Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (TAXI INDUSTRY INNOVATION) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2016 (NO 1) (NO 20 OF 2016) - REG 80

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144B     Payment under taxi subsidy scheme

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     pays for the hiring of a taxi under the taxi subsidy scheme; and

        (b)     is not eligible to pay for the hiring under the taxi subsidy scheme.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way); and

        (b)     the statement is false or misleading; and

        (c)     the statement is made in paying for the hiring of a taxi under the taxi subsidy scheme.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (3)     Subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the statement is not false or misleading in a material particular.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (4)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.