Trip subsidies
30 Trip subsidies
The Commission may pay a trip subsidy to the holder of a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence for each hiring during which the taxi being operated under the authority of the licence carries at least one wheelchair passenger.
The Commission may pay a trip subsidy to the holder of a temporary taxi licence, which authorises the provision of a wheelchair-accessible taxi service, for each hiring during which the taxi being operated under the authority of the licence carries at least one wheelchair passenger.
The Commission may pay a trip subsidy to – the responsible operator of a perpetual taxi licence; or the holder of an owner-operator taxi licence – authorised under section 93 of the Act to operate a service equivalent to a wheelchair-accessible taxi service, for each hiring during which the taxi being operated under the authority of the licence carries at least one wheelchair passenger.
A trip subsidy paid under this regulation is to be the amount of $20.
A person to whom a trip subsidy is paid must pay half of the amount of the subsidy to the driver who undertook the hiring in relation to which the subsidy was paid. Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units.
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