Deciding applications for registration—public passenger vehicles
32AA Deciding applications for registration—public passenger vehicles
This section applies if the road transport authority is deciding an application for registration of a registrable vehicle as 1 of the following kinds of public passenger vehicle:
a public bus;
a taxi;
a hire car;
a demand responsive service vehicle.
Note 1 A rideshare vehicle is also a public passenger vehicle but it is not required to be registered as a rideshare vehicle.
Note 2 A light rail vehicle is also a public passenger vehicle but is not a registrable vehicle (see Act, dict, def registrable vehicle).
The road transport authority may refuse to approve the application if the applicant—
is not the accredited operator of the vehicle; or
has failed to comply with a requirement under a territory law about the condition of the vehicle.
In this section:
accredited operator, of a public passenger vehicle—see the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001, section 110.
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