Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A plate holder
shall return taxi plates or cause them to be returned, to the Director
General, within 14 days of —
(a) if a
lessee of taxi plates does not make another successful application under
section 16(2) before the expiry of the period for which the plates were
leased — the expiry of that period;
(aa) if
the plate holder is a party to a buy-back agreement within the meaning of
section 30A — entering into an agreement to lease taxi plates
under section 30D or being selected by ballot under section 30G(5),
as is relevant;
(b) the
forfeiture of the right to those plates under section 19(2), 19A(2) or
23A; or
(c) if,
as a result of forfeiture under subsection (4) of section 21 or
subsection (3) of section 23, those plates may be offered for sale
or lease in accordance with section 16 — the forfeiture of the
right to those plates under that subsection.
Penalty: $5 000.
(2) Where a person
fails to return taxi plates in accordance with subsection (1) an
authorised officer may require that person to deliver the plates to him or her
for return to the Director General and where a person fails to do so, or where
the person cannot be found, an authorised officer may seize the plates and
return them to the Director General.
[Section 25 amended by No. 72 of 2003
s. 14 and 18; No. 4 of 2006 s. 5(3); No. 26 of 2007
s. 9.]