[no bill text published] NT Companies and Drivers Can Lose Licences for Certain Crimes and Can Review Transport Decisions

Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

Introduced by: Bill Yan (CLP)

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Commercial passenger transport operators face disqualification if a responsible person in the body corporate has a conviction for a disqualifying offence.
Courts must cancel the licence and disqualify any person found guilty of a disqualifying offence.
Licence holders commit an offence if they break specific traffic regulations.
The Director can exempt people or vehicles from certain transport regulations.
Substitute taxi licence holders can review decisions about licence conditions.
Special function vehicle licence holders can review decisions to amend licence conditions.
People can review decisions to refuse the renewal of a courtesy vehicle licence.
The law removes the penalty for failing to follow rules on determining fares and charges.
A company that operates commercial passenger vehicles can be disqualified if a responsible person in that company has been convicted of a disqualifying offence. This applies no matter when the conviction happened.
Courts can cancel a person's licence and ban them from holding one if the person is found guilty of a disqualifying offence.
The Director of Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport can exempt people or vehicles from following certain transport regulations.
People who hold substitute taxi licences, special function vehicle licences, or who apply to renew courtesy vehicle licences can now seek a review of certain decisions made by the Director.
The bill removes the penalty for breaking rules about how fares and charges are decided under the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991.
Licence holders under the Traffic Regulations 1999 commit an offence if they break specific rules regarding their licence.