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Taxi Industry Amendment Regulations 2003

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Taxi Industry Amendment Regulations 2003

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 and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 1995 .

25 August 2003

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

J. G. COX

Minister for Infrastructure

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Taxi Industry Amendment Regulations 2003 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Taxi Industry Regulations 1996 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 16 amended (Taxi standards: vehicles suitable to be licensed as taxis)

Regulation 16 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulation (2) and substituting the following subregulation:
(2)  The Commission must not allow a vehicle to operate as a taxi for the first time unless the Commission determines that it is suitable for that use and –
(a) the vehicle –
(i) is not more than 5 years of age if it is proposed to operate the vehicle under a licence that relates to a metropolitan taxi area; or
(ii) is not more than 7 years of age if it is proposed to operate the vehicle under a licence that relates to a taxi area other than a metropolitan taxi area; or
(b) the vehicle –
(i) is listed in column 1 of the table in item 1(b) of Schedule 5 to the Act; and
(ii) would not, if allowed to commence operating as a taxi, exceed the applicable age restriction specified in subregulation (3) .

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 3 September 2003

These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Taxi Industry Regulations 1996 by providing that the restrictions on allowing vehicles past a certain age to operate as taxis for the first time do not apply to certain luxury vehicles.