Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 74

(1) A taxi service licence is subject to the conditions stated in it by the chief executive.

(2) The conditions of a taxi service licence must—

(a) require the operator to use a particular type of vehicle or a vehicle of a type approved for taxis by the chief executive; and

(b) state the taxi service area to which the taxi service licence applies; and

(c) require the operator not to charge more than the maximum fares published in the gazette under section 74A; and

(d) subject to section 74B—

(i) state the vehicle to be used under the licence; and

(ii) require the operator to display a registration plate on the vehicle distinguishing it as a taxi.

(3) The conditions of a taxi service licence may—

(a) require that the operator have access to a continuously operating booking service; and

(b) require the operator—

(i) to cooperate with the holder of a taxi service contract; and

(ii) to comply with all reasonable requests made by the holder of the contract to provide taxi services; and

(iii) not to act in a way likely to prevent the holder of the taxi service contract complying with the conditions of the contract; and

(c) require the operator to install and maintain stated equipment in taxis; and

(d) require that the operator only operate the taxi on a stated day or at stated times; and

(e) make other requirements of an operator.

(4) The operator of a taxi service under a taxi service licence must not contravene a condition of the licence.

Maximum penalty for subsection (4)—40 penalty units.