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Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Bill Amendment 2009
The purpose of the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Amendment Bill 2009 is to
rectify some minor technical deficiencies identified in the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car
Industries Act 2008 (the Act) since it commenced late last year and to provide for the
review of administrative decisions under the Act. In summary, the purpose of the
amendments is to:
� make it clear that in issuing licences under the Act, the Commission may
impose conditions on licences without having to provide the person applying
for the licence with the opportunity to make representations regarding the
proposed conditions. The right to make representations in regard to the
imposition of conditions, a variation of conditions or the revocation of
conditions will be confined to existing licences;
� provide that an applicant for an owner operator licence must be the registered
operator of a vehicle suitable to be used as a taxi prior to the issue of a
licence. The requirements for a vehicle suitable for use as a taxi will be
prescribed in the Taxi Industry Regulations 2008. They will include
requirements that the vehicle meets the relevant standards, is within the age
limits for taxis and that the vehicle has all of the relevant taxi equipment
(such as meters and roof signs), fitted to it; and
� provide a regulating power for the review of administrative decisions made
under the Act and the regulations.