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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.