Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
restricted hours taxi means a taxi the operation
of which —
(a) is
subject to a condition restricting the hours during which the taxi is
operated; and
(b) is
not subject to a condition restricting the transfer of the relevant RHT
plates, except a condition restricting the transfer of those plates within 3
years after they were acquired;
RHT owner means a person who is the owner, or has
an interest in the ownership, of RHT plates;
RHT plates means taxi plates that are used on a
restricted hours taxi.
(2) The Director
General may enter into an agreement, on such terms and conditions as the
Minister approves, with a person who is an RHT owner for —
(a) the
surrender and cancellation of the RHT plates in respect of which the person is
an RHT owner; and
(b) the
issue to the person of conventional taxi plates that are to be owned by that
person, or that the person is to have an interest in owning, as the case
requires.
(3) Without limiting
subsection (2), an agreement under that subsection may provide for an
amount to be paid by the RHT owner to the Director General as part of the
consideration for the issue to the person of conventional taxi plates.
(4) One set of
conventional taxi plates is to be issued under subsection (2)(b) in
respect of each set of RHT plates surrendered and cancelled under
subsection (2)(a).
(5) If an RHT owner
that —
(a) is a
party to an agreement under subsection (2); and
(b)
would, but for this subsection, be issued with conventional taxi plates under
subsection (2)(b),
so agrees, the plates
may be issued instead to another person who, in the opinion of the Director
General, has an interest in the ownership of the RHT plates that are the
subject of the agreement.
(6) Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this section, this section does not limit any
other provision of this Act in relation to the offering for sale or issuing of
taxi plates.
[Section 30I inserted by No. 26 of 2007
s. 11.]