Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Regulations 1996
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Taxi Industry Act 1995 .
16 December 1996G. S. M. GREEN
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
T. JOHN CLEARY
Minister for Transport
These regulations may be cited as the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Regulations 1996 .
These regulations take effect on 2 January 1997.
(1) In these regulations,Act means the Taxi Industry Act 1995 .
The areas specified in Schedule 1 are taxi areas for the purposes of the Act.
[Regulation 5 Substituted by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997](1) The application date in respect of the taxi areas specified in items 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 is the date of commencement of these regulations.(2) The application date in respect of the taxi areas specified in items 4 to 19, inclusive, of Schedule 1 is the date of commencement of the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 1997 .
[Regulation 6 Substituted by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997](1) The expiry date in respect of the taxi areas specified in items 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 is the date which is 7 months after the commencement of these regulations.(2) The expiry date in respect of the taxi areas specified in items 4 to 19, inclusive, of Schedule 1 is the date which is 3 months after the date of commencement of the Taxi Industry (Taxi Areas) Amendment Regulations 1997 .
For the purposes of section 11 of the Act, the capped values for perpetual taxi licences in taxi areas are as follows:(a) for the Burnie taxi area – $78 128;(b) for the Hobart taxi area – $77 856;(c) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Launceston taxi area– $61 214;(d) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Break O'Day taxi area – $19 514;(e) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Circular Head taxi area – $20 040;(f) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Devonport taxi area – $72 000;(g) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Dorset taxi area – $6 000;(h) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Flinders Island taxi area – $1 500;(i) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the George Town taxi area – $38 500;(j) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Huon Valley taxi area – $5 000;(k) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the King Island taxi area – $1 500;(l) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Meander Valley taxi area – $26 608;(m) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the New Norfolk taxi area – $23 197;(n) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Penguin taxi area – $25 000;(o) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Perth taxi area – $38 257;(p) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Tasman taxi area – $5 000;(q) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the Ulverstone taxi area – $45 000;(r) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the West Coast taxi area – $1 500;(s) [Regulation 7 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] for the West Tamar taxi area – $25 000.
SCHEDULE 1 - Taxi Areas
1. Hobart Taxi Area(a) The municipal area of Hobart, Glenorchy and Clarence; and(b) The municipal area of Brighton; and(c) The towns of –(i) Blackmans Bay; and(ii) Dodges Ferry; and(iii) Kingston; and(iv) Lewisham; and(v) Margate; and(vi) Midway Point; and(vii) Pontville; and(viii) Sorell; and(ix) Taroona.
2. Launceston taxi area(a) The municipal area of Launceston; and(b) That part of the municipal areas of West Tamar, Meander Valley and Northern Midlands which is situated within a radius of 14 kilometres of the General Post Office at Launceston including Launceston Airport and Tasrail Western Junction.
3. Burnie taxi area
The municipal area of Burnie and the municipal area of Waratah–Wynyard excluding the towns of Waratah and Savage River.
4. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Break O'Day taxi area
The municipal area of Break O'Day.
5. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Circular Head taxi area
The municipal area of Circular Head.
6. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Devonport taxi area
The municipal area of Devonport and the municipal area of Latrobe.
7. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Dorset taxi area
The municipal area of Dorset.
8. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Flinders Island taxi area
The municipal area of Flinders.
9. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] George Town taxi area
The municipal area of George Town.
10. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Huon Valley taxi area
The municipal area of Huon Valley.
11. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] King Island taxi area
The municipal area of King Island.
12. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Meander Valley taxi area
That part of the municipal area of Meander Valley west of a north south line drawn through the junction of the Exton Road and the Bass Highway.
13. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] New Norfolk taxi area
The municipal area of New Norfolk.
14. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Penguin taxi area
That part of the municipal area of Central Coast west of the Leven River to Allison's Bridge and west of a straight line from Allison's Bridge to the Three Sisters.
15. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Perth taxi area(a) That part of the municipal area of Northern Midlands north of the Powranna and Deddington Roads, and a line between those roads and that part of the municipal area of Meander Valley east of an approximately north/south line drawn through the junction of Exton Road and the Bass Highway; and(b) that part of the municipal area of Launceston west of an approximately north/south line drawn through the junction of Trotters Lane and Westbury Road and south of an approximately east/west line through that junction.
16. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Tasman taxi area
The municipal area of Tasman.
17. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] Ulverstone taxi area
That part of the municipal area of Central Coast east of the Leven River to Allison's Bridge and east of a straight line from Allison's Bridge to the Three Sisters.
18. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] West Coast taxi area
The municipal area of West Coast.
19. [Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1997, No. 195, Applied:31 Dec 1997] West Tamar taxi area
The municipal area of West Tamar.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 December 1996
These regulations are administered in the Department of Transport.