After Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations , the following Schedule is inserted:

SCHEDULE 5 - Taxi Areas

Regulation 62A

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 30 December 2020

These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Taxi Industry Regulations 2018 by –

(a) requiring that a vehicle must not be operated as a taxi for the first time unless it has an ANCAP rating of 5 stars and is not more than 7 years old; and

(b) requiring all taxis to be not more than 12 years old; and

(c) prescribing taxi areas for the purposes of the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008 .