Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If this section
applies to a lessee of taxi plates the lessee forfeits to the Director General
the right to the plates, which may then be offered for lease in accordance
with section 16.
(2) This section
applies to —
(a) an
individual who leases taxi plates if —
(i)
the individual becomes the owner, or acquires an interest
in the ownership, of taxi plates; or
(ii)
the individual ceases to be the owner and principal
driver of the vehicle operated as a taxi using the plates;
(b) the
members of a partnership who lease taxi plates if —
(i)
a member of the partnership becomes the owner, or
acquires an interest in the ownership, of taxi plates; or
(ii)
no member of the partnership is the owner and principal
driver of the vehicle operated as a taxi using the plates;
and
(c) a
corporation that leases taxi plates if —
(i)
the corporation, or a director or other person concerned
in the management of the corporation, or a shareholder of the corporation,
becomes the owner, or acquires an interest in the ownership, of taxi plates;
or
(ii)
no director or other person concerned in the management
of the corporation, or shareholder of the corporation, is the owner and
principal driver of the vehicle operated as a taxi using the plates.
[Section 23A inserted by No. 72 of 2003
s. 12.]