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Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016
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#### 4 Passenger services
4 Passenger services
> > (1) In this Act—
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> > 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.
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> > passenger service means the transport, by a motor vehicle (other than a bus), of passengers within, or partly within, this State for a fare.
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> > Note—
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> > A taxi service is a type of passenger service, as is a service provided using a hire vehicle.
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> > provide a passenger service means carry on the business of providing a passenger service.
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> > Note—
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> > This includes providing a taxi service.
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> > (2) The following services are not passenger services—
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> > > (a) a community transport service,
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> > > (b) a service conducted according to regular routes and timetables or according to regular routes and at regular intervals,
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> > > (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.
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> > (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.
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> > (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.
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> **s 4:** Am 2022 No 79, Sch 1\[2\].