Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Amendment Act 2009
An Act to amend the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 2008
[Royal Assent 20 November 2009]
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 2009 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 2008 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 22 amended (Issue of owner-operator taxi licences) Section 22(3) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "An owner-operator taxi licence issued by the Commission is subject to such conditions" and substituting "On the issue of an owner-operator taxi licence, the Commission may impose such conditions on the licence". 5Section 24 amended (Application for owner-operator taxi licence) Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting in subsection (2)(c) "vehicle that is suitable for use as a" after "of a"; (b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3) : (4) For the purposes of subsection (2) , a vehicle is suitable for use as a taxi if the vehicle complies with the requirements prescribed in the regulations. 6Section 28 amended (Owner-operator taxi licence conditions) Section 28(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting "that has been issued by the Commission" after "on an owner-operator taxi licence"; (b) by inserting "such" after "imposed on". 7Section 40 amended (Issue of wheelchair-accessible taxi licences) Section 40(2) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "A wheelchair-accessible taxi licence issued by the Commission is subject to such conditions" and substituting "On the issue of a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence, the Commission may impose such conditions on the licence". 8Section 46 amended (Wheelchair-accessible taxi licence conditions) Section 46(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting "that has been issued by the Commission" after "on a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence"; (b) by inserting "such" after "imposed on". 9Section 68 amended (Issue of luxury hire car licences) Section 68(2) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "A luxury hire car licence issued by the Commission is subject to such conditions" and substituting "On the issue of a luxury hire car licence, the Commission may impose such conditions on the licence". 10Section 74 amended (Luxury hire car licence conditions) Section 74(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting "that has been issued by the Commission" after "on a luxury hire car licence"; (b) by inserting "such" after "imposed on". 11Schedule 5 amended (Matters in Respect of Which Regulations May Be Made) Clause 1 of Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from paragraph (za) "cars." and substituting "cars; and"; (b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (za) : (zb) provide for the review of administrative decisions made by the Commission under the Act. 12Repeal of ActThis Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from the day on which it commences. [Second reading presentation speech made in:
House of Assembly on 28 OCTOBER 2009
Legislative Council on 10 NOVEMBER 2009]