Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
70FMeaning of affiliated driver record and affiliated operator
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70F Meaning of affiliated driver record and affiliated operator record—div 3A.1.2 In this division: affiliated driver record means a record of the following details for the affiliated driver: (a) the affiliated driver’s full name, home address and date of birth; (b) the affiliated driver’s prescribed driver authority information; (c) if a determination is in force under section 221U (Knowledge and skills to be bookable vehicle driver)—evidence that the affiliated driver has the knowledge and skills required under the determination to be a bookable vehicle driver; (d) for an affiliated taxi driver—whether the affiliated driver has— (i) successfully completed an approved wheelchair-accessible taxi driver training course; or (ii) been exempted by the road transport authority under section 160 (Authority may exempt wheelchair-accessible taxi drivers from approved training course) from the requirement to successfully complete the course; (e) the registration number of each bookable vehicle used by the affiliated driver to carry out each hiring booked via the transport booking service. Note Taxi drivers must be affiliated drivers unless their taxi service operator is an affiliated operator or an independent taxi service operator (see Act, s 36E). Rideshare drivers must be affiliated drivers (see Act, s 36F). Hire car drivers may be affiliated drivers.
affiliated operator record, for an affiliated operator for a transport booking service, means a record of the following details for the operator: (a) the operator’s full name and home address; (b) if the operator is— (i) an individual—the operator’s date of birth; or (ii) a corporation—the operator’s ACN; (c) the operator’s accreditation number; (d) the kind of public passenger service the operator is accredited to operate; (e) the expiry date of the accreditation; (f) the registration numbers of the bookable vehicles used by the operator to operate the public passenger service via the transport booking service. Note Taxi service operators must be affiliated operators unless they are independent taxi service operators (see Act, s 36E). Hire car service operators may be affiliated operators.