Taxi Regulations 1995 (WA)
Western Australia
Taxi Act 1994
These regulations were repealed by the
Western Australia
Western Australia
Taxi Act 1994Taxi Act 1994
These regulations may be cited as the
These regulations come into operation on the day Part 6 of the
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
(a) any surcharge or fee of a kind set out in Schedule 3 for the hire; and
(b) any amount charged under regulation 6(1A) in respect of the hire;
(a) a participant in a designated payment system within the meaning of the
Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998 (Commonwealth); or(b) a person consistently within a voluntary undertaking given by the person to, and accepted by, the Reserve Bank of Australia,
but includes any GST consequent on the payment terminal being made available.
(1) The area comprising the districts included within the red boundary marking on the Department of Land Administration
2 Miscellaneous Plan No. 850 is prescribed as a control area.(2) In subregulation (1)
district has the same meaning as it has in theLocal Government Act 1960 3 .
For the purpose of paragraph (b) of the definition of
(1) A multi‑purpose taxi is a vehicle which —
(a) is fitted with a meter in order to operate as a taxi; and
(b) is intended principally for the transport of persons who have a disability and any wheelchairs or other aids required by those persons; and
(c) the operation of which is subject to conditions referred to in subregulations (2), (3) and (4).
(2) For the purpose of section 20, the Director General may impose conditions on the operation of a multi‑purpose taxi requiring the operator and driver of that taxi to give priority to the transport of persons who have a disability and any wheelchairs or other aids required by those persons.
(3) For the purpose of section 20, the Director General may impose conditions on the operation of a multi‑purpose taxi, restricting the operator and driver to one or more particular taxi dispatch service providers, selected by the Director General.
(4) For the purpose of section 20, the Director General may impose conditions on the operation of a multi‑purpose taxi in relation to the minimum number of occasions each month on which the taxi is to be hired for the transport of persons who use wheelchairs.
For the purposes of section 20(1), the following are matters in relation to which the Director General may impose conditions on the operation of a taxi using specified taxi plates —
(a) the leasing of the taxi (with its taxi plates), including —
(i) the provision to the Director General of information about the terms and conditions of the lease and any variation of those terms and conditions; and
(ii) the maximum amounts that may be charged in relation to the lease;
(b) the leasing of the taxi plates from the plate holder who is the owner of the plates, including —
(i) the provision to the Director General of information about the terms and conditions of the lease and any variation of those terms and conditions; and
(ii) the maximum amounts that may be charged in relation to the lease.
(1) Each plate holder, driver, other operator and person providing a taxi dispatch service in respect of a taxi must ensure that the fare, and any surcharge and fee of a kind set out in Schedule 3, for the hire of the taxi, inclusive of GST, are not more than those set out in Schedule 3.
(1A) Despite subregulation (1), if levy under the
Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018 Part 9 Division 2 is payable in relation to a leviable passenger service transaction that relates to the hire of a taxi, the following may also be charged for the hire of the taxi —(a) an amount of fare allocated for the levy;
(b) an amount for the GST payable in relation to the amount referred to in paragraph (a).
(1B) An amount charged under subregulation (1A)(a) must not exceed the lesser of —
(a) 10% of the sum of the amounts charged for the hire of the taxi of a kind referred to in the
Transport (Road Passenger Services) Regulations 2019 regulation 47(2) (excluding the GST included in any of those amounts); or(b) $10.
(2) A driver must not select a tariff for a passenger that is not the appropriate tariff as set out in Schedule 3.
(3) Subregulations (1) to (2) do not apply to a taxi that is hired for a contract fare.
(1) The amount payable for the hire of a taxi may be agreed between the hirer and the driver or the driver’s booking service (a
contract fare ).(2) However, if a voucher (as defined in regulation 8(1)) is to be used for the payment or part-payment of the contract fare, the amount agreed under subregulation (1) must not exceed the fare (as determined in accordance with regulation 6) that would otherwise be payable for the hire of the taxi.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the taxi is hired at a taxi rank or as a result of hailing the driver.
(4) A contract fare has no effect, and cannot be recovered, unless —
(a) the contract fare is agreed before the journey starts; and
(b) before the journey starts, the hirer is given a written record (which may be in electronic form) complying with subregulation (5).
(5) The written record must set out —
(a) sufficient details to enable the identification of the driver, taxi, the hirer and at least one of the passengers; and
(b) details of the proposed journey’s origin and destination; and
(c) details of the date and departure time of the proposed journey; and
(d) the amount of the contract fare; and
(e) a statement to the effect that, in addition to the contract fare, there may be payable in respect of the journey —
(i) parking fees mentioned in regulation 6B(2); and
(ii) costs of cleaning mentioned in regulation 6B(3); and
(iii) a surcharge for a non‑cash payment mentioned in regulation 8B.
(6) A driver must retain a copy of the record of each contract fare agreed by the driver, or agreed on behalf of the driver by the driver’s booking service, for a period of 12 months starting on the day the contract fare was agreed.
(1) This regulation applies whether a taxi is hired for a Schedule 3 fare or a contract fare.
(2) The hirer of a taxi must pay the fee, if any, for parking during the journey at a passenger’s request.
(3) The hirer of a taxi may be charged for the costs of cleaning the taxi if it is soiled by a passenger during the journey.
(4) A person must not charge another person for the costs mentioned in subregulation (3) at a rate higher than $49.00 for each hour or part of an hour for the time required to clean the taxi.
(1) If a vehicle is being operated as a taxi each driver, plate holder, other operator and person providing the taxi dispatch service involved, if any, must ensure that a schedule in an approved form detailing the rates and amounts in Schedule 3 to be paid in the event that the taxi is hired for a Schedule 3 fare is displayed in an approved position from where it is clearly visible from the outside of the front passenger window and from the front passenger seat.
(1A) If any amounts under regulation 6(1A) are to be paid in relation to the hire of the taxi, the schedule displayed under subregulation (1) must include a statement that an additional amount of fare allocated for the levy and an amount for the GST on that additional amount may be charged.
(2) The name of the taxi dispatch service involved is to be included on the fare schedule displayed under this regulation.
(1) In this regulation —
(2) A driver must not refuse to accept a voucher as payment or part‑payment of a Schedule 3 fare or a contract fare if the payment or part‑payment is in accordance with guidelines published by the Director General.
(3) A driver who accepts a voucher must not enter on the voucher any information that the driver knows to be false or misleading.
(4) A driver must not accept a voucher that contains information that the driver knows or ought to know to be false in a material particular.
(5) A person must not tender a voucher to which they are not entitled, or that contains information that is false in a material particular.
(6) A plate holder, an operator or a person providing a taxi dispatch service must not direct a driver to refuse to accept a voucher as payment or part‑payment of a Schedule 3 fare or a contract fare if the payment or part‑payment is in accordance with guidelines published by the Director General.
Where a payment terminal is available for use in a taxi —
(a) if the provider of a Taxi Dispatch Service was involved in requesting or enabling the use of that type of payment terminal, then that Taxi Dispatch Service provider provides the terminal for the purposes of regulation 8B(2);
(b) if the plate holder was involved in requesting or enabling the use of that type of payment terminal, then the plate holder provides the terminal for the purposes of regulation 8B(2);
(c) if another operator who is not the taxi driver was involved in requesting or enabling the use of that type of payment terminal, then that operator provides the terminal for the purposes of regulation 8B(2);
(d) in any other case, the driver provides the terminal for the purposes of regulation 8B(2).
(1) If a surcharge is added because a Schedule 3 fare or a contract fare is being paid using a non‑cash payment, that surcharge is to be no more than 5% of all amounts to be paid by the hirer that relate to the hiring (except the surcharge itself).
(2) A person who provides a payment terminal that results in the imposition of a surcharge of more than 5% commits an offence.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $1 000.
(3) Where more than one payment terminal is available for a taxi, the driver must use the terminal that results in the lowest surcharge, if any, being imposed when the non‑cash payment is made.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $1 000.
(1) A period of hiring of a taxi commences —
(a) where the taxi is engaged at a taxi rank or as a result of being hailed, upon the entry into the taxi of the hirer, or a person accompanying the hirer; or
(b) where the taxi is engaged to commence the hiring at a specified place, as soon as the hirer, a person accompanying the hirer or a person apparently acting on behalf of the hirer acknowledges the driver after arrival at that place; or
(c) where the taxi is engaged to commence the hiring at a specified place and at a specified time, on arrival of the taxi at that place at, or after, that time,
and terminates when the taxi is free to resume plying for hire.
(2) A driver must set the meter in operation at the commencement of a hiring and stop the meter at the termination of a hiring.
(3) If a driver stops the taxi during the period of a hiring to refuel the taxi, consult a road directory or for some other purpose not requested by the hirer, the driver must pause the meter until the journey is recommenced.
(4) This regulation does not apply if —
(a) the taxi is hired for a contract fare; or
(b) an off meter rate set out in Schedule 3 applies to the journey.
The hirer of a taxi who is obliged to pay for carriage in the taxi any Schedule 3 fare or contract fare that is in accordance with the Act commits an offence if —
(a) at the termination of the hiring; or
(b) contrary to an agreement made with the driver at the commencement of the hiring,
the hirer fails to pay the fare.
Penalty: a fine of $1 000.
(1) If an infringement notice is given under section 39 for an offence under regulation 9A, the amount of the Schedule 3 fare or contract fare that the hirer failed to pay may be added to the amount that would otherwise be payable as the modified penalty.
(2) If subregulation (1) has effect, the person entitled to the fare that the hirer failed to pay shall be paid, towards the discharge of that entitlement, so much of the amount added as is recovered through payment of the modified penalty.
(1) In this regulation —
(2) The hirer of a taxi may refuse to consent to the carriage of passengers, other than those accompanying the hirer, during the period of the hiring.
(3) If a taxi is the subject of multiple hiring, each separate hirer may, at that hirer’s destination, be charged 75% of the Schedule 3 fare for the hire of the taxi applicable at that hirer’s destination.
(4) A taxi that is hired for a contract fare cannot be the subject of multiple hiring (but nothing in this regulation prevents 2 or more passengers who are not accompanying each other from agreeing to share the cost of the contract fare).
(5) If a taxi is the subject of multiple hiring —
(a) the hirer for the purposes of regulation 6B(2) who must pay the fee, if any, for parking during the journey at a passenger’s request is the hirer who is, or who is accompanying, that passenger; and
(b) the hirer for the purposes of regulation 6B(3) who may be charged for the costs of cleaning the taxi if it is soiled by a passenger during the journey is the hirer who is, or who is accompanying, that passenger; and
(c) the amounts to be paid by a hirer for the purposes of adding a surcharge under regulation 8B are, in respect of each hirer, the amounts for the separate fare incurred by that hirer and any parking fee or cleaning costs payable by that hirer as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
Unless otherwise directed by the hirer, a driver shall take the hirer to his or her destination by the most economical route, once the hirer has informed the driver of the destination.
Prior to accepting a hiring, a driver may require a hirer to pay a deposit equal to the anticipated Schedule 3 fare as estimated by the driver or the contract fare.
(1) At any time during which a driver is plying for hire that driver must accept any hirer, and any person accompanying a hirer, as a passenger in the taxi he or she is driving unless —
(aa) the driver has reasonable grounds to believe that —
(i) the hirer or a person accompanying the hirer; or
(ii) the place at which the hiring is to commence or terminate,
poses a threat to the driver’s safety; or
(ab) the driver has reasonable grounds to believe that the hiring would result in a breach of a condition imposed by the Director General under section 20 on the operation of the taxi; or
(a) the hirer or a person accompanying the hirer is in such an unclean condition that he or she will soil the taxi; or
(b) the hirer or a person accompanying the hirer is abusive or aggressive; or
(c) the hirer or a person accompanying the hirer appears to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs to such an extent that he or she is likely to soil the taxi or become abusive or aggressive; or
(d) the driver has reasonable grounds to believe that the hirer, or a person accompanying the hirer, has evaded or attempted to evade the payment of a fare for hiring a taxi; or
(e) the driver requires the hirer to pay a deposit under regulation 12, and the hirer does not pay it; or
(f) the hirer and persons accompanying the hirer aged 12 or over exceed the number of available seatbelts in the taxi.
(2) If at any point during the period of a hiring a person begins to soil the taxi or become abusive or aggressive, the driver may terminate the hiring and require the hirer to pay —
(a) the Schedule 3 fare or contract fare that would have been due if the hiring had terminated at that point in the normal course of events; and
(b) costs of cleaning mentioned in regulation 6B(3).
(3) A driver shall not terminate a hiring before reaching the agreed destination, for reasons other than those set out in subregulation (2).
(1) The driver of a taxi that is operated using a taxi dispatch service shall not fail to inform the provider of the taxi dispatch service on each occasion that the driver commences or completes a period during which he or she is operating the taxi.
[(2) deleted] (3) When contacting the provider of a taxi dispatch service for the purpose of complying with subregulation (1), a driver shall correctly identify himself or herself to the provider.
(1) A person must not operate a vehicle as a taxi at any time (the
relevant time ) unless —(a) a camera surveillance unit has been installed in the vehicle in an approved manner by an approved person; and
(b) a certificate has been given under regulation 13G(2) by an approved person in respect of the camera surveillance unit within 12 months before the relevant time; and
(c) the camera surveillance unit —
[(i) deleted] (ii) is in the same position as it was when installed in the vehicle in the approved manner; and
(iii) is in proper working order; and
(iv) is in operation in the vehicle whenever the vehicle is in use as a taxi.
[(2) deleted] (3) If an authorised officer is of the opinion that a vehicle operated as a taxi does not comply with the requirements of subregulation (1), the officer may —
(a) by notice in writing, direct the plate holder or the operator —
(i) to remedy any defect that relates to the camera surveillance unit in the vehicle, as specified in the notice; and
(ii) to have the vehicle inspected at a specified place by an approved person or an authorised officer,
within the period specified in the notice; and
(b) by attaching a copy of the notice to the vehicle, prohibit the continued operation of the vehicle as a taxi until —
(i) it has been inspected by an approved person or an authorised officer and the camera surveillance unit found to be in a satisfactory condition; and
(ii) the approved person or authorised officer has removed the notice from the vehicle.
(4) A person must not operate a vehicle as a taxi unless an approved sign stating that a camera surveillance unit is in operation in the vehicle is displayed at an approved place on each door of the vehicle.
(1) A person given a direction under regulation 13B(3)(a) —
(a) must comply with the direction; and
(b) must rectify any defect relating to the camera surveillance unit in the vehicle that is found during an inspection by an approved person or an authorised officer.
(2) A person other than an approved person or an authorised officer must not remove, interfere with or destroy a notice attached to a vehicle under regulation 13B(3)(b).
(3) A person must not operate a vehicle as a taxi while the vehicle is subject to a prohibition under regulation 13B(3)(b).
(1) In this regulation —
(2) A person other than an approved person must not —
(a) install a camera surveillance unit in a vehicle operated as a taxi; or
(b) remove a camera surveillance unit from a vehicle operated as a taxi; or
(c) service a camera surveillance unit installed in a vehicle operated as a taxi.
(1) A person must not view, download, copy, play, edit or erase any visual or audio‑visual recording stored in a camera surveillance unit installed in a vehicle operated as a taxi.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to —
(a) an authorised officer; or
(b) an approved person who is authorised to view, download, copy, play, edit or erase the visual or audio‑visual recording by an authorised officer.
(1) A person must not obstruct, interfere with or destroy a camera surveillance unit installed in a vehicle operated as a taxi.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to or in relation to —
(a) anything done by an approved person in accordance with regulation 13D(2); or
(b) anything done by an authorised officer or an approved person in accordance with regulation 13E(2).
(1) In subregulation (2) —
(2) A person who operates a vehicle as a taxi must provide to the Director General each year, at the approved time and in the approved form, a current certificate given by an approved person certifying that the camera surveillance unit installed in the vehicle was inspected on the specified date by the approved person and found to be in proper working order.
(3) An approved person must not state any false or misleading information in a certificate that is given by the person for the purposes of this regulation.
(1) In this regulation —
(2) A vehicle operated as a taxi that, immediately before the commencement day, is required to comply with conditions imposed by the Director General under section 20 in relation to a camera surveillance unit installed in the vehicle is taken to be operated in compliance with the requirements of regulation 13B(1)(a), (b) and (c)(ii) if the vehicle complies with those conditions.
(3) The Director General may publish a notice in the
Gazette stating that subregulation (2) ceases to have effect in relation to a camera surveillance unit of a specified type on and from —(a) the day after the day on which the notice is published in the
Gazette ; or(b) any later day specified in the notice.
(4) Subregulation (2) ceases to have effect as stated in a notice under subregulation (3) in relation to a camera surveillance unit of a type specified in the notice.
A driver shall transport a guide dog which is accompanying a passenger who is visually impaired.
A driver shall display an approved identification card, in the form and manner directed by the Director General, —
(a) in a prominent position in the taxi he or she is driving; and
(b) in a position and in a manner that allows a passenger in the taxi to be able to read it from the front and the back seat.
(1) A driver shall, at all times while engaged as a driver or when plying for hire —
(a) conduct himself or herself in an orderly manner; and
(b) behave in a courteous manner to passengers and prospective passengers; and
(c) offer reasonable assistance to assist passengers to enter or leave the taxi or to load or unload their luggage.
(2) A driver shall, while engaged as a driver or when plying for hire, comply with any lawful and reasonable request by the hirer relating to the hirer’s comfort, if that request would not interfere with the safe operation of the taxi.
(1) A driver shall not obstruct the egress of another taxi from a taxi rank.
(2) A driver shall not leave the taxi unattended while it is at a taxi rank.
(1) The Director General may appoint such number of appropriately qualified persons as he or she sees fit to be authorised meter mechanics.
(2) A person shall not operate a vehicle as a taxi unless that vehicle is fitted with a meter of an approved type which has been tested, certified as accurate and sealed by an authorised meter mechanic.
(3) An authorised meter mechanic who adjusts, repairs or tests a taxi meter shall seal the meter in the approved manner and issue a certificate of accuracy in the approved form certifying that the meter accurately calculates fares in accordance with the applicable fare schedule.
(4) An authorised meter mechanic shall not issue a certificate of accuracy which is false or misleading in any particular.
(5) No person other than an authorised meter mechanic shall break the seal on, adjust, repair, test or in any other way interfere with a meter.
(6) The Director General shall not accept payment of an annual fee for taxi plates referred to in regulation 19(1) until the plate holder produces a certificate of accuracy which relates to the meter used in the vehicle being operated using those plates and which was issued —
(a) after the latest change to the meter rates set out in the fare schedule; or
(b) since the last annual fee was paid,
whichever is most recent.
(1) For the purposes of section 19(1), the prescribed annual fee payable by plate holders for taxi plates is $217.00 where the fee is paid within the time allowed by section 19(2).
(2) The fee payable on an application under section 24 for approval of a transfer of the ownership, or an interest in the ownership, of taxi plates is $76.00.
[(3) deleted] (4) The charge payable for the issue of taxi plates or the issue of replacements for lost, damaged or stolen taxi plates is $44.00.
For the purpose of section 30K(2) the prescribed day is 31 March 2017.
For the purpose of section 36(8) the prescribed rate of interest is that specified for bank transactions and investment accounts of less than $2 000 in the current Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin Table F3 Interest Rates.
A person who contravenes a provision of these regulations commits an offence, and unless otherwise provided in these regulations, the penalty is a fine of $1 000.
(1) For the purposes of section 39 the offences for which infringement notices may be given and the modified penalties for those offences are prescribed in Schedule 1.
(2) For the purposes of section 39(2) the prescribed form of infringement notice is Form 1 in Schedule 2.
(3) For the purposes of section 39(6) the prescribed form of notice of withdrawal of infringement notice is Form 2 in Schedule 2.
[r. 22(1)]
1 | Section 15(1) | Owner or driver of vehicle operating as a taxi within a control area without using taxi plates | 500 |
2 | Section 20(2) | (a) Failure to comply with, or ensure compliance with, conditions imposed under section 20(1), other than conditions relating to driver standards or conditions referred to in regulation 5(4) | 250 |
(b) Failure to comply with, or ensure compliance with, conditions imposed under section 20(1) and referred to in regulation 5(4) | 500 | ||
3 | Section 21(1) | Plate holder failing to ensure that plates used in manner directed | 100 |
4 | Section 21(2) | Using taxi plates on vehicle other than taxi | 250 |
5 | Section 25(1) | Failure to return taxi plates | 150 |
8 | Section 32(5) | Operating taxi the operation of which prohibited | 100 |
9 | Section 32(6) | Failure to comply with notice or rectify defect | 300 |
10 | Section 36(2) and (5) | Offences relating to the issue of receipts and statements regarding driver bonds | 100 |
11 | Section 36(8) | Failure to return driver bond within 14 days of the driver ceasing to be contracted, engaged or employed | 500 |
13 | Regulation 6(1) | Fare, surcharge or fee of a kind set out in Schedule 3 for hire of taxi is more than that in Schedule 3 | 200 |
14 | Regulation 6(2) | Selecting a tariff that is not the appropriate tariff as set out in Schedule 3 | 200 |
14A | Regulation 6A(6) | Not retaining contract fare record for 12 months | 100 |
14B | Regulation 6B(2) | Hirer failing to pay parking fee incurred at passenger’s request | 100 |
14C | Regulation 6B(4) | Charging excessive cleaning costs | 100 |
14D | Regulation 7 | Failure to ensure display of fare schedule | 100 |
15 | Regulation 8(2) | Refusing to accept voucher | 200 |
16 | Regulation 8(3) | Driver entering false or misleading information on voucher | 200 |
17 | Regulation 8(6) | Directing driver to refuse to accept voucher | 200 |
18A | Regulation 8B(2) | Imposing excessive surcharge | 200 |
18B | Regulation 8B(3) | Not using correct payment terminal | 200 |
18 | Regulation 9(2) and (3) | Offences relating to setting, stopping or pausing meter | 200 |
19 | Regulation 9A | Hirer failing to pay fare at termination of hiring or as agreed | 250 |
20 | Regulation 11 | Driver failing to use most economical route | 100 |
21 | Regulation 13(1) | Driver failing to accept hiring | 200 |
22 | Regulation 13(3) | Driver terminating a hiring prior to reaching the agreed destination | 200 |
23 | Regulation 13A(1) | Driver failing to inform provider of taxi dispatch service as required | 100 |
24 | Regulation 13A(3) | Driver giving incorrect information regarding their identity to the provider of a taxi dispatch service | 200 |
25 | Regulation 13B(1) | Offences relating to camera surveillance unit requirements | 200 |
26A | Regulation 13B(4) | Failing to display approved sign | 100 |
26B | Regulation 13C(1) | Failing to comply with direction or rectify defect | 250 |
26C | Regulation 13C(2) | Unauthorised removal of notice | 250 |
26D | Regulation 13C(3) | Operating a taxi subject to prohibition | 250 |
26E | Regulation 13D(2) | Unauthorised installing, removing or servicing of camera surveillance unit | 200 |
26F | Regulation 13E(1) | Unauthorised downloading of information from camera surveillance unit | 500 |
26G | Regulation 13F(1) | Obstructing or interfering with camera surveillance unit | 500 |
26H | Regulation 13G(2) | Failing to provide current certificate | 200 |
26I | Regulation 13G(3) | Stating false or misleading information in certificate | 200 |
26 | Regulation 14 | Driver failing to transport a guide dog | 300 |
27 | Regulation 15 | Driver failing to display approved identification card | 200 |
28 | Regulation 16(1) | Offences relating to the conduct of drivers | 200 |
29 | Regulation 17 | Offences relating to conduct of driver at taxi rank | 200 |
31 | Regulation 18(2) | Operating taxi with an unsealed meter | 250 |
32 | Regulation 18(4) and (5) | Offences relating to meters | 250 |
[Regulations 22(2) and (3)
and 23(1) and (2)]
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4. If you DO NOT APPEAR, whether you elect to do so or not, the court of petty sessions
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(c) to determine the complaint on such particulars in the affidavits in support of the matters alleged in the complaint as would, under the laws of evidence apart from section 34
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of ............................................................................................................................
having been served with a summons at least 28 days before the date appointed in the summons for the hearing of a complaint of an offence under the
—TOAPPEARATTHEHEARING PLEASE INDICATE THE ELECTION YOU ARE MAKING BY DELETING WHICHEVER — NOT TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING DOES NOT APPLY
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(Signature of Defendant)
NOTICE
TO .........................................................................................................................
(Defendant)
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(Address)
THIS IS TO ADVISE you that if —
(a) you do not appear on the hearing of the complaint referred to in the summons with which this document is served or delivered; and
(b) you are convicted of the offence in that complaint,
this document shall be admissible evidence under section 35
PARTICULARS OF ALLEGED PRIOR CONVICTIONS
It is alleged that the defendant in this case has previously been convicted of certain offences particulars of which are as follows —
DATE OF OFFENCE | SECTION/REGULATION | CHARGE NUMBER | DATE OF HEARING | PENALTY |
Date .......................................... ........................................................
COMPLAINANT
[r. 6]
Monday to Friday 6 am to 6 pm | $4.20 | $1.72/km | $49.00/hour |
Monday to Friday 6 pm to 6 am | |||
Friday 6 pm to Monday 6 am | |||
All day Public Holidays | $6.10 | $1.72/km | $49.00/hour |
When carrying 5 or more passengers | $6.10 | $2.56/km | $76.00/hour |
When carrying fewer than 5 passengers for a journey starting in a control area and ending outside the control area | $2.08 for each kilometre from the start of the journey to the end of the journey |
When carrying 5 or more passengers for a journey starting in a control area and ending outside the control area | $3.16 for each kilometre from the start of the journey to the end of the journey |
Tours | $73.90 for the first hour or part of the first hour $17.95 for each quarter hour after the first hour |
Weddings | $136.20 for the first 2 hours or part of the first 2 hours $16.90 for each quarter hour after the first 2 hours |
Funerals | $68.20 for the first hour or part of the first hour $16.90 for each quarter hour after the first hour |
(but only if a guaranteed booking fee is not payable for the same hire) | $1.50 |
$9.00 | |
(for a journey starting at a terminal at the Perth Airport) | $3.00 |
Ultra‑Peak — Between midnight Friday to 3 am Saturday or midnight Saturday to 3 am Sunday | $3.60 |
Christmas Day — midnight to midnight | $5.10 |
New Year’s Eve — 6 pm New Year’s Eve to 6 am New Year’s Day | $5.80 |
10 Jan 1995 p. 75‑90 | 10 Jan 1995 (see r. 2 and | |||
26 Mar 1996 p. 1483‑5 | 26 Mar 1996 | |||
25 Jun 1996 p. 2995‑6 | 25 Jun 1996 | |||
25 Jun 1996 p. 2996‑8 | 25 Jun 1996 | |||
4 Feb 1997 p. 707 | 4 Feb 1997 | |||
8 Dec 1998 p. 6585‑8 | 17 Dec 1998 (see r. 2) | |||
1 Feb 2000 p. 382‑3 | 1 Feb 2000 | |||
22 Mar 2002 p. 1654‑5 | 22 Mar 2002 | |||
28 Feb 2003 p. 681‑2 | 28 Feb 2003 | |||
30 Jun 2003 p. 2581‑638 | 1 Jul 2003 (see r. 2 and | |||
9 Jan 2004 p. 96‑8 | 9 Jan 2004 | |||
23 Jan 2004 p. 320‑5 | 23 Jan 2004 | |||
20 Feb 2004 p. 608‑9 | 20 Feb 2004 | |||
10 Sep 2004 p. 3923‑4 | 10 Sep 2004 | |||
10 Dec 2004 p. 5910‑11 | 10 Dec 2004 | |||
24 Feb 2006 p. 882‑3 | 24 Feb 2006 | |||
13 Apr 2006 p. 1554 | 13 Apr 2006 | |||
23 Jun 2006 p. 2227 | 1 Jul 2006 (see r. 2) | |||
8 Dec 2006 p. 5391‑2 | 8 Dec 2006 | |||
22 Dec 2006 p. 5822‑3 | 22 Dec 2006 | |||
12 Jun 2007 p. 2738‑9 | r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2007 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2007 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
7 Mar 2008 p. 750 | r. 1 and 2: 7 Mar 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 8 Mar 2008 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
24 Apr 2009 p. 1387 | r. 1 and 2: 24 Apr 2009 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 25 Apr 2009 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
29 Sep 2009 p. 3854 | r. 1 and 2: 29 Sep 2009 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 30 Sep 2009 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
17 May 2011 p. 1825 | r. 1 and 2: 17 May 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
7 Jun 2011 p. 2057‑62 | r. 1 and 2: 7 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
5 Aug 2011 p. 3187‑8 | r. 1 and 2: 5 Aug 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 6 Aug 2011 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
5 Jun 2012 p. 2368‑9 | r. 1 and 2: 5 Jun 2012 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2012 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
13 Jun 2014 p. 1903 | r. 1 and 2: 13 Jun 2014 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
20 Feb 2015 p. 692‑4 | r. 1 and 2: 20 Feb 2015 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 24 Feb 2015 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
12 Jun 2015 p. 2036 | r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2015 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2015 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
27 May 2016 p. 1554-6 | 1 Jul 2016 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
28 Jun 2016 p. 2655-92 | 4 Jul 2016 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
16 Sep 2016 p. 3946 | r. 1 and 2: 16 Sep 2016 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 17 Sep 2016 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
28 Oct 2016 p. 4920 | r. 1 and 2: 28 Oct 2016 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 29 Oct 2016 (see r. 2(b) and | |||
23 Jun 2017 p. 3253‑78 | 1 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
22 May 2018 p. 1600‑1 | 23 May 2018 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
25 May 2018 p. 1640‑7 | 1 Jul 2018 (see r. 2(b)) | |||
26 Feb 2019 p. 451-8 | Pt. 2: 28 Feb 2019 (see r. 2(b) and | |||
approved person............................................................................................................... 3
booking service................................................................................................................. 3
call out................................................................................................................................ 3
camera surveillance unit ................................................................................................. 3
commencement day................................................................................................ 13H(1)
contract fare........................................................................................................... 3, 6A(1)
current certificate..................................................................................................... 13G(1)
district............................................................................................................................ 4(2)
driver................................................................................................................................... 3
GST..................................................................................................................................... 3
guaranteed booking......................................................................................................... 3
hirer..................................................................................................................................... 3
leviable passenger service transaction......................................................................... 3
metered taxi........................................................................................................................ 3
multiple hiring............................................................................................................. 10(1)
multi‑purpose taxi............................................................................................................. 3
non‑cash payment............................................................................................................ 3
payment terminal............................................................................................................... 3
plying for hire.................................................................................................................... 3
relevant time............................................................................................................. 13B(1)
restricted taxi..................................................................................................................... 3
Schedule 3 fare.................................................................................................................. 3
section................................................................................................................................ 3
service....................................................................................................................... 13D(1)
substitute taxi.................................................................................................................... 3
surcharge........................................................................................................................... 3
voucher.......................................................................................................................... 8(1)
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