Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991
20Conditions of taxi licence
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20 Conditions of taxi licence (1) A taxi licence is subject to the conditions that the Director thinks fit and specifies in the licence. (2) The Director may, from time to time, by written notice to a taxi licence holder, amend or revoke the conditions of the licence or add new conditions. (3) The conditions of a taxi licence are to be substantially the same for all taxi licences unless the Director is satisfied, on stated grounds in a particular case, that different conditions are reasonable. (4) The Director may require the holder of a taxi licence to return it to the Director for a replacement licence to be issued specifying new or amended conditions. (5) The Director may require the holder of a taxi licence to join a (6) It is a condition of a taxi licence that the taxi endorsed on the licence is used as a taxi and is maintained to the approved standard. (8) It is a condition of a taxi licence that the taxi endorsed on the licence is registered under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949 in the name of the taxi licence holder. (9) It is a condition of a taxi licence that the holder of the licence is to ensure that any injury to a person arising out of or in the course of the person's engagement to drive the taxi endorsed on the licence is covered by a policy of insurance.