Section 14A of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

14A.     Hire and drive vehicles

(1)  In this section,

passenger includes driver.

(2)  When a vehicle is registered, or its registration is renewed or transferred, it is to be registered as a hire and drive vehicle if the registering authority is satisfied that –

(a) it has been designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of carrying passengers; and

(b) it is to be hired out for reward without a driver; and

(c) the vehicle is roadworthy and suitable for the purpose of being hired out for reward without a driver.

(3)  A vehicle may be registered as a hire and drive vehicle at any other time on the application of its owner if it would have to be so registered in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2) .

(4)  A person (in this subsection called " the proprietor " ) must not hire out a vehicle that has been designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers and is to be driven by a person, other than the proprietor or the proprietor's servant, primarily for the purpose of carrying passengers unless that vehicle is registered as a hire and drive vehicle.

Penalty:  In the case of –.

(a) a first offence - a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; and

(b) a second or subsequent offence - a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(5)  Subsection (4) does not apply to –

(a) the letting of a vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement made in good faith for the purchase of that vehicle; or

(b) the hiring out of a vehicle that –

(i) has been designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of carrying passengers; and

(ii) is authorised to be hired out for reward, without a driver, under a law of a Territory or another State.