Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 91ZS

91ZS Charging more than maximum payment surcharge for fare

(1) A
"payment surcharge" for a fare for a taxi service or booked hire service is an amount (however described) charged, in addition to the amount of the fare—

(a) for processing payment for the fare; or

(b) for paying the fare using one payment method rather than another.

(2) A regulation may prescribe a maximum payment surcharge for a fare for a taxi service or booked hire service.

(3) A person must not charge more than the maximum payment surcharge for a fare for a taxi service or booked hire service to which a maximum payment surcharge under subsection (2) applies.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) For subsection (3) , a person charges a payment surcharge for a fare for a taxi service or booked hire service if the person decides or otherwise controls the amount of the payment surcharge, including, for example—

(a) by administering an electronic system that determines the amount automatically using a computer program or in another way; or

(b) by using a device to process payment of an amount that includes the amount of the payment surcharge.