5Taxi services and taxis

5 Taxi services and taxis

5 Taxi services and taxis

(1) In this Act—

affiliated provider means a person who provides a taxi service and who, for that purpose, obtains services from another provider who facilitates the provision of that taxi service.

taxi means a motor vehicle used to provide a taxi service.

taxi service means a passenger service where the transport is by a motor vehicle that—

(a) plies or stands for hire on a road or road related area, or

(b) is authorised under this Act to ply or stand for hire on a road or road related area (whether or not the motor vehicle is hired by other means for the purposes of providing the passenger service).

(2) In this Act, provide a taxi service means carry on the business of—

(a) facilitating the provision of a taxi service, or

(b) providing a taxi service.

(3) A person facilitates the provision of a taxi service if the person carries on the business of providing any one or more of the following services for taxis operating under a common service name and that are marked or painted in a uniform way—

(a) co-ordination of the provision of taxi services,

(b) provision, co-ordination or monitoring of security facilities for taxis,

(c) setting of fares that may be charged for taxi services,

Note—

A fare set by a facilitator of a taxi service cannot contravene a fares order (see section 76).

(d) co-ordination or provision of safety management systems for taxi services.

(4) Subsection (3) does not limit the operation of subsection (2) (a).

(5) The regulations may provide—

(a) that a person who carries on a business prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section is or is not the provider of a taxi service, or

(b) that the provision of any transport service prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section is or is not the provision of a taxi service.