Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011
14Taxi drivers and luxury hire car drivers to be taken to be workers
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 14
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011.
14 Taxi drivers and luxury hire car drivers to be taken to be workers
(1) A person who drives a vehicle as a luxury hire car with the consent or authority of a person who holds a licence, or other authority, in this State to operate a luxury hire car is to be taken to be, for the purposes of this Act, a worker employed by the holder of the licence or other authority, while the person is driving the vehicle or performing any associated activity.
(2) A person who drives a vehicle as a taxi is to be taken to be, for the purposes of this Act, a worker employed by the holder of a licence or other authority to operate the vehicle as a taxi, while the person is driving the taxi or performing any associated activity.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a vehicle is operated as a luxury hire car or a taxi if it is a luxury hire car, or taxi, respectively, for the purposes of an enactment of this State as in force at the time the vehicle is so operated.
(4) This section does not apply to a driver of a luxury hire car or taxi if the driver is also the holder of the licence or other authority.