7Booking services

7 Booking services

7 Booking services

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

(a) taking bookings for taxis or hire vehicles to provide passenger services (whether immediately or at a later time), and

(b) communicating the bookings to drivers for passenger services or providers of passenger services.

(2) To avoid doubt, a person provides a booking service if—

(a) the person contracts with, or arranges for, other persons to provide the passenger service for which a booking service is provided, or

(b) the person provides a passenger service and takes bookings for that service.

(3) For the purpose of determining whether a person provides a booking service, it does not matter—

(a) that a booking is obtained or communicated remotely by means of an electronic device or other means not directly provided by the person who provides the booking service, or

(b) that the provider of the booking service is located outside the State, if the passenger service is provided wholly or partly within this State.

Note—

In this Act, a passenger service involves transport of passengers wholly or partly within this State.

(4) The regulations may provide—

(a) that a person who carries on a business prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section does or does not provide a booking service, or

(b) that the provision of a service or other thing prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section is or is not the provision of a booking service.