Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Amendment (Licence Fees) Regulation 2005 (NSW)

2005 No 649

New South Wales

Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab

Services) Amendment (Licence Fees)

Regulation 2005

under the

Passenger Transport Act 1990

Her Excellency the 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 facilitate the following arrangements:

(a)	an arrangement under which the holder of a private hire vehicle licence acquired before 13 September 2001 may surrender the licence in return for the issue of a new taxi-cab licence without having to pay full market value for the new licence,
(b)	an arrangement under which the holder of a taxi-cab licence (acquired under a previous arrangement) may surrender the licence in return for the issue of a different taxi-cab licence.

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

Published in Gazette No 129 of 21 October 2005, page 8853	Page 1
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Clause 1	Regulation 2005

Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Amendment

(Licence Fees) Regulation 2005

under the

Passenger Transport Act 1990

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services)
Amendment (Licence Fees) Regulation 2005.

2 Amendment of Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Regulation 2001

The Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Regulation 2001 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Amendment (Licence Fees)	2005 No 649
Regulation 2005
Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 82 Reduced fees for licences

Insert after clause 82 (1) (b):

(c)

circumstances in which an application for a taxi-cab licence is made, during the period between 1 November 2005 and 31 March 2006, by the holder of a private hire vehicle licence (being a licence acquired by the holder prior to 13 September 2001) 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,

(d)

circumstances in which an application for a taxi-cab licence is made, during the period between 1 November 2005 and 31 March 2006, by the holder of a different taxi-cab licence (being a licence acquired by the holder pursuant to an application referred to in paragraph (b)) in accordance with arrangements approved by the Director-General under which a taxi-cab licence for one area of operation may be replaced by a taxi-cab licence for another area of operation.

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