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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001
60AMeaning of rideshare service, rideshare driver, rideshare
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60A Meaning of rideshare service, rideshare driver, rideshare
and rideshare vehicle
rideshare service—
(a) means a public passenger service where—
(i) a passenger books the transport through a transport
booking service; and
(ii) the transport booking service communicates the
passenger’s booking to a driver (the rideshare driver); and
(iii) the driver carries out the transport booked (the rideshare)
using a vehicle (the rideshare vehicle); but
(b) does not include a public passenger service provided by a taxi
service or hire car service.
Note 1 A public passenger service is a service for the transport of passengers for
a fare or other consideration by public passenger vehicles along a road or
road related area (see s 10).
Note 2 Transport booking service—see s 28.
Note 3 A rideshare driver must be accredited (see s 60E).
A rideshare vehicle must be licensed (see s 60G).
Note 1 A rideshare driver for a rideshare must hold a public vehicle licence to
drive the rideshare vehicle (see Road Transport (Driver Licensing)
Act 1999, s 31).
Note 2 Rideshare drivers’ insurance is dealt with in pt 8A.