Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) Public Passenger Services Licence and Accreditation Fees Determination 2016 
Disallowable instrument DI2016–199
made under the
Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 96 (Determination of fees, charges and other amounts)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 96 of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 allows the Minister to determine fees, charges and other amounts payable under the ACT road transport legislation.  

This disallowable instrument has the effect of determining fees payable relating operator accreditation for taxis, buses, hire cars, rideshare, demand responsive and transport booking services as well as fees payable for the licensing of taxis, hire cars and rideshare vehicles and the authorisation of demand response services, under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001.

The instrument was previously amended to allow for fee changes announced on 30 September 2015 to remove accreditation fees for taxi and hire car operators and to reduce the licence fee for government leased standard taxi and hire car licences as part of the ACT Government’s taxi industry innovation reforms.

The amendments provide for a fee payable for an application for accreditation for rideshare operators and a licence fee payable for rideshare vehicles.  The instrument has also been amended to replace the accreditation fee payable for taxi networks, by the accreditation fee to be payable for transport booking services and to cover further licence fee reduction from 1 November 2016.

All other fees remain the same as the former fee determination.