(1) If a noncompliance notice has been attached under regulation 175 (Attachment and removal of noncompliance notices) to a taxi used to operate a taxi service and has not been removed in accordance with the regulation, the accredited operator of the taxi service must not allow the taxi to be used to operate the service—
(a) after the time of effect of the notice; or
(b) if the accredited operator knows the notice has been removed other than in accordance with regulation 175.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Subregulation (1) (b) ceases to apply to the
taxi in relation to the noncompliance notice if a police officer or authorised
person directs under regulation 175 that the notice be taken to have been
removed.
Division 4.3.2 Taxi drivers
Note For the licensing of taxi drivers, see the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulations 2000 .