67AWhat is a luxury hire car service?

67A What is a luxury hire car service?

[Section 67A Inserted by No. 61 of 2011, s. 37, Applied:01 Jul 2013]

(1)  A luxury hire car service is a passenger transport service under which –

(a) a person ("service operator") hires out a motor vehicle together with a driver; and

(b) the motor vehicle so hired out is approved under section 73 for use as a luxury hire car; and

(c) unless the Commission authorises otherwise, the hiring is booked and accepted in advance; and

(d) the hiring is booked and accepted otherwise than under the authority of a taxi licence or restricted hire vehicle licence.

(2)  To avoid doubt, it is immaterial for the purposes of subsection (1) whether the driver of the motor vehicle is the service operator or an employee or agent of the service operator.