4DBTaxi drivers

4DB Taxi drivers

[Section 4DB Inserted by No. 42 of 2007, s. 5, Applied:31 Oct 2007]

(1)  [Section 4DB Subsection (1) amended by No. 31 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Sep 2008] A person who operates a vehicle as a taxi with the consent or authority of the responsible operator of a taxi service provided under the authority of a taxi licence is, while driving the taxi or performing any associated activity, taken to be a worker employed by the responsible operator.

(2)  [Section 4DB Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Sep 2008] Subsection (1) does not apply if the driver of the taxi is also the responsible operator.

(3)  [Section 4DB Subsection (3) substituted by No. 31 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:24 Sep 2008] In this section –

responsible operator means –

(a) [Section 4DB Subsection (3) amended by No. 60 of 2011, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] in respect of a perpetual taxi licence within the meaning of the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008  –

(i) if an assignment or leasing arrangement is in force under section 11 of that Act, the person who, by virtue of that section, is the responsible operator; or

(ii) if no such assignment or leasing arrangement is in force, the owner of the perpetual taxi licence; or

(b) [Section 4DB Subsection (3) amended by No. 60 of 2011, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] in respect of an owner-operator taxi licence, wheelchair-accessible taxi licence or temporary taxi licence within the meaning of the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008 , the holder of that licence;