ins SL2006-32 s 10\nrenum R17 LA\nName Territory may operate demand responsive service under—Act, s 82A\ns 301A ins A2006-30 amdt 1.87\nsub SL2018-16 s 51\nCode of practice—dress of demand responsive service vehicle drivers\ns 302 ins SL2006-32 s 10\n\nStandards about security cameras in demand responsive service vehicles\ns 303 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nam A2013-44 amdt 3.183, amdt 3.184; A2025-29 amdt 4.160\nInterference with demand responsive service vehicle security cameras and\nrecordings\ns 304 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nDRS vehicles—bus stop and bus zone authorities\ns 305 ins SL2006-32 s 10\nOther matters relating to demand responsive services\ndiv 6.2.7 hdg renum as div 6.2.6 hdg\nDriver authority cards\nch 7 hdg sub SL2005-4 s 12\nom A2006-26 s 18\nins SL2010-7 s 39\nMeaning of driver authority card––ch 7\ns 306 ins SL2010-7 s 39\nDriver authority card to be displayed or shown\ns 307 ins SL2010-7 s 39\nam SL2016-26 s 4; ss renum R51 LA; A2018-19 s 16, s 17;\nA2025-29 amdt 4.160\nProduction of driver authority card\ns 308 ins SL2010-7 s 39\nDisciplinary action\nch 8 hdg orig ch 8 hdg\nexp 1 March 2003 (s 186)\nprev ch 8 hdg\nrenum as ch 9 hdg\npres ch 8 hdg\n(prev ch 6 hdg) sub SL2005-4 s 12\nrenum as ch 8 hdg SL2006-32 s 11\nSmall buses exemption\npt 8.1 hdg renum as pt 9.1 hdg\nGeneral provisions\npt 8.2 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\nModification of Act\npt 8.3 hdg ins SL2005-4 s 12\n\npt 8.4 hdg orig pt 8.4 hdg\nprev pt 8.4 hdg\nrenum as pt 9.4 hdg\nWheelchair-accessible taxi licences—issue to existing operators\npt 8.5 hdg renum as pt 9.5 hdg\npt 8.6 hdg renum as pt 9.6 hdg\nTaxi network accreditations\npt 8.7 hdg renum as pt 9.7 hdg\nMeaning of service authority for ch 8\ns 320 hdg (prev s 222 hdg) am SL2006-32 amdt 1.77\ns 320 (prev s 222) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 s 8\nam SL2016-20 s 123; pars renum R49 LA; A2018-19 s 18\nWhen authority may take action in relation to accreditations, licences and\napprovals\ns 321 hdg sub SL2016-20 s 124\ns 321 (prev s 223) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2005-39 s 26, s 27; SL2006-5 s 8; SL2006-32\namdt 1.87\nam SL2010-7 amdt 1.40; SL2016-20 ss 125-130\nAction that may be taken in relation to service authorities\ns 322 hdg sub SL2016-20 s 131\ns 322 (prev s 224) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2005-39 s 28; pars renum SL2005-39 s 29; SL2006-32\namdt 1.78, amdt 1.87\nam SL2016-20 s 132, s 133\nProcedure for authority taking disciplinary action\ns 323 (prev s 225) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.79\nam A2008-37 amdt 1.441; ss renum R23 LA\n\nImmediate suspension of service authority\ns 324 hdg sub SL2016-20 s 134\ns 324 (prev s 226) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.87\nam SL2010-7 s 40; pars renum R27 LA\nEffect of suspension of service authority\ns 325 hdg sub SL2016-20 s 134\ns 325 (prev s 227) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nsub SL2006-5 amdt 1.24\nReturn of service authority certificate etc\ns 326 hdg sub SL2016-20 s 134\ns 326 (prev s 228) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam A2012-21 amdt 3.169; A2016-18 amdt 3.203, amdt 3.204;\nSL2016-20 ss 135-137\nTracked vehicle—Act, dict, def vehicle, par (b)\ns 327 ins SL2012-44 s 7\nom A2013-19 amdt 3.432\nTransitional provisions\nch 9 hdg (prev ch 8 hdg) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nrenum SL2006-32 s 11\nom R34 LA\nSmall buses exemption\npt 9.1 hdg (prev pt 8.1 hdg) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nexp 1 July 2010 (s 500 (4))\nExemption of certain small buses—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 500 hdg sub SL2010-7 amdt 1.41\ns 500 (prev s 236) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nam SL2006-59 s 29\nexp 1 July 2010 (s 500 (4))\nDefinitions for pt 8.2\ns 501 (prev s 237) ins SL2005-4 s 12\ndef commencement ins SL2005-4 s 12\ndef General Act ins SL2005-4 s 12\n\nApplication for transfer of private hire car operator’s licence\ns 502 (prev s 238) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nSuspended hire car licences\ns 503 (prev s 239) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nPending applications for restricted hire vehicle operator’s licences\ns 504 (prev s 240) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nVariation of restricted hire car licence conditions\ns 505 (prev s 241) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nReview of decisions of authority\ns 506 (prev s 242) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nNoncompliance notices\ns 507 (prev s 243) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nTaxi network performance standards\ns 508 (prev s 244) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nExpiry of pt 8.2\ns 509 (prev s 245) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nModification of Act, pt 9, s 90—Act, s 89\ns 510 (prev s 246) ins SL2005-4 s 12\nExpiry of pt 8.3\ns 511 (prev s 247) ins SL2005-4 s 12\n\npt 9.4 hdg (prev pt 8.4 hdg) ins SL2006-5 s 10\nexp 30 June 2008 (s 513)\ns 512 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nexp 30 June 2008 (s 513 (LA s 88 declaration applies))\nExpiry—pt 9.4\ns 513 hdg sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.80\ns 513 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nexp 30 June 2008 (s 513)\nWheelchair-accessible taxi licences—issue to existing operators\npt 9.5 hdg (prev pt 8.5 hdg) ins SL2006-5 s 10\nApplication—pt 9.5\ns 514 hdg sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.81\ns 514 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nPower to issue licence to existing wheelchair-accessible taxi operators\ns 515 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nam SL2006-31 amdt 1.19\nNotice to existing operators\ns 516 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nIssue of licence to existing operator\ns 517 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nExpiry—pt 9.5\ns 518 hdg sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.82\ns 518 ins SL2006-5 s 10\npt 9.6 hdg (prev pt 8.6 hdg) ins SL2006-5 s 10\nexp 30 June 2008 (s 520)\ns 519 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nexp 30 June 2008 (s 520 (LA s 88 declaration applies))\n\nExpiry—pt 9.6\ns 520 hdg sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.83\ns 520 ins SL2006-5 s 10\nexp 30 June 2008 (s 520)\nTaxi network accreditations\npt 9.7 hdg (prev pt 8.7 hdg) ins SL2006-26 s 32\nAccreditations to operate taxi network\ns 521 ins SL2006-26 s 32\nExpiry—pt 9.7\ns 522 hdg sub SL2006-32 amdt 1.84\ns 522 ins SL2006-26 s 32\nMiscellaneous\nch 10 hdg ins SL2012-44 s 7\nom A2013-19 amdt 3.432\nTransitional—Road Transport (Taxi Industry Innovation) Legislation\nAmendment Regulation 2016 (No 1)\nch 11 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nAccreditation\npt 11.1 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nApplication for accreditation to operate taxi network to be application for\naccreditation to operate transport booking service\ns 523 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nAccreditation to operate taxi network to be accreditation to operate transport\nbooking service\ns 524 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nIndependent taxi operators taken to be accredited\ns 525 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nexp 1 November 2016 (s 525 (3))\n\nAccepted service standards\ns 526 ins SL2016-20 s 138\n(3), (4) for a transport booking service exp 1 November 2016\n(s 526 (4) (a))\n(3), (4) for any other regulated service exp 1 February 2017\n(s 526 (4) (b))\npt 11.2 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nExemption for interim rideshare booking services—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 527 ins SL2016-20 s 138\npt 11.3 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nDefined right reserve list to be taxi licence waiting list\ns 528 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nNon-transferable leased taxi licences to be standard taxi licences\ns 529 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nWheelchair-accessible taxi licences\ns 530 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nNSW cross-border taxi licences to expire\ns 531 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nTaxi drivers—knowledge and skills\ns 532 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nStandards about security cameras in taxis\ns 533 ins SL2016-20 s 138\npt 11.4 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nExemption for interim rideshare drivers—Act, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 534 ins SL2016-20 s 138\n\nExemption for registered operators of interim rideshare vehicles—\nAct, s 128 (1) (a)\ns 535 ins SL2016-20 s 138\npt 11.5 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nHire car drivers—knowledge and skills\ns 536 ins SL2016-20 s 138\npt 11.6 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nApplications for DRS authorisations\ns 537 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nExpiry\npt 11.7 hdg ins SL2016-20 s 138\nExpiry—ch 11\ns 538 ins SL2016-20 s 138\nService standards\nsch 1 hdg am SL2004-47 s 27\nsub SL2005-4 s 13; SL2016-20 s 139\nBus services\nsch 1 pt 1.1 am SL2004-47 s 28, s 29\nsub SL2005-4 s 13\nam SL2010-7 amdt 1.42\nsch 1 pt 1.2 am SL2003-32 s 17, amdt 1.17; SL2004-47 s 30, s 31\nsub SL2005-4 s 13; SL2016-20 s 140\nsch 1 pt 1.3 hdg sub SL2006-5 amdt 1.25; SL2016-20 s 141\nsch 1 pt 1.3 am SL2004-47 regs 32–36; pars renum R8 LA (see\nSL2004-47 s 37)\nsub SL2005-4 s 13\nam SL2006-5 amdt 1.26; SL2016-20 s 142, s 143\nRideshare services\nsch 1 pt 1.3A ins SL2016-20 s 144\n\nsch 1 pt 1.4 hdg am SL2006-5 amdt 1.27\nsub SL2016-20 s 145\nsch 1 pt 1.4 sub SL2005-4 s 13\nam SL2010-7 amdt 1.43; SL2016-20 s 146\nRestricted hire car services\nsch 1 pt 1.5 hdg am SL2006-5 amdt 1.27\nsch 1 pt 1.5 sub SL2005-4 s 13\nam SL2010-7 amdt 1.44\nom SL2016-20 s 147\nsch 1 pt 1.6 ins SL2006-32 s 13\nam SL2010-7 amdt 1.45\ndict am SL2003-32 amdt 1.18; SL2005-4 amdt 1.20, amdt 1.21;\nSL2006-31 amdt 1.22; SL2006-32 s 14; A2009-20\namdt 3.190; A2009-49 admt 3.156; A2010-18 amdt 3.84,\namdt 3.85; A2012-21 amdt 3.170; SL2012-37 s 13; A2013-19\namdt 3.433; A2015-33 amdt 1.209; SL2017-44 amdt 1.36;\nA2018-19 s 19; A2019-21 s 92, s 93\nam A2017-4 amdt 3.184, amdt 3.185\ndef accepted service standard sub SL2004-47 s 38\ndef accreditation ins SL2003-32 amdt 1.19\nsub SL2016-20 s 148; A2018-19 s 20\ndef accredited om SL2003-32 amdt 1.19\ndef accredited assistance animal ins SL2020-32 s 9\ndef accredited operator sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.20;\ndef accredited taxi-cab operator ins SL2006-5 s 11\ndef accredited taxi network provider om SL2003-32\namdt 1.21\ndef accredited taxi network provider’s taxi booking service\nins SL2012-37 s 14\ndef ACT region ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef ACT taxi region om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef affiliated om SL2003-32 amdt 1.21\ndef affiliated driver ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef affiliated driver record ins SL2016-20 s 148\n\ndef affiliated hire car driver ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef affiliated operator record ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef affiliated taxi driver ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef another jurisdiction om SL2003-32 amdt 1.21\ndef applicable vehicle standards ins SL2005-4 amdt 1.22\ndef applicant sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.22; SL2005-4 amdt 1.23;\ndef approved educational qualifications sub SL2016-20\ns 148\ndef approved identifier ins SL2019-15 s 16\ndef approved minimum service standards ins SL2005-4\ns 14\nsub SL2012-37 s 15\ndef approved taxi network performance standard om\nSL2005-4 amdt 1.24\ndef approved wheelchair-accessible taxi driver training\ncourse sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef Australian Design Rule om A2010-18 amdt 3.86\ndef Australian Road Rules om A2010-18 amdt 3.87\ndef authorised examiner ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef authorised fixed-fare hiring ins SL2003-32 s 13\nam SL2010-7 amdt 1.46\ndef authorised operator ins SL2006-32 s 15\ndef authorised person ins SL2016-20 s 148\nom A2017-4 amdt 3.186\ndef available ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef availability determination ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef availability notice ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef beginning om SL2003-32 amdt 1.23\ndef begins ins SL2003-32 amdt 1.23\ndef bookable vehicle licensee ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef booking fee om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef bus sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef bus driver sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef bus service om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef bus stop om SL2005-4 amdt 1.24\nins SL2018-16 s 52\ndef bus stop area ins A2025-31 s 13\ndef bus ticket sub SL2016-20 s 148; A2018-19 s 21\n\ndef certificate of inspection ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef concession bus ticket ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef concession light rail ticket ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef declared payment methods ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef declared state of alert ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef declared state of emergency ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef defined right ins SL2006-5 s 11\ndef disciplinary notice sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.25\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.87\ndef drive sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef driver om A2010-18 amdt 3.88\ndef driver authority card ins SL2010-7 amdt 1.47\ndef driver licence ins SL2015-34 s 6\nom A2017-4 amdt 3.186\ndef DRS ins SL2006-32 s 15\ndef DRS authorisation label ins SL2006-32 s 15\ndef DRS ticket ins SL2006-32 s 15\ndef DRS vehicle driver ins SL2006-32 s 15\ndef duplicate restricted hire car licence ins SL2005-4\namdt 1.26\ndef duress alarm ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef ending om SL2003-32 amdt 1.24\ndef ends ins SL2003-32 amdt 1.24\ndef executive officer ins SL2005-4 amdt 1.26\ndef fare sub SL2003-32 s 14; SL2016-20 s 148\ndef fare deposit sub SL2003-32 s 15\ndef fitted ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef fittings om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef goods sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef hire car driver ins SL2005-4 s 15\n\ndef hirer sub SL2005-4 s 16; SL2016-20 s 148\ndef home address om A2009-49 amdt 3.157\ndef immediate suspension notice sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.27\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.85\ndef in sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef independent taxi booking service ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef inspect om A2006-26 s 33\ndef interim rideshare booking service ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef interim rideshare booking service agreement ins\nSL2015-34 s 6\ndef interim rideshare driver ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef interim rideshare driver agreement ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef interim rideshare vehicle ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef ITO pilot ins SL2012-1 s 5\ndef ITO pilot period ins SL2012-1 s 5\ndef ITSO approval ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef ITSO eligibility criteria ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef jump-the-queue fee ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef leased hire car licence ins SL2005-4 s 17\ndef licence om SL2003-32 amdt 1.25\ndef light rail driver ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef light rail driving assessor ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef light rail driving instructor ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef light rail stop ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef light rail ticket ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef liquor am A2010-43 amdt 1.66\ndef low-alcohol liquor ins A2018-19 s 22\ndef mandatory disqualifying offence sub SL2005-4\namdt 1.28\nom SL2006-59 s 30\ndef maximum payment surcharge ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef medical fitness certificate ins SL2015-34 s 6\n\ndef member ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef motor vehicle om SL2003-32 amdt 1.25\ndef multiple hiring sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef noncompliance notice sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.29\nom A2006-26 s 33\ndef non-transferable leased taxi licence ins SL2005-31 s 18\ndef NSW cross-border taxi ins SL2006-5 s 11\ndef NSW cross-border taxi licence ins SL2006-5 s 11\ndef operate sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef operating ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef passenger number ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef payment surcharge ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef perpetual taxi licence ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef pre-approval ins SL2016-20 s 148\nsub A2017-4 amdt 3.187\ndef pre-approval register ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef prescribed driver authority information ins SL2005-39\ns 30\ndef proposed service standards ins SL2005-4 s 17\ndef public passenger service om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef public passenger vehicle om R9 LA\ndef public passenger vehicle policy ins SL2010-7 amdt 1.48\ndef public vehicle licence sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef public vehicle policy om SL2010-7 amdt 1.49\ndef recording om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef registered vehicle ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef registration number sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef regular route service om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef regulated service sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.26; SL2016-20\ns 148; A2018-19 s 23\ndef relevant person sub SL2003-32 amdt 1.27; SL2005-4\namdt 1.30; SL2016-20 s 148\ndef required medical standards ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef restricted hire car licence label ins SL2005-4 amdt 1.31\n\ndef restricted taxi om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef restricted taxi licence om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef restricted taxi service om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef rideshare ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef rideshare booking service ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef rideshare driver ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef rideshare service ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef rideshare vehicle ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef rideshare vehicle identifier ins SL2019-15 s 16\ndef rideshare vehicle label ins SL2019-15 s 16\ndef rideshare vehicle licence label ins SL2016-20 s 148\nom SL2019-15 s 17\ndef rideshare vehicle suitability certificate ins SL2015-34\ns 6\ndef road om SL2003-32 amdt 1.28\ndef road transport authority om SL2003-32 amdt 1.28\ndef road transport legislation om A2010-18 amdt 3.88\ndef security camera sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef security device ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef service authority sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.32\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.86, amdt 1.88\ndef service contract ins SL2012-37 s 16\ndef service standard om SL2005-4 amdt 1.33\ndef service standards ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef standard taxi ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef standard taxi licence ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef stand-by hire car ins SL2005-39 s 30\nsub SL2016-20 s 148; A2017-4 amdt 3.187\ndef stand-by hire car permit ins SL2005-39 s 30\ndef stand-by hire car permit label ins SL2005-39 s 30\ndef stand-by taxi sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef surge pricing ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef taxi sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef taxi booking service om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef taxi licence om SL2016-20 s 148\n\ndef taxi network om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef taxi licence waiting list ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef taxi service sub SL2012-1 s 6\ndef taxi zone sub SL2016-20 s 148\nam SL2017-44 amdt 1.37\ndef third-party property insurance policy ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef time of effect sub SL2005-4 amdt 1.34\nom A2006-26 s 33\ndef tour and charter service om SL2016-20 s 148\ndef transferable leased taxi licence ins SL2006-5 s 11\ndef usual hire car ins SL2005-39 s 30\nsub SL2016-20 s 148; A2017-4 amdt 3.187\ndef vehicle inspection station ins SL2015-34 s 6\ndef vehicle standards om SL2005-4 amdt 1.35\ndef WCBS ins SL2012-37 s 16\ndef WCBS operator ins SL2012-37 s 16\ndef WCBS’s approved procedures ins SL2012-37 s 16\ndef WCBS’s approved rules ins SL2012-37 s 16\ndef wheelchair sub SL2016-20 s 148\nam SL2017-44 amdt 1.38\ndef wheelchair-accessible taxi sub SL2016-20 s 148\ndef wheelchair-accessible taxi booking service (WTBS) ins\ndef wheelchair-accessible taxi centralised booking service\n(WCBS) ins SL2012-37 s 16\ndef wheelchair-accessible taxi licence ins SL2006-5 s 11\ndef wheelchair-dependent person ins SL2003-32 s 16\ndef wheeled recreational device ins SL2017-44 amdt 1.39\ndef WTBS ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef WTBS operator ins SL2016-20 s 148\ndef WTBS’s approved procedures and rules ins SL2016-20\ns 148\n\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\n1 not amended 1 March 2002\n2 not amended 1 January 2003\n3 not amended 1 March 2003\n4 not amended 2 March 2003\n5 SL2003-32 23 September 2003\n6 SL2003-43 11 November 2003\n7 SL2003-43 2 July 2004\n8 SL2004-47 10 September 2004\n9 SL2004-47 2 November 2004\n10 SL2005-4 9 March 2005\n11 SL2005-4 13 December 2005\n12 SL2005-39 15 December 2005\n13 SL2006-5 7 March 2006\n14 SL2006-5 11 March 2006\n15 A2006-30 1 July 2006\n16 SL2006-31 2 July 2006\n17 SL2006-32 3 July 2006\n18 SL2006-32 4 October 2006\n19 SL2006-59 1 January 2007\n20 SL2006-59 11 March 2007\n21* SL2006-59 1 October 2007\n\nEarlier republications 5\n22 SL2006-59 1 July 2008\n23 A2008-37 2 February 2009\n24 A2009-20 22 September 2009\n25 A2009-49 17 December 2009\n26 SL2010-5 15 March 2010\n27 SL2010-7 17 March 2010\n28 SL2010-7 7 April 2010\n29 A2010-18 3 June 2010\n30 A2010-18 2 July 2010\n31 A2010-43 1 December 2010\n32* A2010-43 9 December 2010\n33 SL2011-2 28 January 2011\n34 SL2011-2 12 August 2011\n35 SL2011-32 1 February 2012\n36 SL2012-1 1 March 2012\n37 A2012-21 5 June 2012\n38 SL2012-37 11 September 2012\n39 SL2012-44 20 December 2012\n40 A2013-19 14 June 2013\n41 SL2013-14 1 July 2013\n42 A2013-44 25 November 2013\n43 A2014-49 17 November 2014\n44 A2014-49 2 March 2015\n45 SL2015-11 16 April 2015\n46 A2015-33 14 October 2015\n47 SL2015-34 30 October 2015\n48 A2016-18 27 April 2016\n\n49 SL2016-20 1 August 2016\n50 A2016-49 24 August 2016\n51 SL2016-26 9 September 2016\n52 SL2016-26 2 November 2016\n53 SL2016-26 2 February 2017\n54 A2017-4 9 March 2017\n55 SL2017-44 30 April 2018\n56 A2018-19 24 May 2018\n57 A2018-19 2 August 2018\n58 SL2018-16 8 October 2018\n59 SL2019-15 15 July 2019\n60 A2019-21 22 August 2019\n61 A2019-21 18 September 2019\n62 A2019-12 1 February 2020\n63 SL2020-11 3 April 2020\n64 SL2020-32 28 August 2020\n65 SL2025-23 3 November 2025\n66 A2025-31 13 November 2025\n\nExpired transitional or validating provisions 6\n","sortOrder":364},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Expired transitional or validating provisions","content":"6 Expired transitional or validating provisions\nThis Act may be affected by transitional or validating provisions that have expired.\nThe expiry does not affect any continuing operation of the provisions (see\nLegislation Act 2001, s 88 (1)).\nExpired provisions are removed from the republished law when the expiry takes\neffect and are listed in the amendment history using the abbreviation ‘exp’ followed\nby the date of the expiry.\nTo find the expired provisions see the version of this Act before the expiry took\neffect. The ACT legislation register has point-in-time versions of this Act.","sortOrder":365}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":961},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation has expanded significantly from its original 2002 scope. Originally focused on traditional bus services and taxis, it now encompasses: (1) light rail services (Chapter 3AA added to cover Canberra's light rail network); (2) ridesharing services (Part 3A.3, reflecting the emergence of Uber and similar platforms); (3) detailed security device requirements including GPS tracking and duress alarms; (4) complex payment surcharge regulations tied to Commonwealth payment systems law; (5) emergency pricing controls; and (6) interstate recognition arrangements for NSW operators. The 'bookable vehicles' framework (Chapter 3A) represents a major structural addition that consolidates taxis, rideshares, and hire cars under unified regulatory treatment."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing between the Regulation and the parent Act (Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001)","Multiple defined terms with signpost definitions pointing to other legislation (e.g., 'road transport legislation' refers to the Road Transport (General) Act 1999)","Nested conditional logic for offences—many sections have 4-6 subsections with multiple elements that must all be satisfied","Strict liability offences throughout (no need to prove intent), with specific exceptions and evidential burdens","Complex licensing hierarchies: perpetual taxi licences, standard taxi licences, wheelchair-accessible taxi licences, transferable leased taxi licences, pre-approvals, and waiting lists","Detailed procedural requirements for applications, renewals, amendments, and disciplinary actions with specific timeframes (14 days, 28 days, 60 days, 120 days)","Extensive record-keeping obligations with 2-year retention periods and inspection requirements","Multiple overlapping regulatory frameworks: accreditation, licensing, service standards, and criminal offences","Conditional exemptions and special rules for interstate operators (NSW bookable vehicles)","Wheelchair-accessible taxi booking services (WTBS) create a parallel regulatory structure within the broader transport booking service framework"],"plain_english_summary":"This ACT regulation governs how public passenger services operate in the Territory, covering everything from buses and light rail to taxis, rideshares, hire cars, and demand-responsive services (like community transport).\n\n**What it does:**\n\n- **Sets up an accreditation system** (Chapter 2): Anyone wanting to operate a regulated public passenger service must apply to the Road Transport Authority for accreditation. The Authority can refuse applications if people have criminal records, are bankrupt, or aren't considered \"suitable persons.\" Accreditations last up to 6 years and come with conditions.\n\n- **Regulates bus services** (Chapter 3): Bus operators must maintain vehicles properly, keep detailed records, report accidents within 24 hours, and ensure drivers hold proper licences. Passengers must have valid tickets, can't transfer tickets to others, and face rules about behaviour, alcohol, and where they can sit.\n\n- **Covers light rail** (Chapter 3AA): Similar rules apply to Canberra's light rail system, including driver licensing, ticket requirements, passenger conduct rules, and security camera requirements.\n\n- **Controls \"bookable vehicles\"** (Chapter 3A): This includes taxis, rideshares (like Uber), and hire cars. The regulation:\n  - Requires transport booking services to ensure drivers are properly licensed and vehicles are registered\n  - Sets up a waiting list system for taxi licences with \"pre-approvals\"\n  - Mandates security devices in taxis (duress alarms, GPS tracking, security cameras)\n  - Prohibits \"jump-the-queue\" fees and upfront tipping\n  - Bans surge pricing during declared emergencies\n  - Requires wheelchair-accessible taxis to give priority to wheelchair-dependent passengers\n\n- **Manages demand-responsive services** (Chapter 6): Community transport and similar services need authorisations, must maintain vehicles properly, and keep driver records.\n\n- **Provides enforcement tools** (Chapter 8): The Authority can suspend or cancel accreditations and licences for breaches, with procedural safeguards.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Public transport operators (bus, light rail, taxi, rideshare, hire car companies)\n- Drivers of these services\n- Passengers using public transport\n- Transport booking services (apps and dispatch services)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThe regulation ensures public passenger services are safe, reliable, and accessible—particularly for vulnerable users like people with disabilities. It balances industry regulation with consumer protection, and has been updated over time to include modern services like ridesharing."},"summary":{"name":"Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002","slug":"road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002","title_id":"sl-2002-3","version_id":173789,"analysis_type":"summary","content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Current version as at 5 January 2026 (Republication 67, last amended A2025-31). Complete regulation. Source is large due to detailed provisions repeated across service types."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple service types each with their own regulatory sub-regime","Complex taxi licence structure including waiting lists, pre-approvals, and wheelchair-accessible taxi network requirements","Transport booking service (rideshare) provisions interacting with taxi and hire car regimes","Detailed driver authority card and disciplinary action chapters","Large document (619k chars) with extensive provision repetition across service types"],"plain_english_summary":"The Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 (ACT) is the principal operative regulation under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 (ACT). It sets out in detail the rules governing all forms of regulated public passenger services in the Australian Capital Territory: buses, light rail, taxis, rideshare and other bookable vehicles, hire cars, demand responsive services, and driver authority cards.\n\nThe regulation is organised by service type. Chapter 2 establishes the accreditation regime applicable to all regulated service operators, including application procedures, mandatory and discretionary grounds for refusal, conditions, and ongoing compliance obligations. Chapters 3 and 3AA cover bus and light rail services respectively, dealing with vehicle maintenance, driver licensing, security cameras, passenger behaviour, tickets, lost property, and police and authorised person enforcement powers. Chapter 3A is the most commercially dynamic chapter, covering transport booking services (including rideshare platforms), taxis (standard, wheelchair-accessible, and network), and hire cars.\n\nFor passengers and the public, the regulation specifies rules of conduct on buses and light rail: valid tickets required, restrictions on liquor, animals, and dangerous items, prohibition on damaging property, and powers for drivers, police officers, and authorised persons to direct persons to leave vehicles or stops. For operators, the regulation imposes detailed record-keeping, vehicle standards, notification, and display obligations.\n\nPenalties for most offences are expressed in penalty units, with strict liability applying to most compliance offences. At the republication date (January 2026), a penalty unit is $160 for individuals and $810 for corporations. Chapter 8 provides for disciplinary action against accredited operators and licence holders."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":10,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally a slim regulation covering only bus and taxi services when made in 2002, it has expanded dramatically to include light rail services (added 2018), ridesharing (added 2016), transport booking services (app-based platforms), hire cars, demand-responsive services, and extensive new compliance requirements (e.g. security cameras, GPS tracking, fare controls). The regulation now covers a much broader range of services and imposes far more prescriptive obligations than its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Over 300 pages of text, including extensive schedules and a large dictionary","More than 100 defined terms, many cross-referenced to other legislation","Multiple chapters, parts, and divisions with nested numbering","Numerous strict liability offences with varying penalty units","Cross-references to the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001, other ACT laws, and Commonwealth legislation","Conditional exemptions and exceptions with complex triggers","Detailed procedural provisions for applications, renewals, and disciplinary actions","Separate but parallel rules for different service types (bus, light rail, taxi, rideshare, hire car, DRS)","Frequent amendments over 24 years, adding layered transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets detailed rules for public transport services in the ACT, including buses, light rail, taxis, ridesharing (e.g. Uber), hire cars, and on-demand (demand-responsive) services. It requires operators and drivers to be accredited or licensed, and imposes conditions on vehicle standards, driver qualifications, fare setting, record-keeping, and passenger conduct. The regulation also covers security devices (e.g. duress alarms, GPS, cameras), pricing practices (banning surge pricing during emergencies), and provides for disciplinary action such as fines, suspension, or cancellation of licences. While intended to ensure safety and service reliability, the rules are detailed and prescriptive, creating significant compliance burdens for operators and restricting how they compete on price or service flexibility. For instance, taxi fares are largely set by the government, rideshare surge pricing is banned during emergencies, and drivers face strict rules about routes and tipping. Passengers are also subject to various offences for behaviour like not having a valid ticket, drinking alcohol, or causing inconvenience. The regulation has grown far beyond its original focus on buses and taxis to cover modern services like ridesharing and booking apps."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002","history":"/api/acts/road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/road-transport-public-passenger-services-regulation-2002/documents"}}