Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Amendment Act 2002 (TAS)

Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Amendment Act 2002

An Act to amend the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 1995

[Royal Assent 19 December 2002]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Amendment Act 2002 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 1995 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 26A insertedAfter section 26 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 6: 26AApplication of Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (1)  For the purposes of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 , a person who drives a taxi with the consent or authority of the responsible operator of the taxi is, while driving or performing any associated activity, taken to be a worker employed by the responsible operator. (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply where the taxi driver is also the responsible operator of the taxi that he or she is driving. (3)  In this section – responsible operator, in respect of a taxi, means – (a) if an arrangement is in force under regulation 15 of the Taxi Industry Regulations 1996, the person who, by virtue of that regulation, is the responsible operator; or (b) if no such arrangement is in force, the holder of a relevant existing cab licence or relevant perpetual taxi licence; taxi has the same meaning as in section 23A .

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 19 NOVEMBER 2002

Legislative Council on 28 NOVEMBER 2002]