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TASMANIA
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TAXI AND HIRE VEHICLE INDUSTRIES
AMENDMENT BILL 2016
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 23 amended (Number of owner-operator taxi licences to
be made available)
5. Section 91E amended (General small passenger vehicle
offences)
6. Repeal of Act
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TAXI AND HIRE VEHICLE INDUSTRIES
AMENDMENT BILL 2016
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
SHANE DONNELLY, Clerk of the House
7 April 2016
(Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure, the Honourable
Marinus Theodoor Hidding)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act
2008
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Taxi and Hire
Vehicle Industries Amendment Act 2016.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
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3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries
Act 2008* is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 23 amended (Number of owner-operator
taxi licences to be made available)
Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following subsections
after subsection (1):
(1A) Subsection (1) does not, in
respect of a year specified in a
notice under subsection (1B),
apply in relation to a taxi area
specified in the notice.
(1B) The Minister may, by a notice, or
notices, in the Gazette, declare
that, in respect of the year 2016,
or 2017 or both, subsection (1)
does not apply in relation to a taxi
area specified in the notice.
(1C) A notice under subsection (1B) is
not a statutory rule for the
purposes of the Rules Publication
Act 1953.
(b) by omitting subsection (6) and
substituting the following subsections:
*No. 30 of 2008
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(6) If -
(a) a licence in relation to a
taxi area is under
subsection (5), made
available for sale in a
year; and
(b) the Minister has not
issued a notice under
subsection (1B) declaring
that subsection (1) does
not apply in relation to the
taxi area for the following
year; and
(c) the licence is not sold
before the date on which
the Commission calls the
following year's tender in
respect of the taxi area -
the Commission is, on that date,
to withdraw the licence from sale.
(7) If -
(a) a licence in relation to a
taxi area is under
subsection (5), made
available for sale in a
year; and
(b) the Minister has issued a
notice under
subsection (1B) declaring
that subsection (1) does
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not apply in relation to the
taxi area for the following
year; and
(c) the licence is not sold
before 30 September in
the following year -
the Commission is, on 30
September in that following year,
to withdraw the licence from sale.
5. Section 91E amended (General small passenger
vehicle offences)
Section 91E of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (2) the following
subsection:
(2A) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation
to a person using a small passenger
vehicle if, under section 64(1) of the
Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 -
(a) the person is, or is a member of a
class of persons that is, exempted
from the application of section 10
of that Act; or
(b) the vehicle is, or is a member of a
class of vehicles that is, exempted
from the application of section 10
of that Act; or
(c) the passenger transport service
that the vehicle is being used to
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operate is a passenger service that
is, or is a member of a class of
passenger services that is,
exempted from the application of
section 10 of that Act.
6. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and
sixty fifth day from the day on which it
commences.
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