Passenger Transport Amendment (Taxi-cab Licence) Regulation 2008 (NSW)

2008 No 344

New South Wales

Passenger Transport Amendment

(Taxi-cab Licence) Regulation 2008

under the

Passenger Transport Act 1990

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Passenger Transport Act 1990.

JOHN WATKINS, M.P.,

Minister for Transport

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to provide for circumstances in which the Director-General of the Ministry of Transport (the Director-General) may fix the licence fee for a taxi-cab licence at less than the current value of the licence on the open market or decide not to impose a fee for the licence. The circumstances are circumstances in which:

(a)	an application for a taxi-cab licence is made by the holder of a private hire vehicle licence, and
(b)	the private hire vehicle licence was acquired by the holder prior to 13 September 2001, and
(c)	the Director-General is satisfied that the holder of the private hire vehicle licence was not notified of the possibility of obtaining a taxi-cab licence under clause 82 (1) (b) of the repealed Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Regulation 2001, and
(d)	the application is made in accordance with arrangements approved by the Director-General under which the private hire vehicle licence is to be replaced by a taxi-cab licence.

This Regulation is made under the Passenger Transport Act 1990, including sections 32I (2) and 63 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 97 of 15 August 2008, page 7603	Page 1
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Clause 1	Passenger Transport Amendment (Taxi-cab Licence) Regulation 2008

Passenger Transport Amendment (Taxi-cab Licence)

Regulation 2008

under the

Passenger Transport Act 1990

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Passenger Transport Amendment (Taxi-cab
Licence) Regulation 2008.

2 Amendment of Passenger Transport Regulation 2007

The Passenger Transport Regulation 2007 is amended by inserting after clause 186 (1) (b):

(c)

circumstances in which:

(i)	an application for a taxi-cab licence is made by the holder of a private hire vehicle licence, and
(ii)	the private hire vehicle licence was acquired by the holder prior to 13 September 2001, and

(iii)	the Director-General is satisfied that the holder of the private hire vehicle licence was not notified of the possibility of obtaining a taxi-cab licence under clause 82 (1) (b) of the Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Regulation 2001, and
(iv)	the application is made in accordance with arrangements approved by the Director-General under which the private hire vehicle licence is to be replaced by a taxi-cab licence.

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