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Queensland Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment Bill 2015
Queensland Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment Bill 2015 Contents Page Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Part 2 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Insertion of new s 70A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 70A Recording of demerit points for providing a taxi service without a licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Part 3 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 4 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Part 4 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 6 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 Amendment of s 31 (Effect of cancellation of infringement notice) 7
2015 A Bill for An Act to amend the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999, the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 and the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 to provide for the recording of demerit points against the traffic history of a person who provides a taxi service without a taxi service licence or a peak demand taxi permit
Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment Bill 2015 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 Part 1 Preliminary 2 Clause 1 Short title 3 This Act may be cited as the Transport Legislation (Taxi 4 Services) Amendment Act 2015. 5 Part 2 Amendment of Transport 6 Operations (Passenger 7 Transport) Act 1994 8 Clause 2 Act amended 9 This part amends the Transport Operations (Passenger 10 Transport) Act 1994. 11 Clause 3 Insertion of new s 70A 12 After section 70-- 13 insert-- 14 70A Recording of demerit points for providing a 15 taxi service without a licence 16 (1) This section applies if-- 17 (a) a person is convicted of an offence under 18 section 70(1) (a taxi offence); or 19 (b) a person pays a fine for a taxi offence under 20 the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999; or 21 Page 4
Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment Bill 2015 Part 2 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 [s 3] (c) an order is made against a person under the 1 State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999, 2 section 38 for a taxi offence. 3 (2) The chief executive (TORUM) may record on the 4 person's traffic history-- 5 (a) the particulars of the offence; and 6 (b) the penalty imposed on the person; and 7 (c) 3 demerit points; and 8 (d) the day the offence was committed. 9 (3) However, if a person commits a taxi offence (a 10 subsequent taxi offence) within 1 year after 11 committing a previous taxi offence, subsection 12 (2)(c) applies in relation to the subsequent taxi 13 offence as if the reference to 3 demerit points 14 were a reference to 6 demerit points. 15 (4) Demerit points recorded under subsection (2) are 16 taken to be recorded on the day the offence was 17 committed. 18 (5) In this section-- 19 chief executive (TORUM) means the chief 20 executive administering the Transport 21 Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995. 22 traffic history see the Transport Operations 23 (Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 4. 24 Page 5
Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment Bill 2015 Part 3 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 [s 4] Part 3 Amendment of Transport 1 Operations (Road Use 2 Management) Act 1995 3 Clause 4 Act amended 4 This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 5 Management) Act 1995. 6 Clause 5 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 7 Schedule 4, definition traffic history, paragraph (a)-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 (a) the contraventions for which the person has 10 been dealt with-- 11 (i) under this Act, including by the 12 recording of demerit points under a 13 regulation; or 14 (ii) under the Transport Operations 15 (Passenger Transport) Act 1994, 16 section 70, including by the recording 17 of demerit points under section 70A of 18 that Act; or 19 Part 4 Amendment of State Penalties 20 Enforcement Act 1999 21 Clause 6 Act amended 22 This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999. 23 Page 6
Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment Bill 2015 Part 4 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 [s 7] Clause 7 Amendment of s 31 (Effect of cancellation of 1 infringement notice) 2 Section 31(3), after 'offence under'-- 3 insert-- 4 the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 5 1994, section 70, 6 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Page 7
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