Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008
37New owner-operator taxi licence to be made available in place of surrendered or cancelled owner-operator taxi licence
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37 New owner-operator taxi licence to be made available in place of surrendered or cancelled owner-operator taxi licence
(1) If an owner-operator taxi licence is surrendered to the Commission under section 33 , 34 or 35 or cancelled under section 35 or 36 , the Commission, as soon as practicable, is to make available for issue an owner-operator taxi licence in the taxi area to which the surrendered or cancelled licence relates in the place of the surrendered or cancelled licence.
(2) An owner-operator taxi licence made available under subsection (1) is to be offered for sale by tender.
(3) [Section 37 Subsection (3) amended by No. 28 of 2020, s. 39, Applied:30 Dec 2020] The Commission must not accept a tender for an owner-operator taxi licence made available under subsection (1) that is less than the reserve price for that licence for the year in which the tender is accepted.
(4) [Section 37 Subsection (4) amended by No. 28 of 2020, s. 39, Applied:30 Dec 2020] A person who has surrendered the person’s owner-operator taxi licence to the Commission under section 34 or 35 or whose owner-operator taxi licence has been cancelled by the Commission under section 35 or 36 is not entitled to submit a tender for the owner-operator taxi licence made available under subsection (1) .