New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

POINT TO POINT TRANSPORT (FARES) ORDER 2017 - REG 3

3 Maximum amount payable for a non-cash payment surcharge

The maximum amount payable for a non-cash payment surcharge payable for a passenger service provided by a taxi is 5% inclusive of GST.

Note : a passenger service provided by a taxi includes a service that is hired at a taxi rank or hailed on a road as well as a booked service provided in a motor vehicle that is a taxi.

(a) The following rounding rule applies when determining the amount payable for a non-cash payment surcharge: round down to the nearest whole cent below half a cent; round up to the nearest whole cent from half a cent.

Note : Under section 77 of the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 , a non-cash payment surcharge means a fee or charge (however calculated):

(i) added to the amount otherwise payable by a hirer of a taxi or hire vehicle because the amount payable for the hire is paid wholly or partly by the use of a debt, credit, pre-paid or charge card, or

(ii) payable by all or any of the owner or driver of, or holder of a taxi licence for, a taxi or hire vehicle or the provider of a service using a taxi or hire vehicle because an amount payable for the hire of the taxi or hire vehicle is paid wholly or partly by the use of a debt, credit, pre-paid or charge card.

Note : the non-cash payment surcharge operates as a cap on all surcharges that may be applied because the amount payable in respect of the taxi hire is paid by debit, credit, pre-paid or charge card. For example, if the amount payable in respect of the hire is $100, then the maximum (and only) non-cash payment surcharge will be $5.