30Trip subsidies

30 Trip subsidies

(1)  The Commission may pay a trip subsidy to the holder of a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence for each hiring during which the taxi being operated under the authority of the licence carries at least one wheelchair passenger.

(2)  The Commission may pay a trip subsidy to the holder of a temporary taxi licence, which authorises the provision of a wheelchair-accessible taxi service, for each hiring during which the taxi being operated under the authority of the licence carries at least one wheelchair passenger.

(3)  The Commission may pay a trip subsidy to –

(a) the responsible operator of a perpetual taxi licence; or

(b) the holder of an owner-operator taxi licence –

authorised under section 93 of the Act to operate a service equivalent to a wheelchair-accessible taxi service, for each hiring during which the taxi being operated under the authority of the licence carries at least one wheelchair passenger.

(4)  A trip subsidy paid under this regulation is to be the amount of $20.

(5)  A person to whom a trip subsidy is paid must pay half of the amount of the subsidy to the driver who undertook the hiring in relation to which the subsidy was paid.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units.