Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulationsr. 20
(1) If a taxi-cab is unsuitable or unfit for use as a taxi-cab or it does not comply with the Act or these Regulations or any condition of the licence under which it is operated, a member of the police force, the licensing authority or a person authorised by the licensing authority may serve a notice on the operator or the driver of the taxi-cab requiring that the matters set out in the notice be rectified within the time specified in the notice.
(2) A notice under sub-regulation (1) must—
(a) include sufficient details to identify the taxi-cab; and
(b) set out the matters requiring rectification; and
(c) state a time and date after which the taxi-cab must not be operated unless the matters requiring rectification have been rectified; and
(d) require that, after the matters requiring rectification have been rectified, the taxi-cab must be produced for inspection by—
(i) a member of the police force; or
(ii) a licensed taxi tester; or
(iii) a licensed vehicle tester; or
(iv) a person authorised by the licensing authority to inspect taxi-cabs.
(3) If the driver of a taxi-cab on whom a notice under sub-regulation (1) is served is not the operator of the taxi-cab, the driver must, as soon as is practicable after service of the notice, give, or cause to be sent to, the operator, the notice or a copy of the notice.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(4) The operator of a taxi-cab in respect of which a notice has been served under sub-regulation (1) must not operate the taxi-cab or permit the taxi-cab to be operated, after the date and time referred to in sub-regulation (2)(c), until all the matters requiring rectification set out in the notice have been rectified and the taxi-cab has been inspected as required by the notice and authorised in writing for operation by a member of the police force, the licensing authority or a person authorised by the licensing authority to inspect taxi-cabs.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.