6Booking service providers

6 Booking service providers

(1)  For the purposes of this regulation –

community transport service means a transport service provided by –

(a) an organisation that provides a service in pursuit of the primary purposes of that organisation and that is –

(i) a not-for-profit organisation; and

(ii) funded entirely or partially by any of the following or a combination of any of the following:

(a) the Commonwealth;

(b) the State;

(c) a council; or

(b) an organisation that is, or is entitled to be, endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a charitable or benevolent institution; or

(c) a council.

(2)  For the purposes of section 8A(4) of the Act, the following persons are prescribed to be a booking service provider:

(a) a person who provides a taxi dispatch service or other communication network that operates in a taxi area that is not a remote taxi area;

(b) a person who permits a ride-sourcing driver to operate a passenger transport service by means of ride-sourcing software.

(3)  For the purposes of section 8A(5) of the Act, the following persons are prescribed not to be a booking service provider:

(a) a person who provides a community transport service;

(b) a person who provides radio or dispatch services in relation to services in, or responses to, an emergency within the meaning of the Emergency Management Act 2006 ;

(c) a person who provides, or provides services in relation to, the tuition of drivers;

(d) a person who is the licence holder, accredited operator or registered operator in relation to a vehicle being operated as a taxi and is affiliated with a booking service provider;