Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 2)
Subordinate Law SL2011-32

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999 and the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001.
Dated 18 November 2011.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Katy Gallagher
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 2)
Subordinate Law SL2011-32
made under the
Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999 and the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001

    

Contents
	Page

Part 1	Preliminary
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Legislation amended	1
Part 2	Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000
	4	New section 62 (3) (ha)	2
	5	New section 62 (5) and (6)	2
Part 3	Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
	6	Section 84	4
	7	Sections 84A to 84C	4

Part 1	Preliminary
1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Road Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 2).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on a day fixed by the Minister by written notice.
Note 1	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
Note 2	A single day or time may be fixed, or different days or times may be fixed, for the commencement of different provisions (see Legislation Act, s 77 (1)).
Note 3	If a provision has not commenced within 6 months beginning on the notification day, it automatically commences on the first day after that period (see Legislation Act, s 79).
3	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the following legislation:
·	Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000
·	Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002.

Part 2	Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000
4	New section 62 (3) (ha)
insert
	(ha)	for a public vehicle licence for a taxi—the person is certified by a registered training organisation as meeting the national minimum English standard for taxi drivers; and
5	New section 62 (5) and (6)
insert
	(5)	In this section:
national minimum English standard, for taxi drivers, means  the following levels of English language proficiency under the International Second Language Proficiency Ratings (ISLPR): General Proficiency Version for English, 2010 edition (the ISLPR):
	(a)	listening—3;
	(b)	speaking—2+;
	(c)	reading—2;
	(d)	writing—1+.
Note	The ISLPR does not need to be notified under the Legislation Act because s 47 (5) does not apply (see Legislation Act, s 47 (7)).  The ISLPR is accessible at www.islpr.org.
registered training organisation—see the Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003, dictionary.
	(6)	The Legislation Act, section 47 (5) does not apply to the ISLPR.
Note	The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).

Part 3	Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
6	Section 84
omit
7	Sections 84A to 84C
omit
restricted 

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 24 November 2011.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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