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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001
36GTransport booking service—responsibilities
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36G Transport booking service—responsibilities
(b) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that an affiliated driver
either—
(i) holds a public vehicle licence that authorises the driver to
drive the bookable vehicle; or
(ii) is exempted by the Road Transport (Driver Licensing)
Regulation 2000 from holding an Australian driver licence.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person—
(b) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that—
(i) each affiliated taxi service operator is an accredited taxi
service operator; and
(ii) each affiliated hire car service operator is an accredited hire
car service operator.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person—
(b) does not take reasonable steps to ensure that—
(i) each affiliated rideshare driver is an accredited rideshare
driver; and
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(ii) each vehicle to be used by a rideshare driver for a rideshare
is—
(A) a licensed rideshare vehicle; and
(B) insured in the way prescribed by regulation under
section 60N (d) (Licensed rideshare vehicle not to be
used unless insured).