Taxi Industry Amendment (Fares) Regulations 2011

Taxi Industry Amendment (Fares) Regulations 2011

I, the Lieutenant-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 2008 .

3 October 2011

E. C. CRAWFORD

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

NICK McKIM

Minister for Sustainable Transport

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Taxi Industry Amendment (Fares) Regulations 2011 .

2.   Commencement

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

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Taxi Industry Regulations 2008 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 3 amended (Standard fares)

Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting clauses 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 and substituting the following clauses:

2.   Standard fares for taxi operating under a licence that relates to the Hobart, Launceston, Burnie, Devonport, Perth, Ulverstone or West Tamar taxi area

(1) This clause applies to a taxi that operates under a licence that relates to the Hobart, Launceston, Burnie, Devonport, Perth, Ulverstone or West Tamar taxi area.

(2) The tariff to be charged between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on any weekday that is not a public holiday in the place where the taxi is hired, called the first tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $3.40 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 27.2 metres travelled, or the first 5 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 54.5 metres travelled or each 9.9 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

(3) The tariff to be charged at times when the first tariff does not apply, called the second tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $3.40 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 22.7 metres travelled, or the first 5 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 45.5 metres travelled or each 9.9 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

3.   Standard fares for taxi operating under a licence that relates to the King Island or Flinders Island taxi area

(1) This clause applies to a taxi that operates under a licence that relates to the King Island or Flinders Island taxi area.

(2) The tariff to be charged between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on any weekday that is not a public holiday in the place where the taxi is hired, called the first tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $4.90 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 24.3 metres travelled, or the first 4.3 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 48.6 metres travelled or each 8.7 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

(3) The tariff to be charged at times when the first tariff does not apply, called the second tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $4.90 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 20.3 metres travelled, or the first 4.3 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 40.6 metres travelled or each 8.7 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

4.   Standard fares for taxi operating under a licence that relates to all other taxi areas

(1) This clause applies to a taxi that operates under a licence that relates to a taxi area not covered by clause 2 or 3 .

(2) The tariff to be charged between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on any weekday that is not a public holiday in the place where the taxi is hired, called the first tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $3.40 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 27.7 metres travelled, or the first 5.1 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 55.4 metres travelled or each 10.2 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

(3) The tariff to be charged at times when the first tariff does not apply, called the second tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $3.40 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 23.1 metres travelled, or the first 5.1 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 46.1 metres travelled or each 10.2 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

5.   Standard fares for wheelchair-accessible taxis while conveying a wheelchair passenger in a taxi area

(1) This clause relates to a wheelchair-accessible taxi, a remote area wheelchair-accessible taxi, a substitute wheelchair-accessible taxi or a vehicle approved under section 93 of the Act to provide a service equivalent to a wheelchair-accessible taxi service that conveys a passenger travelling in a wheelchair in any taxi area.

(2) The tariff to be charged between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on any weekday that is not a public holiday in the place where the wheelchair-accessible taxi, remote area wheelchair-accessible taxi, substitute wheelchair-accessible taxi or approved vehicle is hired, called the third tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $5.00 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 24.4 metres travelled, or the first 4.3 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 48.8 metres travelled or each 8.7 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

(3) The tariff to be charged at times when the third tariff does not apply, called the fourth tariff, is the amount recorded on the taximeter when the taximeter is calibrated to record –

(a) the sum of $5.00 as flagfall; and

(b) the sum of 10 cents for the first 20.4 metres travelled, or the first 4.3 seconds of time elapsed, whichever occurs first; and

(c) after the distance travelled or the time elapsed as specified in paragraph (b) , the sum of 10 cents for each complete 40.8 metres travelled or each 8.7 seconds of time elapsed, whichever is the greater.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 12 October 2011

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 2008 by increasing certain fares and charges payable for the hire of taxis.