Western Australian Consolidated Acts

TAXI ACT 1994 - SECT 18

18 .         Issue of taxi plates

        (1)         If the Director General is satisfied in respect of a tender or application for taxi plates — 

            (a)         that — 

                  (i)         the tenderer or applicant;

                  (ii)         in the case of a joint tender or joint application, each of the tenderers or applicants; or

                  (iii)         in the case of a tender or application by a corporation, either solely or as a member of a partnership, each of the directors and other persons concerned in the management of that corporation,

                is of good repute and is, or would be if the tender or application were made by him or her, a fit person to be the owner or lessee of taxi plates, as the case requires;

            (b)         that all the criteria specified in the invitation to tender or apply have been met;

            (ba)         that, in the case of an application for taxi plates, the applicant is eligible under section 16(4), (5) or (6), as the case requires; and

            (c)         that the issue of taxi plates to the tenderer or applicant will not occasion the number of taxis of any particular class being operated in a control area, or part of a control area, to exceed the prescribed number,

                the Director General may accept the tender or application and, subject to subsection (1a) and section 16(8), issue the tenderer or applicant with a set of taxi number plates, sufficient for one vehicle and of an approved type, which may be used subject to any conditions imposed under section 20(1).

        (1a)         If an application for taxi plates was subject to the condition referred to in section 16(2a), a set of taxi plates may be issued under subsection (1) in respect of the application only if the Director General is satisfied that the condition has been complied with.

        (1b)         For the purposes of subsection (1a), the applicant is to provide the Director General with any information or documents that the Director General may require, including information verified by a statutory declaration.

        (2)         Taxi plates shall not be issued without the approval of the Minister and payment in full, prior to issue, of — 

            (a)         the amount tendered or the first periodic payment for the lease; and

            (b)         any charge prescribed to cover the cost of the plates.

        (3)         Taxi plates are not issued with reference to any particular vehicle.

        [Section 18 amended by No. 72 of 2003 s. 7; No. 4 of 2006 s. 8; No. 26 of 2007 s. 6.]