(1)  If the owner of a perpetual taxi licence leases or assigns that licence to another person, that other person is the responsible operator if he or she is accredited to operate a taxi service in accordance with Part 2A of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 .

(2)  If the owner of a perpetual taxi licence leases or assigns that licence to another person, the Commission is not to record that other person as the responsible operator unless that other person is accredited to operate a taxi service in accordance with Part 2A of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 .

(3)  If the person to whom the perpetual taxi licence is leased or assigned is not accredited to operate a taxi service in accordance with Part 2A of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 , the owner of the licence is taken to be the responsible operator and must not operate the taxi service authorised by the licence unless he or she is accredited in accordance with Part 2A of that Act.

(4)  If a perpetual taxi licence is not leased or assigned to another person, the owner of the perpetual taxi licence is the responsible operator of that licence.