sec.70What is a taxi service

### sec.70 What is a taxi service A taxi service is a public passenger service for a journey that starts in Queensland— provided by the hire of— a motor vehicle that has not more than 12 seating positions, including the driver’s position; and a person to drive the vehicle; and under which the vehicle plies or stands for hire by members of the public in a public place. For this chapter, the circumstances in which a vehicle plies or stands for hire by members of the public in a public place include the circumstances in which the vehicle and its driver are made available for hire on-the-spot by members of the public, including, for example, by— the vehicle standing at a taxi rank or other place where members of the public might reasonably expect taxis to be available for hire on-the-spot; or the vehicle having a sign, marking, light or other thing on it that might reasonably indicate to members of the public it is a taxi or another vehicle available for hire on-the-spot. For subsection (1) , it does not matter where the journey ends or if the journey involves leaving and re-entering Queensland. s 70 prev s 70 amd 2007 No. 25 s 4 ; 2007 No. 43 s 20 sub 2016 No. 13 s 3 om 2017 No. 18 s 17 pres s 70 ins 2017 No. 18 s 18 (sec.70-ssec.1) A taxi service is a public passenger service for a journey that starts in Queensland— provided by the hire of— a motor vehicle that has not more than 12 seating positions, including the driver’s position; and a person to drive the vehicle; and under which the vehicle plies or stands for hire by members of the public in a public place. (sec.70-ssec.2) For this chapter, the circumstances in which a vehicle plies or stands for hire by members of the public in a public place include the circumstances in which the vehicle and its driver are made available for hire on-the-spot by members of the public, including, for example, by— the vehicle standing at a taxi rank or other place where members of the public might reasonably expect taxis to be available for hire on-the-spot; or the vehicle having a sign, marking, light or other thing on it that might reasonably indicate to members of the public it is a taxi or another vehicle available for hire on-the-spot. (sec.70-ssec.3) For subsection (1) , it does not matter where the journey ends or if the journey involves leaving and re-entering Queensland. - (a) provided by the hire of— (i) a motor vehicle that has not more than 12 seating positions, including the driver’s position; and (ii) a person to drive the vehicle; and - (i) a motor vehicle that has not more than 12 seating positions, including the driver’s position; and - (ii) a person to drive the vehicle; and - (b) under which the vehicle plies or stands for hire by members of the public in a public place. - (i) a motor vehicle that has not more than 12 seating positions, including the driver’s position; and - (ii) a person to drive the vehicle; and - (a) the vehicle standing at a taxi rank or other place where members of the public might reasonably expect taxis to be available for hire on-the-spot; or - (b) the vehicle having a sign, marking, light or other thing on it that might reasonably indicate to members of the public it is a taxi or another vehicle available for hire on-the-spot.