Section 4 - Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 - Passenger services

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4 Passenger services

(1) In this Act—

passenger does not include a person employed with respect to a passenger service or the provision of a booking service, or a person carrying out work for the provider of a passenger service or booking service, while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity.

passenger service means the transport, by a motor vehicle (other than a bus), of passengers within, or partly within, this State for a fare.

Note—

A taxi service is a type of passenger service, as is a service provided using a hire vehicle.

provide a passenger service means carry on the business of providing a passenger service.

Note—

This includes providing a taxi service.

(2) The following services are not passenger services—

(a) a community transport service,

(b) a service conducted according to regular routes and timetables or according to regular routes and at regular intervals,

(c) a service conducted according to one or more regular routes, in which each passenger is transported for a distance of not less than 40 kilometres.

(3) A service that provides transport by a motor vehicle that is generally conducted on land that is not a road or road related area is not a passenger service.

(4) The regulations may provide that the provision of any transport prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section is or is not a passenger service.

s 4: Am 2022 No 79, Sch 1[2].