Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018

In this Act, an on‑demand booking service is —

a service that involves —

taking or facilitating bookings for on‑demand vehicles to be used in providing on‑demand passenger transport services (whether immediately or at a later time); and

communicating the bookings to on‑demand drivers or to providers of on‑demand passenger transport services;

a service that involves taking or facilitating bookings for on‑demand vehicles to be used in providing on‑demand passenger transport services (whether immediately or at a later time), where the person who takes or facilitates the bookings is the on‑demand driver or the provider of the on‑demand vehicle; or

a service that facilitates the provision of on‑demand passenger transport services including by providing any of the following services —

communication services for on‑demand drivers and on‑demand vehicles;

controlling, co‑ordination or administrative or other services for on‑demand passenger transport services;

safety management systems or regulatory compliance services for on‑demand passenger transport services, on‑demand drivers and other on‑demand booking services;

a service or other thing that the regulations provide is an on‑demand booking service.

In this Act, provide an on‑demand booking service means carry on the business of providing an on‑demand booking service.

In this Act, an on‑demand booking service does not include a service or other thing that the regulations provide is not an on‑demand booking service.

In this Act, a business of providing an on‑demand booking service —

includes a business of a kind that the regulations provide is a business of providing an on‑demand booking service; and

does not include a business of a kind that the regulations provide is not a business of providing an on‑demand booking service.

For the purpose of determining whether a person provides an on‑demand booking service it does not matter —

that a booking is obtained or communicated remotely by means of an electronic device or other means not directly provided by the person who provides the on‑demand booking service; or

that the provider of the on‑demand booking service is located outside the State if the on‑demand passenger transport service is provided wholly, or partly, within the State.