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Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 No 34 - NSW legislation
Contents (2016 - 34)
5 Taxi services and taxis
6 Hire vehicles
7 Booking services
Division 1 Safety duties—principles
9 Safety duties and standards
10 Principles applying to safety duties
11 What is “reasonably practicable” in ensuring safety
12 Primary duty of care of passenger service providers
13 Primary duty of care of booking service providers
14 Duty of officers
15 Duty of drivers
16 Safety duty offence—Category 1
17 Safety duty offence—Category 2
18 Safety duty offence—Category 3
19 Multiple contraventions of safety duty provisions
Division 3 Safety standards
20 Standards for passenger service providers and booking service providers
21 Standards for drivers
22 Standards for owners and taxi licence holders
23 Safety standards offences
24 Notifiable occurrences
25 Dismissal or other victimisation of worker
26 Relationship with work, health and safety and heavy vehicle legislation
Part 3 Authorisation of providers of taxi services and booking services
Division 1 Authorisation offences
27 Provider of taxi service or booking service must be authorised
28 Aggravated provision of unauthorised services
29 Provider of taxi service or booking service must comply with authorisation conditions
Division 2 Applications for authorisation
30 Applications for authorisation
31 Determination of applications for authorisation generally
32 Disqualifying offences
33 Close associates
34 Grants of authorisation
35 Form of authorisation
36 Term of authorisation
37 Renewal of authorisation
38 Notice of authorisation decision
39 Joint authorisation
Division 3 Conditions of authorisation
40 Conditions of authorisation generally
41 Changes to nominated directors and managers
42 Safety standards
43 Availability of documents
44 Taxi identification
Division 4 Variation, suspension or cancellation of authorisation
45 Variation, suspension or cancellation of authorisation generally
46 Automatic suspensions
46A Surrender of authorisation
Division 1 Licensing offences
47 Taxis must be licensed
48 Holder of taxi licence must comply with licence conditions
49 Stand-by taxis
50 Categories of taxi licences
51 Applications for taxi licences
52 Determination of applications for taxi licences generally
53 Determination of applications for taxi licences
54 Conditions of taxi licences
55 Form of taxi licences
56 Area of operation of taxis
57 Term of taxi licences
58 Renewal of taxi licences
59 Notice of decision
Division 3 Conditions of taxi licences
60 Conditions of taxi licences generally
61 Safety standards
Division 4 Taxi licence fees
62 Licence fees for taxi licences
63 Determination of licence fees
Division 5 Dealings with taxi licences
64 Leasing or subleasing and other arrangements relating to taxi licences
65 Regulations relating to leasing and subleasing and other arrangements
66 Licence conditions relating to obligations of lessors, lessees and others
67 Notification of lease, sublease or arrangement
68 Transfer of taxi licences
Division 6 Variation, suspension or cancellation of taxi licences
69 Variation, suspension or cancellation of taxi licences generally
69A Surrender of taxi licence
Division 7 Determination of release of taxi licences
70 Application of Division
71 Determination of number of taxi licences
72 Referral to IPART
73 Matters to be taken into account for purposes of taxi licence determination
74 Referrals to IPART
75 IPART investigations and recommendations
76 Fares orders
77 Non-cash payment surcharges
78 Overcharging for non-cash payment surcharge
79 Estimate of fares to be provided for booked services
80 Fare setting by providers of services
Part 6 Audits, enforcement orders and other remedies
Division 1 Audit notices
81 Purpose of audit
82 Issue of audit notices
83 Issue of improvement notices
84 Contents of improvement notices
85 Compliance with improvement notice
86 Extension of time for compliance with improvement notices
87 Power to issue prohibition notice
88 Contents of prohibition notice
89 Compliance with prohibition notice
90 Application of Division
91 Notice to be in writing
92 Recommendations in notice
93 Changes to notice by authorised officer
94 Commissioner may vary or cancel notice
95 Formal irregularities or defects in notice
96 Issue and giving of notice
Division 5 Compliance orders
98 Orders for compliance with notices
99 Commissioner may accept undertakings
100 Notice of decision and reasons for decision
101 When an undertaking is enforceable
102 Compliance with undertaking
103 Contravention of undertaking
104 Withdrawal or variation of undertaking
105 Proceedings for alleged contravention
Part 7 Authorised officers and inspection powers
107 Appointment of authorised officers by Commissioner
108 Limitations on functions
109 Identity cards must be issued
110 Identity cards to be shown
111 Functions of authorised officers
112 Inspections
113 Power of entry onto premises
114 Power to enter premises with consent
115 Power to enter premises
115A Persons assisting authorised officers
116 Powers after entering premises
117 Power to stop and detain motor vehicle
118 Notices requiring inspection or testing
119 Powers when inspecting vehicles
120 Securing a site
121 Production of documents
122 Retention of documents and other material
123 Power to require explanation of documents
124 Provisions relating to requirements to provide documents or information or answer questions
125 Search warrants
126 Offences relating to inspections
127 Offences involving credentials
128 Offenders to state name and address
129 Prohibited advertisements
130 Return of number-plates
131 Vehicle owner’s defence
132 Imputing conduct to bodies corporate
133 Liability of directors etc for offences by body corporate—offences attracting executive liability
134 Ancillary offences
135 Penalty notices
136 Nature of proceedings for offences
Part 9 Point to Point Transport Commissioner
137 Point to Point Transport Commissioner
138 Employment and remuneration
139 Functions of Commissioner
139A Powers of Commissioner to obtain information
140 Delegation
141 Acting Commissioner
142 Vacancy in office
143 Removal from office
144 Staff of Commissioner
Part 10 Reviews and appeals
145 Reviews by NCAT
146 Appeals to the Local Court
147 Procedures for Local Court appeals
148 Determination of appeals
149 Exchange of information
150 Notification of offences and other information
151 Disclosure of authorisation and other information
152 Disclosure of information
153 Records and evidentiary matters
154 Extraterritorial application
155 Fees, charges and levies
156 Service of documents
157 Compensation not payable
158 Regulations
159 Review of taxi and hire vehicle industries impacts
160 Review of Act
Schedule 3 Adjustment assistance for taxi and passenger hire vehicle industries
Schedule 4 Passenger service levy
Current version for 26 September 2019 to date (accessed 29 January 2020 at 09:48)
1990 Act means the Passenger Transport Act 1990.
2014 Act means the Passenger Transport Act 2014.
annual taxi licence means an annual taxi-cab licence in force under the 1990 Act immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act.
existing fares order means a fares order, including any existing fare determination (within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the 2014 Act), relating to taxis or hire vehicles that was in force under the 2014 Act immediately before the commencement of Part 5 of this Act.
ordinary taxi licence means an ordinary taxi-cab licence in force under the 1990 Act immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act.
short term taxi licence means a short-term taxi-cab licence in force under the 1990 Act immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act.
taxi-cab network authorisation means an authorisation to operate a taxi-cab network that was in force under the 1990 Act immediately before the commencement of Part 3 of this Act.
3 Existing taxi licences
(1) An ordinary taxi licence continues in force unless cancelled under this Act.
(2) A short term taxi licence or annual taxi licence continues in force for the period for which the licence was granted unless sooner cancelled under this Act.
(3) An annual taxi licence may be renewed in accordance with this Act.
(4) An ordinary taxi licence, short term taxi licence or annual taxi licence is subject to any conditions or terms imposed by RMS that applied to the licence immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act.
(5) An ordinary taxi licence, short term taxi licence or annual taxi licence that was a nexus licence or a paired licence (within the meaning of Part 12 of Schedule 3 to the 1990 Act) continues to be subject to any conditions imposed under that Part that applied to the licence immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act.
(6) Except as provided by this Part or the regulations, this Act applies to an ordinary taxi licence, a short term taxi licence or an annual taxi licence, and the holder of any such licence, in the same way as it applies to a taxi licence issued under this Act.
(7) Any renewals of an annual taxi-cab licence (including the periods of those renewals) under the 1990 Act are to be counted for the purpose of determining under section 58 (2) of this Act whether the licence may be renewed.
(8) Despite subclause (3), a taxi that is the subject of a licence that is in force by operation of this Schedule may be used for a taxi service obtained by a booking anywhere in this State.
(9) A condition of a licence continued by this clause is taken to have been imposed under this Act and may be varied or revoked accordingly.
4 Nexus and other licences
(1) A nexus licence or a paired licence (within the meaning of Part 12 of Schedule 3 to the 1990 Act), and a TX08 restricted taxi-cab licence, in force under the 1990 Act immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act, are taken to be subject to the condition that the holder of the licence must be an authorised provider of a taxi service or an authorised provider of a booking service.
(2) A condition imposed by this clause may be varied or revoked by the Commissioner.
5 Existing taxi licence applications
(1) An application for an ordinary taxi licence made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act is taken to have been refused.
(2) An application for a short term taxi licence made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act is to be determined under the 1990 Act as if that Act continued to be in force.
6 Transfer of ordinary taxi licences
(1) The Commissioner must, on application by the holder of an ordinary taxi licence, transfer the licence to another person.
(2) The Commissioner may, by written notice given to the transferor or transferee of a licence, require the transferor or transferee to provide information to calculate the amount of transfer levy payable and to register the transfer.
(3) The Commissioner is not required by this clause to transfer an ordinary taxi licence if the transfer would result in a contravention of a condition or term of the licence or in a transfer to a person who is not eligible to hold a taxi licence.
7 Transfer levy for ordinary licences
(1) A levy of 2.5% of the current market value of an ordinary taxi licence is payable to the Crown by the transferee on the transfer of an ordinary taxi licence.
(2) The levy is to be charged, levied and collected in the manner determined by the Commissioner.
(3) The levy is not payable if the transferee is a person who is entitled to the licence under the will or on the intestacy of the holder of the licence.
(4) The Commissioner is not required to transfer a licence if any levy that is payable has not been paid.
8 Accredited taxi service operators
(1) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of Part 3 of this Act, an accredited operator of a taxi service under the 1990 Act is taken to be an authorised provider of the service under this Act and this Act applies accordingly.
(2) The person may be authorised under this Act even if the person had, before that commencement, been convicted of a disqualifying offence, unless the Commissioner determines that the person should not, because of that conviction, be so authorised.
(3) The Commissioner must give written notice to the person of a determination under this clause. Any such determination is a reviewable decision for the purposes of section 145.
(4) Any disciplinary action commenced, but not finally determined under the 1990 Act, against the person is to be dealt with under this Act.
(5) For the purposes of taking action under this Act in relation to the authorisation of the person as a provider of a taxi service, any contraventions by the person of the 1990 Act or the 2014 Act or the regulations under those Acts may be taken into account.
(6) This clause does not extend to any offence committed on or after the commencement of Part 3 of this Act.
(7) This clause does not apply to a person who provides a taxi service as an affiliated provider or in relation to the use of a bus.
9 Authorised taxi-cab network operators
(1) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of Part 3 of this Act, the holder of a taxi-cab network authorisation is taken to be an authorised provider of a taxi service under this Act and this Act applies accordingly.
(2) If the person also provided a booking service for taxis immediately before that commencement, the person is taken to be an authorised provider of a booking service under this Act and this Act applies accordingly.
(3) The person may be authorised under this Act even if the person had, before that commencement, been convicted of a disqualifying offence, unless the Commissioner determines that the person should not, because of that conviction, be so authorised.
(4) Any such determination is a reviewable decision for the purposes of section 145.
(5) The Commissioner must give written notice to the person of a determination under this clause.
(6) Any disciplinary action commenced, but not finally determined under the 1990 Act, against the person is to be dealt with under this Act.
(7) For the purposes of taking action under this Act in relation to the authorisation of the person as a provider of a taxi service, any contraventions by the person of the 1990 Act or the regulations under that Act may be taken into account.
(8) This clause does not extend to any offence committed on or after the commencement of Part 3 of this Act or in relation to the use of a bus.
10 Accredited hire vehicle operators
(1) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of Part 3 of this Act, an accredited operator of a public passenger service by means of a private hire vehicle under the 1990 Act is taken to be an authorised provider of a booking service under this Act and this Act applies accordingly.
(5) For the purposes of taking action under this Act in relation to the authorisation of the person as a provider of a booking service, any contraventions by the person of the 1990 Act or the regulations under that Act may be taken into account.
11 Taxi licence determinations
A determination made under the 1990 Act, and in force under section 32C of that Act immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act, is taken to have been made under section 71 of this Act.
12 Holders of driving authorities
(1) This clause applies to a person who was, immediately before the commencement of Part 3 of this Act, the holder of a driver authority under the 1990 Act that authorised the person to drive a taxi-cab or a private hire vehicle.
(2) The person may drive a vehicle that provides a passenger service under this Act even if the person had, before that commencement, been convicted of an offence that would prevent the person from being eligible to drive a vehicle for that purpose under this Act, unless—
(a) the conviction was for a serious disqualifying offence and the Commissioner has provided the person with notice of this clause, or
(b) the conviction was for an offence other than a serious disqualifying offence and the Commissioner determines that the person should not, because of the conviction, be a driver for a passenger service.
(3) A determination under subclause (2) (b) is a reviewable decision for the purposes of section 145.
(4) The Commissioner must give written notice to the person, and any provider of a passenger service or booking service for which the person is a driver or that provides services to the person, of a determination under this clause.
(4A) If the Commissioner becomes aware that a person has been convicted for a serious disqualifying offence occurring before the commencement of Part 3 of this Act, the Commissioner may give written notice of this clause to the person and to any provider of a passenger service or booking service for which the person is a driver or that provides services to the person.
(5) This clause does not extend to any offence committed on or after the commencement of Part 3 of this Act.
(6) In this clause, serious disqualifying offence means—
(a) an offence of murder or manslaughter, or
(b) an offence under section 61B, 61C, 61D, 61E, 61F, 65A, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73 (before its substitution by the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2003), 74, 76, 78H, 78I, 78K, 78L, 78N, 78O, 78Q or 81 of the Crimes Act 1900, or
(c) an offence under section 21, 25A, 26, 27, 28, 61I, 61J, 61JA, 61K, 61L, 61M, 61N, 61O, 66A, 66B, 66C, 66D, 66EA, 66EB, 66F, 73, 78A, 80A, 80D, 80E, 91D (1) (a) or (b), 91E, 91F, 91G or 91H of the Crimes Act 1900, or
(d) an offence under a law of another State or Territory, the Commonwealth or a foreign jurisdiction that, if committed in New South Wales, would constitute an offence listed in this subclause.
13 Existing fares orders
An existing fares order continues to apply to the provision of a taxi service or other passenger service to which it applied immediately before the commencement of Part 5 of this Act but is taken to have been made under this Act. Accordingly, the order may be amended or revoked under this Act.
14 Existing bus services
(a) who provides a passenger service that uses a motor vehicle seating not more than 12 persons and not less than 8 persons to transport passengers, and
(b) who, immediately before the commencement of Part 3 of this Act, held an accreditation under the 2014 Act or 1990 Act to operate a bus service under that Act using the motor vehicle.
(2) The person is not required to obtain an authorisation under this Act in relation to any booking service provided for bookings for any passenger service, or any taxi service provided by the motor vehicle, for the period of 12 months commencing on the commencement of Part 3 of this Act.
(c) the requirements of this Act relating to a provider of a booking service or a passenger service do not apply in respect of anything done by the person to or in relation to the service while an accreditation referred to in subclause (1) (b) is in force for the service.
(4) Subclauses (2) and (3) cease to apply to a person if the person obtains any required authorisation or taxi licence that would, but for this clause, be required by this Act to be obtained by the person in respect of the passenger service or vehicle.
18 Existing taxis and hire vehicles with more than 12 seats
(1) In this Act, bus does not include a motor vehicle that, immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act, was licensed as a taxi-cab under Part 4 of the 1990 Act or as a private hire car under Part 4A of the 1990 Act.
(2) This clause ceases to apply in respect of a motor vehicle—
(a) on the day that is 10 years after the commencement of Part 4 of this Act, or
(b) when the vehicle ceases to be used to provide a passenger service.