Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008
103Savings and transitional provisions
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103 Savings and transitional provisions
(1) A taxi licence in force immediately before the commencement of Part 3 continues in force on that commencement as if it had been issued under this Act.
(2) A luxury hire car licence in force immediately before the commencement of Part 4 continues in force on that commencement as if it had been issued under this Act.
(3) A licence number plate issued in respect of a taxi licence in force immediately before the commencement of Part 3 is, on that commencement, taken to be a licence number plate issued in respect of a taxi licence under this Act.
(4) A distinctive plate issued by the Commission for the vehicle to which a luxury hire car licence applies in force immediately before the commencement of Part 4 is, on that commencement, taken to be a licence number plate issued in respect of a luxury hire car licence under this Act.
(5) A vehicle operated as a luxury hire car immediately before the commencement of Part 4 under the authority of a luxury hire car licence in force immediately before the commencement of Part 4 that does not comply with the criteria prescribed in the regulations is, on that commencement, taken to be a luxury hire car for the purposes of this Act for a period not exceeding 12 months after the commencement of that Part.
(6) Any money remaining in the funds for taxi areas established under sections 13 and 14 of the repealed Act and any money remaining in the general administration fund established under section 15 of the repealed Act is, on the commencement of Part 2 , transferred to the general administration fund established under this Act.
(7) [Section 103 Subsection (7) inserted by No. 28 of 2020, s. 65, Applied:30 Dec 2020] Any money that was, immediately before the repeal of section 8 of this Act by the On-Demand Passenger Transport Services Industry (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2020 , in the general administration fund is to be, as soon as practicable, transferred to the fund established under section 60AA of the Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 .