Australian Capital Territory

Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares for Taxi Services 
Determination 2017 (No 1)*

Disallowable Instrument DI 2017 - 247
made under the

Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001, section 60 (Power to determine taxi fares)

1.	Name of Instrument

This instrument is the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares for Taxi Services Determination 2017 (No 1).

2.	Commencement

This instrument commences the day after notification. 

3.	Determination

I determine that the maximum fares relating to the hiring or use of a taxi are as specified in the schedule.

4.	Payment of Fare

A fare to which this determination applies is payable by a customer for using taxi services and is payable to the taxi driver.

5.	Revocation

This instrument revokes the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares for Taxi Services Determination 2015 DI2015-187.

Shane Rattenbury MLA
Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety

20 September 2017

Schedule

Fare Rate	Description of matter in respect of which fare is payable
	Maximum fare payable ($)	
	Radio Bookings	$0.00
	
	Premium Service Booking Fee

Only applicable when the hirer has specifically requested a premium service from the taxi service when making the booking and the booking has been made through a transport booking service. This fee is not applicable to rank and hail hirings or bookings made other than through a transport booking service.

A premium service must include a service guarantee on a passenger’s plane, bus or train ticket where delays in the service impact on the passenger’s travel. Details of the service guarantee, including its value, must be made available to prospective hirers (for example on a website).

Any conditions associated with a hirer’s use of the premium service, such as minimum timeframes for bookings, must also be available to hirers prior to making their booking.
	$13.80	
	Standard Taxi (single hiring)

Flagfall

Kilometre Rate

$5.00
	
1	For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday
	$2.06
	
2	For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday	$2.37
	
	Standard Taxi (multiple hiring)

Flagfall

Kilometre Rate

$3.75
	
3	For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday
	$1.55
	
4	For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday	$1.78	
	High Occupancy Taxi (5, 6 or 7 passengers)

Flagfall

Kilometre Rate

$7.50
	
5	For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday
	$3.09
	
6	For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday	$3.55
	
	High Occupancy Taxi (8 or more passengers)

Flagfall

Kilometre Rate

$7.50
	
7	For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday
	$3.91
	
8	For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday
	$4.50
	
	Waiting Time Rate (per hour)	$52.00
	
	Toll

For a journey commencing at the designated taxi rank at the Canberra Airport where the taxi driver has paid the toll.
a. single hiring – the toll
b. multiple hiring – for a multiple hire, the toll to be shared equally by each hirer
	$3.00
	
	Baby Capsule Fee
	$5.20	
	Commissionaire Surcharge (for hirings undertaken from the Canberra Airport when a taxi commissionaire service is provided)
	$1.20