Queensland Numbered Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 31 - SECT 18

After section 74AB—

insert—

'(1) The operator of a public passenger service must not equip a vehicle that is used, or intended to be used, to provide the service, other than a taxi, with a taximeter or a similar instrument.

Maximum penalty—160 penalty units.

'(2) The operator of a public passenger service must not require or allow the driver of a vehicle being used to provide the service, other than a taxi, to use a taximeter or a similar instrument to calculate, during or after a journey, the amount of the fare for hiring the vehicle for the journey.

Maximum penalty—160 penalty units.

'(3) This section does not apply to the operator of a cross-border taxi service.

'(4) In this section—

hiring a vehicle, for a journey, includes hiring a vehicle for the journey, hiring a driver for the journey or hiring both a vehicle and a driver for the journey.

similar instrument means an instrument designed to calculate the amount of a fare for hiring a vehicle for a journey during or after the journey by reference to the time or distance travelled or another matter relating to the journey.'.