AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE CAR REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 21 of 1984

The Taxi and Private Hire Care Regulations (Amendment) (the amending Regulations) amend the Taxi and Private Hire Car Regulations (the principal Regulations) to increase taxi fares as a result of recent National Wage increases.

Regulation 1 of the amending Regulations amends Regulation 24 of the principal Regulations by increasing taxi fares by 3¢ per kilometre for Kilometre Rates 1 and 2, by 2¢ per kilometre for Kilometre Rates 3 and 4, and by 25¢ per hour for waiting time.

Regulation 2 of the amending Regulations makes consequential amendments to Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations.