Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1998 No. 97 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulations amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 7A (Renewing driver authorisation—medical certificates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 22 (Transfer, lease or surrender of taxi or limousine service licences—Act, ss 76 and 89) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 36 (Limousine hiring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of pt 9, heading (Review panels and review of decisions) . . . 5 8 Omission of ss 51–54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Amendment of s 55 (Review of other decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of sch 7 (Vehicle types) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

s1 2 s3 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 97, 1998 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 . ˙ Regulations amended 2. This regulation amends the TransportOperations(PassengerTransport) Regulation 1994 . ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 3. Section 3— insert— ‘ “other public passenger service” means a road based public passenger service other than the following services— (a) an accommodation transfer service; (b) a charter bus service; (c) a community transport service; (d) a courtesy transport service; (e) a limousine service; (f) a long distance scheduled passenger service; (g) a scheduled passenger service; (h) a taxi service; (i) a tourist service; (j) a tourist transfer service; (k) an unscheduled long distance passenger service. “unscheduled long distance passenger service” means a pre-booked road based public passenger service— (a) that is not scheduled; and

s4 3 s6 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 97, 1998 Amendment (No. 1) (b) in which passengers are carried on an established route for a distance of at least 40 km; and (c) in which a passenger’s journey is not wholly within— (i) a service contract area or route; or (ii) a taxi service area.’. ˙ Amendment of s 7A (Renewing driver authorisation—medical certificates) 4. Section 7(3), ‘1 year’— omit, insert— ‘2 years’. ˙ Amendment of s 22 (Transfer, lease or surrender of taxi or limousine service licences—Act, ss 76 and 89) 5.(1) Section 22— insert— ‘ (2A) If a person has leased a licence to someone else, the person must give the chief executive written notice of the end of the lease as soon as practicable (but within 14 days) after the lease ends. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.’. (2) Section 22— insert— ‘ (5) In this section— “end of the lease” includes the expiry of the lease.’. ˙ Amendment of s 36 (Limousine hiring) 6.(1) Section 36(1)— omit, insert— ‘ 36.(1) A person must not ply or stand a limousine for hire at a place

s6 4 s6 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 97, 1998 Amendment (No. 1) unless the place is— (a) the limousine owner’s premises; or (b) a place approved in writing by the chief executive; or (c) another place approved in writing by the chief executive as a place where the limousine may stand for hire to set destinations or areas for set fares (a “limousine rank” ).’. (2) Section 36(2)(b)— omit, insert— ‘(b) the vehicle is hired at a limousine rank.’. (3) Section 36(3), ‘place mentioned in subsection (2)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘limousine rank’. (4) Section 36(3A)— omit, insert— ‘ (3A) If an approved notice is not displayed at a limousine rank, the driver of a limousine at the rank must— (a) carry an approved notice; and (b) show the approved notice to a prospective hirer on request; and (c) ensure that— (i) prospective hirers are informed that set fares apply; or (ii) a sign stating that set fares apply is placed in a position where it is likely to be seen by prospective hirers. Maximum penalty for subsection (3A)—10 penalty units.’. (5) Section 36(3B), ‘place mentioned in subsection (2)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘limousine rank’.

s 7 5 s 10 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 97, 1998 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of pt 9, heading (Review panels and review of decisions) 7. Part 9, heading— omit, insert— ‘ PART 9—REVIEW OF DECISIONS ’ ˙ Omission of ss 51–54 8. Sections 51 to 54— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 55 (Review of other decisions) 9. Section 55, heading, ‘other’— omit. ˙ Amendment of sch 7 (Vehicle types) 10.(1) Schedule 7— insert— ‘Accommodation service transfer forward-control passenger vehicle, off-road passenger vehicle, light bus or heavy bus passenger car for which a taxi service licence or limousine service licence is in force Tourist transfer service forward-control passenger vehicle, off-road passenger vehicle, light bus or heavy bus passenger car for which a taxi service licence or limousine service licence is in force

s 10 6 s 10 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 97, 1998 Amendment (No. 1) Unscheduled long distance passenger service Other public passenger service forward-control passenger vehicle, off-road passenger vehicle, light bus or heavy bus light bus or heavy bus’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 23 April 1998. 2. Notified in the gazette on 24 April 1998. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Transport. © State of Queensland 1998