Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Transport (Taxi-Cabs) Regulations 2005 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



(1) In these Regulations-

Act means the Transport Act 1983; approved arrangements means arrangements
approved by the licensing authority under section 133(4) of the Act;

drive in relation to a taxi-cab, includes to be in control of the taxi-cab;
driver in relation to a taxi-cab, means any person who drives the taxi-cab;

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driver's photo card means a card issued to the holder of a taxi-cab driver
accreditation under regulation 7;

hirer in relation to a taxi-cab, includes a person who is attempting to hire
the taxi-cab;

licence means a taxi-cab licence;



licence holder means the holder of a licence;

licensed taxi tester means a licensed vehicle tester who is licensed under
Part 6 of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 1999 to examine and test
taxi-cabs; licensed vehicle tester means a person who is licensed under Part 6
of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 1999 to examine and test light
vehicles within the meaning of those Regulations;

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taxi-cab driver accreditation means driver accreditation accrediting a person
to drive a taxi-cab;

taximeter means a mechanical, electrical or electronic instrument approved by
the licensing authority which records and displays information about taxi-cab
fares and hiring charges; taxi zone means a length of highway designated as a
taxi zone under the Road Safety Act 1986; termination in relation to the
hiring of a taxi-cab, means the time when the hiring ends for any reason
including because-

   (a)  the agreed destination for the hiring has been reached; or

   (b)  the hirer has requested the termination before the agreed destination
        for the hiring has been reached; or

   (c)  the driver of the taxi-cab has refused in accordance with regulation
        36(1) or 41(7) to continue to carry the hirer or a person accompanying
        the hirer.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a condition of a licence includes a
reference to a condition attaching to a licence.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a taxi-cab is associated with a
depot if it is operated through, or under radio control from, the depot in
accordance with the licence under which the taxi-cab is operated.

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