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Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
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### 4DA Luxury hire car drivers
> [*\[Section 4DA Inserted by No. 42 of 2007, s. 5, Applied:31 Oct 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-10-31/act-2007-042#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) A person who operates a vehicle as a luxury hire car with the consent or authority of the licensee is, while driving the vehicle or performing any associated activity, taken to be a worker employed by the licensee.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 4DA Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Sep 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-09-24/act-2008-031#JS1@Ja9@GC2@Hpa@EN) [Subsection (1)](#GS4DA@Gs1@EN) does not apply if the driver of the luxury hire car is also the licensee.
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> > (3) In this section –
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> > > [*\[Section 4DA Subsection (3) amended by No. 31 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Sep 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-09-24/act-2008-031#JS1@Ja9@GC2@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 4DA Subsection (3) amended by No. 60 of 2011, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-07-01/act-2011-060#JS1@Ja16@GC1@Hpa@EN) ***licensee*** means the holder of a luxury hire car licence under the [Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) ;
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> > [*\[Section 4DA Subsection (3) amended by No. 31 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Sep 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-09-24/act-2008-031#JS1@Ja9@GC2@Hpc@EN)
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> > > [*\[Section 4DA Subsection (3) amended by No. 31 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Sep 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-09-24/act-2008-031#JS1@Ja9@GC2@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 4DA Subsection (3) amended by No. 60 of 2011, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-07-01/act-2011-060#JS1@Ja16@GC1@Hpb@EN) ***luxury hire car*** means a vehicle in respect of which a luxury hire car licence is in force under the [Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) .