Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Taximeter Standards Approval 2010
Disallowable instrument DI2010–204
made under the  
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002, section 158 Standards for taximeters
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 158(1) of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 (the Regulation) requires the Road Transport Authority to approve standards for taximeters.  An approval under section 158(1) is a disallowable instrument by virtue of section 158(3).

Schedule 1 of the instrument sets out the standards required for the installation, testing and sealing of taximeters.

The purpose of this instrument is to amend the standards to require taxi operators to ensure that taximeters are calibrated and tested within three months of a fare change and/or when requested to by the manufacturer.  

The standards have also been amended to require a taxi operator to keep records of all taximeter calibrations and testing and to provide evidence to the authority, when requested, that the taximeter has been calibrated in accordance with the standards.

An approved taximeter agent must also provide an annual report to the Authority listing all the taxi numbers that have had the meters calibrated and sealed.