Passenger Transport Act 1994

For the purposes of this section, a person operates a centralised booking service if the person operates a service where—

bookings for taxi services, or any other passenger service of a prescribed class, are accepted from members of the public; and

the bookings are assigned to drivers; and

the number of passenger transport vehicles participating in the service is not less than the prescribed number.

A person must not operate a centralised booking service unless the person holds an accreditation for that service under this

Division. Maximum penalty: Penalty: Division 3 fine.

The purpose of accreditation under this Division is—

to attest—

that the accredited person (or, in the case of an accredited body corporate, each director, manager or other person who is in a position to control or influence substantially the affairs of the body corporate) is considered to be of good repute and in all other respects fit and proper to be responsible for the operation of a centralised booking service;

and

that the centralised booking service complies with the prescribed standards relating to—

the ability to provide a centralised booking service;

and

operational practices and procedures; and

service to users; and

equipment; and

any other matter prescribed by the regulations; and

to provide a scheme to facilitate the observance of various standards by the operators of centralised booking services; and

to provide for any other matter prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

Standards for the purposes of subsection (3)—

may be prescribed by the regulations; or

to the extent that they are not so prescribed, may be determined by the Minister.

The Minister must ensure that a standard determined by the Minister under subsection (4)(b) is widely published and made reasonably available to interested persons.

In this section—

the prescribed number is two, or such greater number as may be prescribed by the regulations.