Western Australian Consolidated Acts

TAXI ACT 1994

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Operations within control area  

   PART 2 -- Administration  

   5.      Directions  
   6.      Delegatory power of Minister and Director General  
   7.      Director General to advise Minister  
   8.      Taxi Industry Board  
   9.      Tenure of office  
   10.     Chairperson  
   11.     Meetings  
   12.     Remuneration and allowances  
   13.     Funding of Board  
   14.     Functions of Board  

   PART 3 -- Operation of taxis  

           Division 1 -- Taxi plates  

   15.     Taxi plates  
   16.     Taxi plates offered for sale or lease  
   17.     Tenders and applications  
   18.     Issue of taxi plates  
   19.     Annual fees for taxi plates  
   19A.    Periodic payments for leased taxi plates  
   20.     Conditions  
   21.     Use of taxi plates  
   22.     Variation of conditions  
   23.     Divesting and forfeiture of taxi plates  
   23A.    Forfeiture of leased taxi plates  
   24.     Transfer of taxi plates  
   25.     Return of taxi plates  

           Division 2 -- Registration of providers of taxi dispatch services  

   26.     Taxi dispatch service  
   27.     Application for registration  
   28.     Registration  
   29.     Conditions  
   30.     Cancellation of registration  

           Division 3 -- Multi-purpose taxi plates buy-back  

   30A.    Interpretation and application  
   30B.    Buy-back agreements  
   30C.    Operation of sections 30D to 30G to be subject to conditions  
   30D.    Certain MPT owner-drivers and eligible operators to be offered leases of taxi plates for multi-purpose taxis  
   30E.    Leases by eligible operators of taxi plates for multi-purpose taxis  
   30F.    Leases by certain MPT owner-drivers and others of taxi plates for multi-purpose taxis  
   30G.    Payment of compensation to certain parties to buy-back agreements  
   30H.    Consolidated Account charged with payment for plates  

           Division 4 -- Exchange of restricted hours taxi plates  

   30I.    Restricted hours taxi plates may be exchanged for conventional taxi plates  

   PART 4 -- General  

   31.     Authorised officers  
   32.     Powers of authorised officers  
   33.     Averments  
   36.     Bonds held by operators  
   37.     Applications for review of certain decisions  
   39.     Infringement notices  
   40.     Regulations  
   41.     Taxi Industry Development Account  
   43.     Surrender of certain taxi plates  
   45.     Review of Act  

   PART 5 -- Repeal and transitional provisions  

   47.     Transitional  
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