AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE CAR REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 21 of 1983

The Taxi and private Hire Car Regulations (Amendment) (the amending Regulations) amends the Taxi and Private Hire Car Regulations (the principal Regulations) to increase taxi fares.

Regulation 1 of the amending Regulations amends regulation 24 of the principal regulations by increasing the fees in relation to taxi hire as set out in the Table:

TABLE

	MATTER	REGULATION	PREVIOUS FEE $	NEW
FEE $	
1.	Flagfall or Hiring Charge.	24(2)	0.95	1.00	
2.	Kilometre Rate where a taxi is not subject to multiple hiring and journey commenced on a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or on any other day before 7 o’clock in the morning or after 7 o’clock in the evening.	24(3) (a)	0.45	0.47	
3.	Kilometre rate where taxi not subject to multiple hiring and journey commences at any other time than referred to in 2 above.	24(3) (b)	0.40	0.42	
4.	Kilometre rate where taxi is subject to multiple hiring and journey commences at a time referred to in 2 above.	24(3A) (a)	0.34	0.36	
5.	Kilometre rate where taxi is subject to multiple hiring and journey commences at any other time than referred to in 2 above.	24(3A) (b)	0.30	0.32	
6.	Kilometre rate where taxi is required to travel outside the City Area and the distance outside the City Area exceeds 10 kilometres.	24(4A) (b)	0.50	0.55	
7.	Charge per minute where taxi is required to wait.	24(6)	16.25 
cents	17.5 cents	

Regulation 2 of the amending Regulations amends Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations, which specifies a notice which taxi drivers are required to display in their taxis, by omitting the previous fees and inserting the new fees as shown in the Table.