Courtesy Vehicle Regulations 2003 (NT)
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Courtesy Vehicle regulations 2003
As in force at 25 May 2022
northern territory of australia
As in force at 25 May 2022
Courtesy Vehicle regulations 2003
Regulations under the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991
These Regulations may be cited as the
These Regulations come into operation on the commencement of Part 5B of the
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
(1) An operator must make a written record of:
(a) the courtesy vehicle;
(b) the dates and times during which the courtesy vehicle is operated for hiring;
(c) the full name and residential address of the driver during those periods and the number of the driver’s licence issued to him or her under the
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 ;(d) each hiring made by the courtesy vehicle; and
(e) any other matter that the Director requires as a condition of the operator’s licence.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) An operator must ensure that the record referred to in subregulation (1):
(a) is kept in a safe place at the principal place of business of the operator; and
(b) is produced whenever required by an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
An operator must, whenever requested by the Director to do so, furnish to the Director within the time specified by the Director full and correct information about any details specified in the request relating to any hiring made by the courtesy vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
A person must not use a courtesy vehicle for the purpose of standing or plying for hire.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(1) A person must not use a courtesy vehicle (whether as the driver or a passenger) for a hiring unless the carriage of passengers:
(a) is offered as an inducement in respect of an agreement for the provision of accommodation or an activity for recreation or pleasure; and
(b) is provided without payment of a fare.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) A driver must not ask for, or accept, payment of a fare for a hiring of the courtesy vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(3) If:
(a) the carriage of passengers by a courtesy vehicle is offered as an inducement in respect of an agreement for the provision of accommodation or an activity for recreation or pleasure; and
(b) a person enters into an agreement for the provision of that accommodation or activity,
the operator must provide:
(c) the courtesy vehicle; or
(d) if unable to do so – another commercial passenger vehicle,
to carry the person in accordance with the offer but otherwise subject to the Act and any regulations under the Act.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(1) A person must not tout or solicit for passengers for a courtesy vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person:
(a) publicises or promotes the provision of accommodation or an activity for recreation or pleasure; and
(b) as part of that publicity or promotion, offers to carry passengers in a courtesy vehicle as an inducement in respect of an agreement for the provision of that accommodation or activity.
16 Purchase of intoxicating liquor prohibited (1) An operator or a driver must not agree to a hiring of the courtesy vehicle under which the driver is required to purchase intoxicating liquor for or on behalf of another person whether or not that other person is a passenger.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) A driver must not during a hiring of the courtesy vehicle purchase intoxicating liquor for himself or herself or for or on behalf of a passenger or another person.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(3) A passenger must not during a hiring of the courtesy vehicle purchase intoxicating liquor for himself or herself or for or on behalf of another passenger or other person.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
An operator or a driver must not:
(a) use the courtesy vehicle for an illegal purpose; or
(b) cause or permit the courtesy vehicle to be used for an illegal purpose.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
(1) For section 74 of the Act, a courtesy vehicle is a prescribed class of commercial passenger vehicle.
(2) An identity card issued under section 74 of the Act to a driver is to:
(a) display the name of the driver;
(b) display a recent photograph of the driver;
(c) specify the expiry date of the card; and
(d) indicate that the holder of the card is authorised to drive a courtesy vehicle.
(3) A driver must during a hiring of the courtesy vehicle:
(a) display his or her identity card issued under subregulation (2) or other form of identification approved by the Director under section 74(10) of the Act in a conspicuous place in the courtesy vehicle while driving the courtesy vehicle; and
(b) produce that identity card or other approved form of identification when requested by a passenger or an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Notified | 1 October 2003 |
Commenced | 1 October 2003 (r 2, s 2 |
Notified | 14 December 2012 |
Commenced | 1 January 2013 (r 2) |
Assent date | 12 July 2013 |
Commenced | 28 August 2013 ( |
Notified | 29 November 2017 |
Commenced | 1 December 2017 (r 2) |
Assent date | 14 April 2022 |
Commenced | pt 7: nc; rem: 25 May 2022 ( |
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
rr 4 – 5 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rr 6 – 9 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11
rr 10 – 12 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rr 13 – 15 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11
r 16 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rr 17 – 18 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11
r 19 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
r 20 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4; Act No. 5, 2022, s 67
r 21 amd No. 45, 2012, r 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 11
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