Road Amendment (Hire Cars) Rule 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Road Amendment (Hire Cars) Rule 2015

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Rule under the Road Transport Act 2013.

DUNCAN GAY, MLC

Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight

Explanatory note
The object of this Rule is to amend the Road Rules 2014 to limit the hire cars that may use bus lanes to those licensed as private hire vehicles under the Passenger Transport Act 1990 immediately before 18 December 2015. The Rule also corrects two notes.

This Rule is made under the Road Transport Act 2013, including section 23 (the general statutory rule-making power).

Road Amendment (Hire Cars) Rule 2015 [NSW]

Road Amendment (Hire Cars) Rule 2015

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the Road Amendment (Hire Cars) Rule 2015.

2      Commencement

This Rule commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Road Rules 2014

(1) Rule 167 No stopping signs

Omit “Rule 167–1 provides for transitional arrangements dealing with no standing signs. Rule 167–2” from the note to the rule.

Insert instead “Rule 167–1”.

(2)	Rule 167–1 NSW rule: taxis stopping in Central Sydney Taxi Zone
Omit “and rule 167–1 provide” from the note to rule 167–1 (1). Insert instead “provides”.
(3)	Dictionary
Omit “and includes (except in rule 182) a private hire vehicle” from the definition of taxi.
Insert instead:

and, other than in rule 182, includes the following:

(a)	except as provided by paragraph (b), a private hire vehicle,
(b)	in rules 158 and 187 (1) (a), a private hire vehicle (for which a licence was in force under that Act immediately before the commencement of the Passenger Transport Amendment (Taxi and Hire Cars) Regulation 2015) while being used to provide a public passenger service.