Western Australian Current Acts

TRANSPORT (ROAD PASSENGER SERVICES) ACT 2018 - SECT 261B

261B .         Minister to determine eligibility criteria and calculation method for regional assistance payment

        (1)         The Minister must, by notice published in the Gazette , determine —

            (a)         the eligibility criteria for a regional assistance payment in relation to a relevant licence; and

            (b)         a method for calculating the amount of a regional assistance payment; and

            (c)         the due date for applications for regional assistance payments.

        (2)         Different eligibility criteria may be determined under subsection (1)(a) for different classes of taxi-car operators.

        (3)         The calculation method determined under subsection (1)(b) may take into account any matters that the Minister considers appropriate, including any of the following —

            (a)         when the relevant licence was acquired or the agreement for the acquisition was made;

            (b)         the amount paid in relation to the acquisition or agreement to acquire the relevant licence;

            (c)         the estimated profits that could have been made in connection with the relevant licence;

            (d)         any subsidy or other amount that has previously been paid to the eligible taxi-car operator;

            (e)         any fees or other amounts relating to the relevant licence that are unpaid;

            (f)         estimates of any amounts referred to in paragraphs (b) to (e) made by reference to averages or other relevant information.

        (4)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , amend a determination under subsection (1).

        [Section 261B inserted: No. 10 of 2020 s. 7.]