Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of any contract of insurance, a motor vehicle shall be deemed not to be used
for the carriage of passengers for hire, fare or reward by reason only of the
carriage of passengers if the carriage is pursuant to a motor vehicle pooling
arrangement.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), a carriage of passengers is pursuant to a motor
vehicle pooling arrangement if the carriage is —
(a)
incidental to the main purpose of the journey; and
(b) not
the result of touting for passengers by the driver or any other person on any
road; and
(c)
pursuant to an arrangement for the carriage of the passengers for a
consideration limited to —
(i)
an undertaking by or on behalf of the passenger to carry
the driver or a member of the driver’s family on a similar journey; or
(ii)
the payment of an amount which does not contain any
element of profit in respect of the operation of the motor vehicle or the
motor vehicle pool or any recompense for the time of the driver.
[Section 82A inserted by No. 48 of 1980
s. 6.]