Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 1996 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1996 No. 343 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 3) 1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 27 (Charging by taxis—Act, s 74(2)(c)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 28 (Requirements for taximeters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 29 (Operation of taximeter by taxi driver) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Amendment of s 46 (Fares) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Omission of sch 2 (Maximum fares for taxis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s5 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 343, 1996 Amendment (No. 3) ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 1996 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 24 November 1996. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the TransportOperations(PassengerTransport) Regulation 1994 . ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 4. Section 3, definition “high occupancy taxi”— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 27 (Charging by taxis—Act, s 74(2)(c)) 5.(1) Section 27, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Fares and charges for taxis ’. (2) Section 27(1) and (2)— omit, insert— ‘ 27.(1) The driver of a taxi to which the maximum fares under section 74A of the Act apply must not charge more than the maximum fare.’. (3) Section 27(3), ‘subsection (2)’— omit, insert— ‘a gazette notice under section 74A(2) of the Act’.

s6 3 s8 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 343, 1996 Amendment (No. 3) (4) Section 27(5), ‘hirer’— omit, insert— ‘person’. ˙ Amendment of s 28 (Requirements for taximeters) 6. Section 28(2) ‘schedule 2’— omit, insert— ‘a gazette notice under section 74A(1) of the Act’. ˙ Amendment of s 29 (Operation of taximeter by taxi driver) 7. Section 29— insert— ‘ (4) This section does not apply to a hiring of a taxi stated in a gazette notice under section 74A(2) of the Act unless the agreed fare for the hiring is to be worked out by referring to the appropriate metered fare for the journey that would otherwise be payable by the hirer for the journey had the taxi not been booked and the fare agreed. Examples— A taxi operator and a hirer agree that the fare for a hiring is to be— • the metered fare plus $10; or • the metered fare plus 50% of the metered fare.’. ˙ Amendment of s 46 (Fares) 8.(1) Section 46, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Fares and charges ’. (2) Section 46— insert—

s9 4 s9 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 343, 1996 Amendment (No. 3) ‘ (2) In this section— “fare” for a public passenger vehicle that is a taxi, includes a cleaning charge under section 27(5).’. ˙ Omission of sch 2 (Maximum fares for taxis) 9. Schedule 2— omit. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 21 November 1996. 2. Notified in the gazette on 22 November 1996. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Public Transport Division, Department of Transport. © State of Queensland 1996