27Prohibition on leasing owner-operator taxi licence

27 Prohibition on leasing owner-operator taxi licence

[Section 27 Substituted by No. 61 of 2011, s. 17, Applied:01 Jul 2013]

(1)  An owner-operator taxi licence is not capable of being leased and any agreement purporting to do so is, to that extent, void and unenforceable.

(2)  If the Commission is satisfied that the holder of an owner-operator taxi licence has entered into an agreement purporting to lease the licence to another person or an agreement purporting to permit another person to operate a taxi service under the authority of the licence, the Commission is to cancel the licence in accordance with section 36 .

(3)  A person who in any capacity enters into an agreement of a kind referred to in subsection (2) is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(4)  In this section –

agreement means an oral or written agreement.