NT Companies and Drivers Can Lose Licences for Certain Crimes and Can Review Transport Decisions

Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

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Introduced by: The Hon Bill Yan MLA (CLP)

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

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 must cancel the licence and disqualify any person found guilty of a disqualifying offence.
Licence holders under the Traffic Regulations 1999 commit an offence if they break specific rules regarding their licence.
The Director of Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport can exempt people or vehicles from following 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 bill removes the penalty for breaking rules about how fares and charges are decided under the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

Bill Yan CLP

“Madam Speaker, I present a Bill titled the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, Serial 33, and table the explanatory statement. 2297 --- Debates and Questions ­ Wednesday 30 July 2025 ­ Meeting No 28 I move that the Bill be now read a first time.”

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Lia Finocchiaro CLP

“Madam Speaker, I support the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill and I commend it to the Assembly. There is a number of components to this Bill and I will not speak to all of them, but a couple relate directly to supporting our police on the front line and, in fact, came from our police, so I will highlight those. This legislation comes in two tranches.”

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Selena Uibo ALP

“Mr Deputy Speaker, the Territory Labor opposition welcomes legislation that contributes to a safe, efficient and sustainable transport network that meets the needs of the Territory so that wherever someone lives they are supported to have transport. The commercial passenger vehicle (CPV) industry has undergone significant changes over the past two decades.”

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