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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.