New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

POINT TO POINT TRANSPORT (TAXIS AND HIRE VEHICLES) REGULATION 2017

- Made under the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016
- As at 1 September 2023
- Reg 424 of 2017

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Certain service facilitators and other persons to be booking service providers

   PART 2 - SAFETY OF SERVICES

           Division 1 - Safety standards

   5.      Specified safety standards
   6.      Safety standards--offences

           Division 2 - Safety management system

   7.      Identification and management of risks to health and safety

           Division 3 - Vehicle standards

   8.      Vehicle registration and registration standards for vehicles
   9.      Vehicle maintenance
   10.     Wheelchair accessible vehicles
   11.     Accommodation standard for taxis
   12.     Signs, lights and markings--taxis
   13.     Driver identification--taxi drivers
   14.     Fare calculation devices--taxis
   15.     Display of information--taxis
   16.     Duress alarm systems--taxis
   17.     Vehicle tracking systems--taxis
   18.     Approved security camera systems and safeguards--taxis
   19.     Disposal of recordings made by security camera system in taxi
   20.     Signs and markings--hire vehicles
   21.     Motor cycles--hire vehicles

           Division 4 - Insurance

   22.     Vehicle insurance

           Division 5 - Provision of information

   23.     Information to be made available to hirer by booking service provider

           Division 6 - Drivers

   24.     Disqualifying offences
   25.     Ineligible drivers
   26.     Driver of wheelchair accessible vehicle to be competent in loading and unloading wheelchair passengers
   27.     English language requirements--taxi drivers
   28.     Taxi driver identity document to be displayed
   29.     Driver must report changes in circumstances

           Division 7 - Notifiable occurrences

   30.     Notifiable occurrences

   PART 3 - AUTHORISATION OF PROVIDERS OF PASSENGER AND BOOKING SERVICES

           Division 1 - Applications for authorisations

   31.     Combined applications
   32.     Partnership entity may apply for authorisation
   33.     Authorisation standard--applicants
   34.     Authorisation standard--entities
   35.     Authorisation standard--close associates
   36.     Authorisation standard--nominated directors or managers
   37.     Disqualifying offences--applicants and nominated directors or managers
   38.     Disqualifying offences--close associates

           Division 2 - Authorisation conditions

   39.     Conditions of authorisation
   40.     Information to be provided
   41.     Records of passenger service transactions--booking services
   42.     Records of passenger service transactions--taxi services
   43.     Booking service for wheelchair accessible taxis
   44.     Condition for entities

           Division 3 - Authorisation fees

   45.     Authorisation fees

   PART 4 - TAXI LICENCES

           Division 1 - (Repealed)
           None

           Division 2 - Licence conditions

   49.     Conditions of taxi licence
   50.     (Repealed)
   51.     Other conditions

   PART 5 - FARES

   52.     Fare estimates
   53.     Taxi fare structures
   54.     Publication of taxi fares
   55.     Payment of fares
   56.     Pre-payment scheme for taxi fares
   57.     (Repealed)

   PART 6 - OTHER OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO PASSENGER AND BOOKING SERVICES

           Division 1 - Driver obligations for passenger services generally

   58.     Definition
   59.     Driver not to smoke in vehicle
   60.     Offensive behaviour by drivers
   61.     Driver not to interfere with equipment of, or damage, vehicle
   62.     Driver not to drive non-compliant vehicle
   63.     Additional passengers
   64.     Assistance animals
   65.     Wheelchair accessible vehicles
   66.     No touting or soliciting for passengers
   67.     Driver to be hired only at specific zones--Sydney Airport precinct and other airports
   68.     Driver to remain with vehicle--Sydney Airport precinct and other airports
   69.     Directions to driver by authorised officer--Sydney Airport precinct and other airports
   70.     Driver to supply information on hirings
   71.     Driver to provide driver licence for inspection

           Division 2 - Taxi services

   72.     Application of Division
   73.     (Repealed)
   74.     Interference with safety devices
   75.     Standing otherwise than in a taxi zone
   76.     Use of taxi zones
   77.     Driver of taxi to accept hiring
   78.     (Repealed)
   79.     Termination of hiring
   80.     Direction to leave taxi
   81.     Operation of fare calculation device by taxi driver
   82.     Wheelchair accessible taxis
   83.     Stand-by taxis

           Division 3 - Hire vehicles

   84.     No plying or standing for hire
   85.     Direction to leave hire vehicle

           Division 4 - Passenger conduct

   86.     Passenger conduct offences

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   87.     Authorised officers
   88.     Unauthorised use of recording
   89.     Transport services that are not passenger services
   90.     Car pooling not passenger service
   91.     Travel agents not booking service providers
   92.     Exemptions
   93.     Appointment of taxi zones
   94.     Exchange of information
   95.     Requirements relating to information disclosure
   96.     Fees
   97.     Delegations
   98.     (Repealed)
   98A.    (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5