Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001
2Objects of Act
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2 Objects of Act The objects of this Act are to— (a) provide for the accreditation of the operators of public passenger services and transport booking services that operate in or partly in the ACT; and (b) provide for the licensing of vehicles used as taxis, rideshare vehicles and hire cars in or partly in the ACT; and (c) provide for an innovative, competitive and reliable public passenger services industry; and (d) provide a legislative framework that is adaptable to changes in technology and business models; and
(e) encourage public passenger services that meet the reasonable expectations of the community for safe, responsive, reliable and efficient public passenger services.