Western Australian Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION ACT 1966 - SECT 54

54 .         Commercial goods vehicle not to be used for passengers

                A person driving or using a commercial goods vehicle that is required to be licensed under this Act shall not carry, or permit any person to ride, in or upon the vehicle, unless — 

            (a)         the licence granted in respect of the vehicle expressly authorises the carriage of passengers;

            (b)         the person so carried is — 

                  (i)         carried in the case of an emergency; or

                  (ii)         is carried without fee or reward of any kind;

                or

            (c)         the owner of the vehicle is the holder of a special permit granted by the Minister, and the person so carried is carried in conformity with the permit.

        [Section 54 amended by No. 54 of 1985 s. 52.]