Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Point to Point Transport) Regulation 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Road Transport (Driver Licensing)

Amendment (Point to Point Transport)
Regulation 2017

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

The Administrator, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport Act 2013.

MELINDA PAVEY, MP

Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017 to update references to taxi and hire vehicle drivers included in the category of professional drivers, as a consequence of the enactment of the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 and the removal of requirements for driver authorities for taxi and hire vehicle drivers.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport Act 2013, including sections 4 (1) (the definition of
professional driver) and 23 (the general statutory rule-making power).

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Point to Point Transport) Regulation 2017 [NSW]

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Point to Point

Transport) Regulation 2017

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Point to
Point Transport) Regulation 2017.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 2017 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017

(1) Clause 126 Professional drivers

Omit “, Division 5 of Part 4 or Division 5 of Part 4A” from clause 126 (1) (b).

(2)	Clause 126 (1) (c)
Insert after clause 126 (1) (b):

(c) a person who drives a taxi or a hire vehicle (within the meaning of the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act

2016) for the purposes of the provision of a passenger service

under that Act.