Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2005 (NO 1) (NO 39 OF 2005) - REG 18

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97     Taxi drivers to hold appropriate driver licence or authority

    (1)     The accredited operator of a taxi must ensure that a person who drives the taxi while it is operating as a taxi is—

        (a)     the holder of a public vehicle licence authorising the person to drive the taxi for hire or reward; or

        (b)     exempt from holding a public vehicle licence under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000 , section 94A (Exemption of drivers of public vehicles driven for hire or reward—Act, s 31 (1) (b)).

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Note 1     A person does not hold a public vehicle licence if the public vehicle licence has been suspended or cancelled under the road transport legislation or any other territory law.

Note 2     The Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000 , s 94A (4) provides that a person ceases to be exempt from holding a public vehicle licence if—

        (a)     an automatic disqualifying circumstance applies to the person (see Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000 , s 91); or

        (b)     the person is disqualified by the road transport authority from driving a vehicle on a road or road related area (in the ACT) under that regulation, s 103.

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