Taxi Amendment Regulations (No. 5) 2006 (WA)

8 December 2006 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5391

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Taxi Act 1994

Taxi Amendment Regulations (No. 5) 2006

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Taxi Amendment Regulations
(No. 5)2006.

2.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Taxi
Regulations 1995*

[* Reprint 2 as at 4 March 2005.

For amendments to 28 November 2006 see Gazette
24 February, 13 April and 23 June 2006.]

3.            Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3 is amended after the definition of "driver" by inserting -

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displayed in the taxi under regulation 7; and

"fare" includes any other amount payable in relation to

the hiring of a taxi that is authorised by
regulation 8(laa);

4.           Regulation 8 amended

(1) Regulation 8(1) is amended by deleting "A" and inserting
instead -

Subject to subregulation (laa), a ".

(2) After regulation 8(1) the following subregulation is inserted -

"

(laa) A driver may charge in addition to a fare authorised by

subregulation (1) an amount that -

(a) is set Out in the fare schedule required to be

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(b) in accordance with that fare schedule, applies to

the hiring.

(3) Regulation 8(3) is amended as follows:

(a)	after "charge a fare" by inserting — " or other amount ";
(b)	after "subregulation (I)" by inserting — " or an amount authorised by subregulation (laa)

5. Regulation 19A amended
Before regulation 19A(a) the following paragraph is inserted —

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(aa) the charges that may be imposed upon hirers

for services provided to them by the provider of
the taxi dispatch service, including when such

charges may, or may not, be imposed;

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.