Queensland Consolidated Acts

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

91ZW Annual taxi industry security levy payable

(1) The chief executive may impose a taxi industry security levy (the
"security levy" ) for a financial year on holders of taxi service licences for a prescribed taxi service area.

(2) The purpose of the security levy is to contribute to the costs of improving the security of taxi services in the prescribed taxi service area.

(3) The chief executive imposes the security levy by giving the holders written notice—

(a) requiring the payment of the security levy; and

(b) stating the amount of the security levy and the date for payment.

(4) The security levy is the amount prescribed by a regulation for the financial year.

(5) A regulation must not increase the security levy for a financial year by more than the CPI percentage increase for the financial year.

(6) The holders must pay the security levy on or before the date stated in the notice as the date for payment.

(7) A levy amount not paid to the chief executive on or before the date for payment may be recovered by the chief executive as a debt.

(8) In this section—

"CPI" means the all groups consumer price index for Brisbane published by the Australian statistician.

"CPI percentage increase" , for a financial year (the
"current financial year" ), means the percentage increase in the CPI between the following quarters—

(a) the March quarter for the financial year ending 2 years before the end of the current financial year;

(b) the March quarter for the financial year ending 1 year before the end of the current financial year.

"prescribed taxi service area" means a taxi service area prescribed by regulation for this section.