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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).