Continued use of substitute vehicles during peak patronage periods
284 Continued use of substitute vehicles during peak patronage periods
This section applies until the end of 30 September 2029.
The chief executive may give an authorised booking entity a written notice stating that a substitute taxi may be used to provide a booked hire service or taxi service during a peak patronage period stated in the notice.
Section 74 of the Act does not apply to a taxi service provided using a substitute taxi as stated in a peak demand exemption notice.
Section 76 of the Act does not apply to a booked hire service provided using a substitute taxi as stated in a peak demand exemption notice.
In this section—
peak demand exemption notice means—
a written notice given under subsection (2); or
a written notice given under section 158T(2) of the expired regulation; or
a notice given by the chief executive under previous section 65(2) of the Act exempting a person from previous section 65(1) of the Act, if the exemption was in force immediately before 1 October 2017.
peak patronage period means a period in which demand for booked hire services or taxi services is higher than usual.
previous, for a provision of the Act, means the provision as in force immediately before 1 October 2017.
substitute taxi means a motor vehicle stated in—
a substitute vehicle authority continued in force under section 285; or
Note—
Under section 158S of the expired regulation, a substitute taxi authority that was in force under repealed part 6, division 3 of the expired regulation immediately before 1 October 2017 is continued in force as a substitute vehicle authority under part 7, division 3 of the expired regulation.
a substitute vehicle authority issued under part 8, division 4.
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