272Taxi-cab accreditation

272 Taxi-cab accreditation

S. 272(1) amended by No. 69/2007 s. 39(1).

(1) Subject to this section, a person who holds a taxi-cab licence immediately before the commencement of Part 2 of the Transport(Taxi-cab Accreditation and Other Amendments) Act 2006 is deemed, for the period of 2 years after that commencement, to be accredited under Division 4 of Part VI as a taxi-cab licence holder.

(2) Subject to this section, a person who immediately before the commencement of Part 2 of the Transport (Taxi-cab Accreditation and Other Amendments) Act 2006—

(a) holds a licence to operate a taxi-cab the right to operate a vehicle under which has not been assigned to another person under section 150; or

(b) is a person to whom the right to operate a vehicle under a taxi-cab licence is assigned under section 150—

is deemed, for the period of 2 years after that commencement, to be accredited under Division 4 of Part VI as a taxi-cab operator.

S. 272(2A) inserted by No. 69/2007 s. 39(2).

(2A) If—

(a) an application for the grant of a taxi-cab licence under section 143 or 143A; or

(b) an application under section 149 for authority to transfer a taxi-cab licence; or

(c) an application under section 150 for authority to assign the right to operate a vehicle under a taxi-cab licence—

is made but not determined before the commencement of Part 2 of the Transport (Taxi-cab Accreditation and Other Amendments) Act 2006, the application must be considered and determined in accordance with this Act as in force immediately before that commencement.

S. 272(2B) inserted by No. 69/2007 s. 39(2).

(2B) Subject to this section, a person who holds a taxi-cab licence—

(a) that was granted to the person in response to an application to which subsection (2A)(a) applies; or

(b) that was transferred to the person in response to an application to which subsection (2A)(b) applies—

is deemed for the period commencing on the date of the grant or transfer of the taxi-cab licence (as the case requires) and ending 2 years after the commencement of Part 2 of the Transport (Taxi-cab Accreditation and Other Amendments) Act 2006 to be accredited under Division 4 of Part VI as a taxi-cab licence holder.

S. 272(2C) inserted by No. 69/2007 s. 39(2).

(2C) Subject to this section, a person to whom the right to operate a vehicle under a taxi-cab licence is assigned under an assignment for which an authority was given in response to an application to which subsection (2A)(c) applies is deemed for the period commencing on the date that the authority was given and ending 2 years after the commencement of Part 2 of the to be accredited under Division 4 of Part VI as a taxi-cab operator.