84HProhibition on leasing restricted hire vehicle licence

84H Prohibition on leasing restricted hire vehicle licence

[Section 84H Inserted by No. 61 of 2011, s. 48, Applied:01 Jul 2013]

(1)  A restricted hire vehicle 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 a restricted hire vehicle 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 restricted hire vehicle service under the authority of the licence, the Commission is to cancel the licence in accordance with section 84P .

(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.