Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) (Authorised Fixed Fare Hiring) Approval 2008 (No 2)
Disallowable instrument DI2008–39
made under the  
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002, section 142A (Exemption from operation of taxi meter and metered fares for certain hirings – Act s 85(1))
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This instrument revokes Determination DI2008-29 dated 25 February 2008 and notified on 28 February 2008.

Section 142A of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 provides for authorised fixed-fare hirings and applies to the taxi driver of a taxi. 

The meaning of a taxi under section 45 of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 is a vehicle (other than a bus or demand responsive service vehicle) that stands or plies for hire for the transport of passengers along a road or road related area, and includes a restricted taxi.  

Nightlink taxis provide a ride-share service under which individual passengers or groups of passengers will not have the exclusive use of the vehicle.  This service operates on weekends and uses taxis, including restricted NSW cross-border taxis.  

This instrument amends the definition of a Nightlink taxi so that it now includes an accredited restricted taxi service operator of a NSW cross-border taxi.
 
Due to the Easter long weekend, this instrument gives approval for hirings by Nightlink taxis, between midnight on Friday nights and 6.00am on Saturday mornings, or between midnight on Saturday nights and 6.00am on Sunday mornings and between midnight to 6.00am on Friday 21 March 2008 to be authorised fixed-fare hirings. 

Subsection 142A (3) provides that an approval under subsection 142A (2) is a disallowable instrument.