20New owner-operator taxi licence to be made available in place of inactive perpetual taxi licence

20 New owner-operator taxi licence to be made available in place of inactive perpetual taxi licence

(1)  If –

(a) the owner of the perpetual taxi licence referred to in section 19 does not provide the evidence referred to in that section; or

(b) the evidence provided does not satisfy the Commission that a taxi service is being operated under the authority of the licence –

the Commission, by notice in writing given to the owner of the perpetual taxi licence, is to declare that the perpetual taxi licence is inactive.

(2)  If the Commission declares a perpetual taxi licence inactive, the Commission, as soon as practicable, is to make available for issue an owner-operator taxi licence, in the taxi area to which the inactive perpetual taxi licence relates, in place of the inactive licence.

(3)  An owner-operator taxi licence made available under subsection (2) is to be offered for sale by tender.

(4)  [Section 20 Subsection (4) amended by No. 28 of 2020, s. 33, Applied:30 Dec 2020] The Commission must not accept a tender for an owner-operator taxi licence made available under subsection (2) that is less than the reserve price for that licence for the year in which the tender is accepted.

(5)  The owner of an inactive perpetual taxi licence is not entitled to submit a tender for the owner-operator taxi licence made available under subsection (2) .