Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) No taxi-car shall
be operated within a district unless the owner is the holder of a taxi-car
licence under this Part issued in respect of that vehicle for that district.
(2) When first
required to be licensed under subsection (1) a taxi-car is deemed,
subject to the payment of any prescribed fees, to be so licensed, if it is
immediately before the coming into operation of the Transport Amendment Act
(No. 3) 1981 1 licensed as a taxi-car under the
Road Traffic Act 1974 ; but, on the expiry of the licence under that Act,
that licence, if renewed, shall be renewed under this Part, and, in either
case, the licence shall be taken to be subject to such conditions as are
prescribed or the Minister may impose.
(3) The Minister may
attach such conditions as he thinks fit to any licence granted or renewed
under this section.
(4) Where a vehicle is
owned by more than one person as owner or hirer or otherwise, the person who
is deemed to be the owner pursuant to a notice given to the Director General
for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act 1974 , shall be deemed also to
be the owner for the purposes of this section unless the Minister consents to
another of such persons being deemed to be the owner for the purposes of this
section.
(5) A person shall
not, in any district or portion of a district, operate any taxi-car that is
not licensed under this section for that district or portion of a district or
in respect of which such a licence is not in force.
(6) Any person who
contravenes, or who permits or suffers another person to contravene, this
section commits an offence.
Penalty: For a first offence, $80; for a second
offence, $200; and for a subsequent offence, $400.
[Section 47ZD inserted by No. 70 of 1981
s. 3; amended by No. 106 of 1981 s. 26; No. 54 of 1985
s. 52; No. 76 of 1996 s. 49.]