Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
70TWTBS—must direct driver to accept
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70T WTBS—must direct driver to accept (a) the person is a WTBS; and (b) someone requests a wheelchair-accessible taxi booking through the WTBS; and (d) a wheelchair-accessible taxi is available for hire via the WTBS; and (e) the taxi’s driver does not accept an offer of the booking from the WTBS; and (f) the WTBS fails to, without delay, direct the driver to accept the booking. Note It is an offence for a wheelchair-accessible taxi driver to not comply with the direction (see s 114 (2)).
Independent taxi service operators Division 3A.2.1 Note 1 Independent taxi service operator—see the Act, dictionary. Note 2 A taxi service operator must either be an affiliated operator for a transport booking service or an independent taxi service operator (see Act, s 36E).