Public Transport Council Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Bus Fares, Street‑Hail and Ride‑Hail Farepricing Policies and Train Fares
43. Street-hail fare pricing policy orders
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Subject to subsection (4) and any regulations made under subsection (8), the Council may, by order in the Gazette (called a street‑hail fare pricing policy order), set the pricing policy for street‑hail fares for any street‑hail service.
Council
“Council” means the Public Transport Council established under section 3;
A street‑hail fare pricing policy order for a street‑hail service may set the price‑fixing factors for street‑hail fares in any manner the Council considers appropriate, including —
pricing policy
“pricing policy” means the policy for setting any fare, including a policy relating to the level or structure of prices for any fare;
fixing the components of street‑hail fares for the street‑hail service;
fixing the pricing policy or principles that are to be applied in relation to the street‑hail service provided;
specifying a factor or factors to be applied, and the manner in which such a factor is or factors are to be applied, in setting street‑hail fares or terms and conditions for the street‑hail service provided;
fixing the basis on which prices of street‑hail fares are to be calculated for different taxis, for different types of journeys by taxis, for different passengers or for hiring of taxis in different circumstances;
fixing a price for components of a street‑hail fare where a street‑hail common pricing scheme is permitted and there is no street‑hail common pricing scheme in effect;
fixing a maximum or minimum price or price range, or a maximum rate of increase or decrease or minimum rate of increase or decrease in the price or the maximum and minimum price for street‑hail fares for the street‑hail service provided, or other price control formula;
regulating or prohibiting payment surcharges and charges on transactions involving payment of a street‑hail fare; and
any other terms the Council considers appropriate.
A street‑hail fare pricing policy order for a street‑hail service may —
street-hail fare
“street-hail fare” means the price paid or given for the use of a street‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the street‑hail service, a driver or any other person, but does not include any booking fee for a taxi made available, or to be made available, in providing on‑demand passenger transport services;
permit the street‑hail industry participants, by a street‑hail common pricing scheme, to vary one or more components of a street‑hail fare for the street‑hail service set for that component in the street‑hail fare pricing policy order; and
require a street‑hail industry participant to provide information to other street‑hail industry participants, passengers, prospective passengers or others, or generally publish, or cause to be published, information, relating to its prices of and pricing policies for street‑hail fares for street‑hail services provided by the street‑hail industry participant.
In making a street‑hail fare pricing policy order, the Council may consider the following factors:
the demand and supply of street‑hail services and ride‑hail services;
the standards of quality, reliability and safety of the street‑hail services and ride‑hail services, whether those standards are specified by legislation, agreement or otherwise, and any suggested or actual changes to those standards;
the need for greater efficiency in providing passengers responsive, safe, competitive, efficient and accessible street‑hail services and ride‑hail services;
any other matters that the Council considers relevant.
A street‑hail fare pricing policy order under subsection (1) takes effect on a date specified in the order, and —
cannot be varied (except as contemplated by the order); and
may be revoked by the Council with or without making another street‑hail fare pricing policy order in replacement.
Before the date a street‑hail fare pricing policy order under subsection (1) comes into effect, the Council must give notice of the making of the order in such manner as will secure adequate publicity for it.
However, failure to comply with subsection (6) in respect of any such order under subsection (1) does not in itself invalidate the order.
The Minister may make regulations prescribing the content, form and procedure that must be followed by the Council in connection with the preparation and making of a street‑hail fare pricing policy order for the purposes of subsection (1).[23B