TRANSPORT (ROAD PASSENGER SERVICES) ACT 2018 - SECT 295
TRANSPORT (ROAD PASSENGER SERVICES) ACT 2018 - SECT 295
295 . Owned taxi plates
(1) In this section
—
commencement day means the day on which Part 6
comes into operation;
owned taxi plates means taxi plates owned by an
eligible owner (buyback) as defined in section 226(1);
owner , in relation to a vehicle, has the same
meaning as it has in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 5 as
if this Part were a road law referred to in that section;
relevant vehicle means a vehicle that immediately
before commencement day —
(a) was
operated under owned taxi plates; or
(b)
would have been operated under owned taxi plates if a grant of a buyback
payment had not been made under Part 9 Division 1 before commencement day;
taxi plates has the same meaning as it has in Part
9 Division 1.
(2) A person who
immediately before commencement day is the owner of a relevant vehicle, or has
the written consent of the owner of a relevant vehicle to operate the vehicle,
is taken on and from commencement day until the prescribed day to be the
holder of an on-demand rank or hail vehicle authorisation for the vehicle.
(3) A person who is
the eligible owner (buyback) of taxi plates immediately before commencement
day for which no grant of a buyback payment has been made under Part 9
Division 1 before commencement day and to whom subsection (2) does not apply
is taken on and from commencement day until the prescribed day to be the
holder of an on-demand rank or hail vehicle authorisation for a nominated
vehicle.
(4) For the purposes
of subsection (3), a nominated vehicle is a vehicle nominated to the CEO
before commencement day by the owner of the taxi plates that complies with the
prescribed requirements.
(5) An on-demand rank
or hail vehicle authorisation referred to in this section may be suspended or
cancelled under Part 6 Division 4.