Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The driver of a taxi must not leave the taxi unattended in a taxi zone on the landside of an airport if a traffic control device that indicates that taxi drivers must not leave their taxis unattended applies to that taxi zone.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is punishable by a fine of the penalty mentioned in the following table for the State or place where the offence occurs:
Item | State or place | Penalty units |
1 | New South Wales | 3 |
2 | Victoria | 3 |
3 | Brisbane Airport | 3 |
4 | Western Australia | 3 |
5 | Tasmania | 2 |
6 | Gold Coast Airport | 3 |
7 | Townsville Airport | 2 |
(3) An offence against subregulation (1) is:
(a) a strict liability offence; and
(b) an infringement notice offence.
Note 1: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
Note 2: For infringement notice offences, see Part 7.
(4) For this regulation, a driver leaves a taxi unattended if the driver leaves the taxi so that the driver is more than 3 metres from the closest point of the taxi.