Clause 7

Subject to subsection (3), the Authority may, in respect of any period, by determination fix the maximum number of new public service vehicle licences which may be issued under section 102(1) during that period, and the Registrar must comply with that determination.(2) The maximum number of new public service vehicle licences may be fixed by the Authority in one or more of the following terms:

for public service vehicles of any class;

for a particular person or class of persons;

for such period not exceeding one year.(3) In determining under subsection (1) the maximum number of new taxi licences which may be issued to a taxi service operator during such period as may be determined by the Authority, the Authority may take into consideration all relevant matters, including the contravention before that period by the taxi service operator of any service standard condition applicable to that operator.(4) Before taking into consideration any matter referred to in subsection (3), the Authority shall give the taxi service operator concerned notice in writing of its intention to do so and a reasonable opportunity to submit reasons, within such period as the Authority may specify in that notice, as to why such matter should not be taken into consideration.(5) The Authority shall, as soon as practicable after making a determination under subsection (1), provide a copy of the determination to the Registrar and —

in the case where the determination applies to a particular person or class of persons, provide a copy of the determination to that person or everyone in that class of persons; or

in any other case, publish in the Gazette, or in one or more local daily newspapers as the Authority considers appropriate, a notice of the making of the determination.(6) In this section —“new”, in relation to a public service vehicle licence, does not include the renewal of an existing public service vehicle licence;“service standard condition” means a condition of a taxi service operator’s licence granted under section 111C relating to the extent, hours and general level of the services to be provided by the taxi service operator to members of the public;“taxi licence” means a public service vehicle licence which authorises a motor vehicle to be used as a taxi;“taxi service operator” means the holder of a licence to operate a taxi service granted under section 111C.”.