Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE CAR REGULATIONS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 23 OF 1986) - REG 7

7. Regulation 24 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

        (a)     by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “where the taxi is not required to travel outside the City Area”;

        (b)     by omitting sub-regulations (2), (3), (3A), (4), (4A) and (5) and substituting the followng sub-regulations:

“(2) Where on a journey a taxi is not the subject of a multiple hiring, the flag fall or hiring charge is—

        (a)     where the journey commenced between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday to Friday—$1.50;

        (b)     where the journey commenced—

              (i)     between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., or between 3 p.m. and 12 midnight, Monday to Friday; or

              (ii)     between 6 a.m. and 12 midnight on a Saturday, Sunday or a day that is observed as a public holiday in the Territory in accordance with the Holidays Ordinance 1958 ,

$2; or

        (c)     where the journey commenced between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. on any day—$3.

“(3) Where on a journey a taxi is the subject of a multiple hiring, the flag fall or hiring charge is $2.

“(4) Where on a journey a taxi is not the subject of a multiple hiring, the kilometre rate for the journey is a rate of 60 cents for each kilometre, excluding the first kilometre, travelled by the taxi on the journey.

“(5) Where on a journey a taxi is the subject of a multiple hiring, the kilometre rate for the journey is a rate of 45 cents for each kilometre, excluding the first kilometre, travelled by the taxi on the journey.”;

        (c)     by omitting from sub-regulation (6) all the words after “calculated” and substituting “at the rate of 25 cents for each minute that the taxi is required to wait”;

        (d)     by omitting sub-regulation (9); and

        (e)     by omitting from sub-regulation (10) “30” and substituting “50”.