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TOUTING

WILL

STOP MASSIVE FINES ARE COMING YOUR WAY!
TOUTERS BEWARE

with drivers without police checks or
accreditation. TOUTING - ILLEGAL
These include those operating on The Act will be updated to include:
social media platforms, primarily in Making offers in a certain way, or displaying offers on one's person, for
regional areas, and offering to pick up the provision of commercial passenger vehicle services prohibited
passengers and transport them for (1) A person must not—
low cash fares. There are also some (a) directly approach another person and offer the provision of a
prestige hire vehicles (ie stretch commercial passenger vehicle service; or
limousines) who transport paying (b) display on or about their person, in any way, an offer for the
customers and their vehicles and
drivers are not accredited to do so. provision of a commercial vehicle passenger service; or
(c) offer the provision of a commercial passenger vehicle service
You may have also seen club plated through an activity that is prescribed.
vehicles (H-Plates) transporting Penalty: 60 penalty units ($9,913).
people from point A to point B - for
payment. H-Plated vehicles have a
reduced registration fee and are only CASH FOR RIDES - NO MORE
permitted to drive to, from and at
Club events. The Act will be updated to include:
So Rod Barton took this matter Advertising offers for the provision of commercial passenger vehicle
up and again sought to get these services in certain cases prohibited
people prohibited from continuing
to conduct their lucrative yet shady (1) A person commits an offence if the person advertises in any way
business. an offer for the provision of a commercial passenger vehicle service
and—
"These amendments return some
fairness to the systems in place for (a) the motor vehicle to be used for the purpose of providing the
the public to book and procure taxi, vehicle; or
commercial passenger vehicle service is not a commercial passenger
hire car and rideshare services -
ensuring no operators can "jump the (b) the person is not an accredited driver.
queue" - and go towards providing
protections for passengers who are (2) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable
travelling with properly accredited, to a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units ($9,913) for an individual or
insured and safe service providers," 300 penalty units ($49,566) for a body corporate.
Mr Barton said.

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