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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
92CStandard and wheelchair taxi licences—decision on
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92C Standard and wheelchair taxi licences—decision on
application
application for a taxi licence under section 92B.
(2) The road transport authority must issue the taxi licence if satisfied
that—
applying for the taxi licence; and
Note A person may be disqualified from applying for a taxi licence for a
period of time if a previous taxi licence has been surrendered (see
s 92O), suspended or cancelled (see s 322).
(c) the applicant is accredited to operate—
(i) for an application for a standard taxi licence—a taxi
service; or
(ii) for an application for a wheelchair-accessible taxi
licence—a wheelchair-accessible taxi service; and
(d) if the application is for a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence—
each relevant person for the application has experience or
background likely to make the person suitable to provide taxi
services to people with disability; and
(e) the vehicle for which the licence is to be issued is not a vehicle
for which the road transport authority must refuse an application
for registration as a taxi under the Road Transport (Vehicle
Registration) Regulation 2000—
(i) for an application for a standard taxi licence—
section 32B (1) (Deciding applications for registration—
taxis); or
(ii) for an application for a wheelchair-accessible taxi
licence—section 32B (3) or (4); and
(f) any additional eligibility criteria determined by the road
transport authority under subsection (3) are satisfied.
(3) The road transport authority may determine additional eligibility
criteria for a taxi licence.
(4) A determination is a notifiable instrument.
(5) The road transport authority may require the applicant to give the
(6) The road transport authority need not decide the application if the
requirement is made in writing and the applicant does not comply
with the requirement.
(7) In this section:
relevant person, for an application for a taxi licence, means—