Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 1997
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Taxi Industry Act 1995 .
23 December 1997G. S. M. GREEN
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
T. JOHN CLEARY
Minister for Transport
These regulations may be cited as the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 1997 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Regulations 1996 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 5 amended (Application dates)
Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by inserting "(1)" before "The";(b) by omitting "each taxi area specified in" and substituting "the taxi areas specified in items 1, 2 and 3 of";(c) by inserting the following subregulation:(2) The application date in respect of the taxi areas specified in items 4 to 19, inclusive, of Schedule 1 is the date of commencement of the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 1997 .
5. Regulation 6 amended (Expiry dates)
Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by inserting "(1)" before "The";(b) by omitting "each taxi area specified in" and substituting "the taxi areas specified in items 1, 2 and 3 of";(c) by inserting the following subregulation:(2) The expiry date in respect of the taxi areas specified in items 4 to 19, inclusive, of Schedule 1 is the date which is 3 months after the date of commencement of the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 1997 .
6. Regulation 7 amended (Capped value of licences)
Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) "$61 214." and substituting "$61 214;";(b) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (c) :(d) for the Break O'Day taxi area – $19 514;(e) for the Circular Head taxi area – $20 040;(f) for the Devonport taxi area – $72 000;(g) for the Dorset taxi area – $6 000;(h) for the Flinders Island taxi area – $1 500;(i) for the George Town taxi area – $38 500;(j) for the Huon Valley taxi area – $5 000;(k) for the King Island taxi area – $1 500;(l) for the Meander Valley taxi area – $26 608;(m) for the New Norfolk taxi area – $23 197;(n) for the Penguin taxi area – $25 000;(o) for the Perth taxi area – $38 257;(p) for the Tasman taxi area – $5 000;(q) for the Ulverstone taxi area – $45 000;(r) for the West Coast taxi area – $1 500;(s) for the West Tamar taxi area – $25 000.
7. Schedule 1 amended (Taxi areas)
Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after item 3 the following items:
4. Break O'Day taxi area
The municipal area of Break O'Day.
5. Circular Head taxi area
The municipal area of Circular Head.
6. Devonport taxi area
The municipal area of Devonport and the municipal area of Latrobe.
7. Dorset taxi area
The municipal area of Dorset.
8. Flinders Island taxi area
The municipal area of Flinders.
9. George Town taxi area
The municipal area of George Town.
10. Huon Valley taxi area
The municipal area of Huon Valley.
11. King Island taxi area
The municipal area of King Island.
12. Meander Valley taxi area
That part of the municipal area of Meander Valley west of a north south line drawn through the junction of the Exton Road and the Bass Highway.
13. New Norfolk taxi area
The municipal area of New Norfolk.
14. Penguin taxi area
That part of the municipal area of Central Coast west of the Leven River to Allison's Bridge and west of a straight line from Allison's Bridge to the Three Sisters.
15. Perth taxi area
(a) That part of the municipal area of Northern Midlands north of the Powranna and Deddington Roads, and a line between those roads and that part of the municipal area of Meander Valley east of an approximately north/south line drawn through the junction of Exton Road and the Bass Highway; and
(b) that part of the municipal area of Launceston west of an approximately north/south line drawn through the junction of Trotters Lane and Westbury Road and south of an approximately east/west line through that junction.
16. Tasman taxi area
The municipal area of Tasman.
17. Ulverstone taxi area
That part of the municipal area of Central Coast east of the Leven River to Allison's Bridge and east of a straight line from Allison's Bridge to the Three Sisters.
18. West Coast taxi area
The municipal area of West Coast.
19. West Tamar taxi area
The municipal area of West Tamar.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 31 December 1997
These regulations are administered in the Department of Transport.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Regulations 1996 by specifying certain additional taxi areas and the capped values of licences in respect of those areas.