Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) Independent Taxi Operator Exemption Declaration 2016 (No 1)*
Disallowable instrument DI2016-13
made under the

Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 13 (Power to exclude vehicles, persons or animals from road transport legislation)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Road Transport (General) Independent Taxi Operator Exemption Declaration 2016 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This instrument commences on 2 March 2016.
4	Declaration
		I declare that the following operators:
Nelofar JADEER  -  TS0307RT
Wlodzimerz KOWALIK  -  TS0298ST
Leon ANGELOPOULOS  -  TS0204ST
Chris DINGLE  -  TS0386RT
	operating under an exemption following the end of the Independent Taxi Operator Pilot (ITOP) in March 2015 are exempted from the following provisions: 

(a)		section 51(c) of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 - Entitlement to operate taxi services;
(b)		section 54 of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 - Taxi service operators to be affiliated with taxi network; and
(c)		section 101(1) and (2) of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 – Arrangements with taxi networks.

5	Conditions
Operators must comply with the approved Minimum Service Standards for an Independent Taxi Operator as operated under the Independent Taxi Operator Pilot (ITOP).
7	Expiry
This instrument expires 31 December 2016.

Shane Rattenbury
Minister for Justice
26 February 2016