[no bill text published] Disqualification criteria for commercial passenger transport operators

Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

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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.

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