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VICTORIA
NEWS
AN INDUSTRY IN

CRISIS

There are many entities registered in Victoria and Some of these entities have
operating illegally as Hire Cars. some of these are operating been operating illegally since
The vehicles are not registered as illegal Hire car businesses. 2013.
with the government as This has been going on for at
an accredited Commercial least the last decade and it VicRoads have received
Passenger Vehicle, they don’t is time something was done. enough evidence to shut these
have an annual Roadworthy It is time that the law was entities down, along with their
Certificate, Public Liability enforced! clubs, but all they have done
nor Commercial Insurance. is sent them a letter and told
The drivers don’t have a The illegal operators are taking us that they don’t have the
Police Check or Working with income away from accredited authority to do anything more
Children Check – they are Hire car operators amounting – and have hand balled it to
not registered and accredited to hundreds of jobs, thus CPVV.
drivers with the government hundreds of dollars, lost Privately registered vehicles
regulator, Commercial per week. They are offering illegally operating as Hire
Passenger Vehicles Victoria. services for occasions like Cars
weddings, airport transfers,
These are illegal Hire Car school formals, debs, These entities come in
operators. graduations and funerals. different shapes and
H Plates / Club plates We have been compiling forms. They can be stretch
ILLEGAL OPERA
illegally operating as Hire and providing VicRoads limousines, modern sedans,
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Cars and Commercial Passenger vintage and classic cars, vans
Vehicles Victoria (CPVV) with or buses. We believe that
There are 80,000 to 90,000 details of numerous operators there are thousands of the
ORS
Club Permit ‘H’ plated vehicles above working in Melbourne
who have been advertising on
Facebook, Instagram, and country areas.
Twitter and web Some of these illegal operators
sites. are connected to crime, some
are the biggest limousine hire
companies in Melbourne
and are well known to
the public, some have
one or two vehicles
and others have
40, and they
advertise on
multiple websites
and social media.

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