Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT 1936 (REPEALED) - SECT 27

(1AA)     In this section, “transferable taxi licence” means a taxi licence—

        (a)     granted before 9 August 1973;

        (b)     endorsed as transferable under subsection (2A);

        (c)     granted within the period commencing on 27 March 1986 and ending at the expiration of the day before the day on which the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1989 commenced and for which $80,000 was paid to the Commonwealth; or

        (d)     granted on or after the day on which the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1989 commenced.

(1)     The Registrar may grant to a person—

        (a)     who intends to use a motor vehicle as a taxi, other than a restricted taxi, on payment of the determined fee, a licence to use the vehicle as a taxi, other than a restricted taxi; or

        (b)     who intends to use a motor vehicle as a motor omnibus, on payment of the determined fee, a licence to use the vehicle as a motor omnibus.

(1A)     The Minister shall not determine a fee under paragraph (1) (a) in respect of a licence for which he or she has determined a reserved price under subsection 27A (2) unless the licence has been passed in at auction because bidding in respect of it did not reach that price.

(1B)     Subject to this Act, the Registrar may, from time to time, renew a taxi licence or motor omnibus licence and may transfer such a licence.

(2)     The Registrar shall not grant or transfer a taxi licence—

        (a)     to the holder of a private hire car licence; or

        (b)     to a person who already holds 2 taxi licences.

(2A)     The Registrar shall endorse a taxi licence as transferable on application accompanied by—

        (a)     if the application is made before 6 January 1990—$37,500; or

        (b)     in any other case—the determined fee.

(4)     Prior to the renewal of a licence to ply for hire in respect of a public motor vehicle, payment shall be made to the Territory of the determined fee.

(7)     On application in accordance with subsection (8), the Registrar may transfer a transferable taxi licence or a motor omnibus licence by endorsement on the licence.

(8)     An application under subsection (7) shall be—

        (a)     in writing signed by the proposed transferor and the proposed transferee; and

        (b)     accompanied by the determined fee.