Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 2007

Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 2007

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 .

5 March 2007

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

J. G. COX

Minister for Infrastructure

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 2007 .

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 (Taxi Areas) Regulations 1996 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 7 substituted

Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted:

7.   Assessed market value of licences

For the purposes of section 11 of the Act, the assessed market values for perpetual taxi licences in taxi areas as at 1 July 2006 are as follows:

(a) Hobart taxi area – $120 000;

(b) Launceston taxi area – $57 000;

(c) Burnie taxi area – $46 000;

(d) Break O'Day taxi area – $21 600;

(e) Bruny Island taxi area – $1 000;

(f) Central Highlands taxi area – $1 000;

(g) Circular Head taxi area – $22 500;

(h) Devonport taxi area – $46 000;

(i) Dorset taxi area – $3 000;

(j) Flinders Island taxi area – $1 000;

(k) George Town taxi area – $25 000;

(l) Glamorgan/Spring Bay North taxi area – $5 000;

(m) Glamorgan/Spring Bay South taxi area – $2 500;

(n) Huon Valley taxi area – $15 000;

(o) Kentish taxi area – $5 000;

(p) King Island taxi area – $1 000;

(q) Meander Valley taxi area – $25 000;

(r) New Norfolk taxi area – $21 600;

(s) Penguin taxi area – $5 000;

(t) Perth taxi area – $25 000;

(u) Tasman taxi area – $5 000;

(v) Ulverstone taxi area – $34 500;

(w) West Coast taxi area – $1 000;

(x) West Tamar taxi area – $25 000.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 14 March 2007

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 (Taxi Areas) Regulations 1996 by updating the assessed market values of perpetual taxi licences.