Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2018
sec.149Requirement to carry licence for NSW taxi
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sec.149 Requirement to carry licence for NSW taxi
An operator of a taxi service who provides a cross-border taxi service must ensure the licence, or a copy of the licence, for the NSW taxi used to provide the service is kept inside the NSW taxi and is readily available to the driver of the NSW taxi. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. A person driving a NSW taxi in Queensland must, if asked by an authorised person, make the licence or copy of the licence for the NSW taxi made available to the driver under subsection (1) , available for inspection by the authorised person. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. In this section— licence , for a NSW taxi, means— a taxi licence issued under the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 (NSW) , part 4 ; or a taxi licence continued in force under schedule 2 , section 3 of that Act. (sec.149-ssec.1) An operator of a taxi service who provides a cross-border taxi service must ensure the licence, or a copy of the licence, for the NSW taxi used to provide the service is kept inside the NSW taxi and is readily available to the driver of the NSW taxi. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.149-ssec.2) A person driving a NSW taxi in Queensland must, if asked by an authorised person, make the licence or copy of the licence for the NSW taxi made available to the driver under subsection (1) , available for inspection by the authorised person. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.149-ssec.3) In this section— licence , for a NSW taxi, means— a taxi licence issued under the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 (NSW) , part 4 ; or a taxi licence continued in force under schedule 2 , section 3 of that Act.
- (a) a taxi licence issued under the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 (NSW) , part 4 ; or
- (b) a taxi licence continued in force under schedule 2 , section 3 of that Act.