AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999

DETERMINATION OF FEE FOR THE ISSUE OF TAXI NETWORK AUTHORITY

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Road Transport (General) Act 1999 and regulations made under it permit the Road Transport Authority to accredit a person to be issued with a Taxi Network Authority if satisfied that the network can comply with the Standards approved by the Authority pursuant to Regulation 57 of the Road Transport (Taxi Services) Regulations 2000.

Pursuant to section 96 of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 the determined fee for an application for a Taxi Network Authority in accordance with sub-regulation 57(1) of the Road Transport (Taxi Services) Regulations 2000 will be six hundred dollars.  

A Taxi Network Authority issued under sub-regulation 57(3) of the Road Transport (Taxi Services) Regulations 2000 will attract an annual fee.  The determined fee will be calculated at one hundred dollars for each taxi belonging to the network.  The number of taxis belonging to the network will be assessed at the time the annual fee is due to be paid.