NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (COURTESY
VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2003
As in force at 21 January 2026
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1
4 Operator to maintain records ........................................................... 1
5 Operator to furnish information ........................................................ 2
10 Plying for hire prohibited .................................................................. 2
11 Hiring arrangements ........................................................................ 2
12 No touting or soliciting ..................................................................... 3
16 Purchase of intoxicating liquor prohibited ........................................ 3
19 Illegal purpose ................................................................................. 4
20 Driver to have identity card or approved form of identification ......... 4
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 21 January 2026
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (COURTESY
VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2003
Regulations under the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport
Act 1991
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Commercial Passenger
(Road) Transport (Courtesy Vehicles) Regulations 2003.
2 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on the commencement of
Part 5B of the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991.
3 Definitions
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
driver means the person driving or in charge of a courtesy vehicle.
hiring, of a courtesy vehicle, means the use of the courtesy vehicle
to carry passengers for hire or reward.
operator means a person who operates a courtesy vehicle
otherwise than only as a driver.
4 Operator to maintain records
(1) An operator must make a written record of:
(a) the courtesy vehicle;
(b) the dates and times during which the courtesy vehicle is
operated for hiring;
(c) the full name and residential address of the driver during those
periods and the number of the driver's licence issued to him or
her under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949;
(d) each hiring made by the courtesy vehicle; and
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(e) any other matter that the Director requires as a condition of
the operator's licence.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) An operator must ensure that the record referred to in
subregulation (1):
(a) is kept in a safe place at the principal place of business of the
operator; and
(b) is produced whenever required by an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
5 Operator to furnish information
An operator must, whenever requested by the Director to do so,
furnish to the Director within the time specified by the Director full
and correct information about any details specified in the request
relating to any hiring made by the courtesy vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
10 Plying for hire prohibited
A person must not use a courtesy vehicle for the purpose of
standing or plying for hire.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
11 Hiring arrangements
(1) A person must not use a courtesy vehicle (whether as the driver or
a passenger) for a hiring unless the carriage of passengers:
(a) is offered as an inducement in respect of an agreement for the
provision of accommodation or an activity for recreation or
pleasure; and
(b) is provided without payment of a fare.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) A driver must not ask for, or accept, payment of a fare for a hiring of
the courtesy vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
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(3) If:
(a) the carriage of passengers by a courtesy vehicle is offered as
an inducement in respect of an agreement for the provision of
accommodation or an activity for recreation or pleasure; and
(b) a person enters into an agreement for the provision of that
accommodation or activity,
the operator must provide:
(c) the courtesy vehicle; or
(d) if unable to do so – another commercial passenger vehicle,
to carry the person in accordance with the offer but otherwise
subject to the Act and any regulations under the Act.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
12 No touting or soliciting
(1) A person must not tout or solicit for passengers for a courtesy
vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the
person:
(a) publicises or promotes the provision of accommodation or an
activity for recreation or pleasure; and
(b) as part of that publicity or promotion, offers to carry
passengers in a courtesy vehicle as an inducement in respect
of an agreement for the provision of that accommodation or
activity.
16 Purchase of intoxicating liquor prohibited
(1) An operator or a driver must not agree to a hiring of the courtesy
vehicle under which the driver is required to purchase intoxicating
liquor for or on behalf of another person whether or not that other
person is a passenger.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
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(2) A driver must not during a hiring of the courtesy vehicle purchase
intoxicating liquor for himself or herself or for or on behalf of a
passenger or another person.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(3) A passenger must not during a hiring of the courtesy vehicle
purchase intoxicating liquor for himself or herself or for or on behalf
of another passenger or other person.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
19 Illegal purpose
An operator or a driver must not:
(a) use the courtesy vehicle for an illegal purpose; or
(b) cause or permit the courtesy vehicle to be used for an illegal
purpose.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
20 Driver to have identity card or approved form of identification
(1) For section 74 of the Act, a courtesy vehicle is a prescribed class of
commercial passenger vehicle.
(2) An identity card issued under section 74 of the Act to a driver is to:
(a) display the name of the driver;
(b) display a recent photograph of the driver;
(c) specify the expiry date of the card; and
(d) indicate that the holder of the card is authorised to drive a
courtesy vehicle.
(3) A driver must during a hiring of the courtesy vehicle:
(a) display his or her identity card issued under subregulation (2)
or other form of identification approved by the Director under
section 74(10) of the Act in a conspicuous place in the
courtesy vehicle while driving the courtesy vehicle; and
(b) produce that identity card or other approved form of
identification when requested by a passenger or an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
ENDNOTES
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Courtesy Vehicle Regulations (SL No. 49, 2003)
Notified 1 October 2003
Commenced 1 October 2003 (r 2, s 2 Commercial Passenger (Road)
Transport Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 (Act No. 40, 2003)
and Gaz G38, 24 September 2003, p 2)
Fees and Charges (Transport) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SL No. 45, 2012)
Notified 14 December 2012
Commenced 1 January 2013 (r 2)
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date 12 July 2013
Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Commercial Passenger Vehicle Legislation Amendment Regulations 2017
(SL No. 34, 2017)
Notified 29 November 2017
Commenced 1 December 2017 (r 2)
Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2022 (Act No. 5,
2022)
Assent date 14 April 2022
Commenced pt 7: 25 May 2023 (Gaz G11, 25 May 2023, p 2);
rem: 25 May 2022 (Gaz G21, 25 May 2022, p 1)
Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 23, 2025)
Assent date 12 September 2025
Commenced pts 2, 4, 5 and 6: 21 January 2026 (Gaz S5,
19 January 2026); rem: 18 November 2025 (Gaz S69,
17 November 2025)
ENDNOTES
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3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: rr 1, 2 and 4.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 1 amd Act No. 23, 2025, s 66
rr 4 – 5 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rr 6 – 9 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11
rr 10 – 12 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rr 13 – 15 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11
r 16 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rr 17 – 18 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11
r 19 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
r 20 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4; Act No. 5, 2022, s 67
r 21 amd No. 45, 2012, r 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11