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C OMPLIANCE
5

TOUTERS

prosecuted

at Downing

Centre Local
Court

NSW Point to Point Transport Commissioner, Anthony Under point to point transport law, a person must not
Wing, prosecuted five individuals at the Downing Centre drive a taxi or hire vehicle that is being used to provide a
Local Court on 11 February 2020. passenger service if the person has been found guilty of a
disqualifying offence.
The five people were charged for allegedly, on separate
occasions in November, touting and soliciting for A second offence of touting or soliciting constitutes a
passenger services at Sydney Airport. disqualifying offence, which means if an individual has two
convictions for this offence, they will be disqualified from
Three offenders pleaded guilty and were convicted and providing point to point passenger services in NSW.
fined $1,000. Two of these three offenders were also
ordered to pay an additional
$300 in professional costs.
The remaining two individuals
pleaded not guilty and will
proceed to hearing.

The offences were detected as
part of ongoing compliance
activity by the Point to Point
Transport Commissioner at the
Sydney Airport precinct - a high EDITION 47
traffic area where people are
particularly vulnerable to being
touted. Melbourne • Geelong
Healesville • Kinglake
Gisborne • Bacchus Marsh
Touting and soliciting at the Pakenham • Phillip Island
airport and in any area of NSW is Portsea • Lorne • Kilmore
Koo Wee Rup
not only an offence under point
FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF
to point transport law, it is unsafe
for passengers and a form of
harassment.
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