Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Amendment Act 2009
An Act to amend the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 2008
Be it enacted by His 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:
This Act may be cited as the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Amendment Act 2009 .
This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
In this Act, the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 2008 is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 22 amended (Issue of owner-operator taxi licences)
Section 22(3) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "An owner-operator taxi licence issued by the Commission is subject to such conditions" and substituting "On the issue of an owner-operator taxi licence, the Commission may impose such conditions on the licence".
5. Section 24 amended (Application for owner-operator taxi licence)
Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by inserting in subsection (2)(c) "vehicle that is suitable for use as a" after "of a";(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3) :(4) For the purposes of subsection (2) , a vehicle is suitable for use as a taxi if the vehicle complies with the requirements prescribed in the regulations.
6. Section 28 amended (Owner-operator taxi licence conditions)
Section 28(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by inserting "that has been issued by the Commission" after "on an owner-operator taxi licence";(b) by inserting "such" after "imposed on".
7. Section 40 amended (Issue of wheelchair-accessible taxi licences)
Section 40(2) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "A wheelchair-accessible taxi licence issued by the Commission is subject to such conditions" and substituting "On the issue of a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence, the Commission may impose such conditions on the licence".
8. Section 46 amended (Wheelchair-accessible taxi licence conditions)
Section 46(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by inserting "that has been issued by the Commission" after "on a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence";(b) by inserting "such" after "imposed on".
9. Section 68 amended (Issue of luxury hire car licences)
Section 68(2) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "A luxury hire car licence issued by the Commission is subject to such conditions" and substituting "On the issue of a luxury hire car licence, the Commission may impose such conditions on the licence".
10. Section 74 amended (Luxury hire car licence conditions)
Section 74(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by inserting "that has been issued by the Commission" after "on a luxury hire car licence";(b) by inserting "such" after "imposed on".
11. Schedule 5 amended (Matters in Respect of Which Regulations May Be Made)
Clause 1 of Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from paragraph (za) "cars." and substituting "cars; and";(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (za) :(zb) provide for the review of administrative decisions made by the Commission under the Act.
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from the day on which it commences.
[Second reading presentation speech made in:
House of Assembly on 28 OCTOBER 2009
Legislative Council on 10 NOVEMBER 2009]