Advertising provision of public passenger service
275 Advertising provision of public passenger service
A person must not advertise the provision of a public passenger service unless—
if the service is of a kind for which operator accreditation is required under the Act—the person who is to provide the service is accredited to provide a service of that kind; and
if the service is of a kind for which driver authorisation is required under the Act—the person who is to drive a vehicle to provide the service is an authorised driver for a service of that kind; and
if the service is a booked hire service—the person who provides a booking service for the booked hire service is an authorised booking entity; and
the vehicle to be used to provide the service is a vehicle required or permitted under the Act to be used to provide the service.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
A person must not use the words ‘taxi’, ‘taxi-cab’ or ‘cab’, or a similar expression, to advertise the provision of a public passenger service unless a taxi is the vehicle to be used to provide the service.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
A person must not use the words ‘limousine’ or ‘limo’, or a similar expression, to advertise the provision of a public passenger service unless a limousine is the vehicle to be used to provide the service.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
However, subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a public passenger service that is an air service or a ferry service.
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) merely because the person, as part of the person’s business, prints, publishes or displays an advertisement for another person.
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