South Australia
Passenger Transport (General) Variation Regulations 2006
under the Passenger Transport Act 1994

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of Passenger Transport (General) Regulations 1994
4	Variation of regulation 3—Interpretation
5	Variation of regulation 7—Conditions
6	Variation of regulation 11—Conditions
7	Variation of regulation 12—Centralised booking services—Eligibility
8	Variation of regulation 13—Conditions
9	Variation of Schedule 9—Code of practice: taxi drivers

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Passenger Transport (General) Variation Regulations 2006.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 November 2006.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Passenger Transport (General) Regulations 1994
4—Variation of regulation 3—Interpretation
	(1)	Regulation 3(1)—after the definition of the Act insert:
Adelaide centralised booking service means a centralised booking service that operates wholly or partly within Metropolitan Adelaide;
	(2)	Regulation 3(1)—after the definition of business day insert:
central control station, in relation to a centralised booking service, means a place approved by the Minister as the central control station for the booking service;
	(3)	Regulation 3(1)—after the definition of legal fare insert:
log onto a computerised telecommunications system means carry out a process (which must include entry of the person's personal identification number) approved by the Minister for logging onto the system;
log out of a computerised telecommunications system means carry out a process approved by the Minister for logging out of the system;
	(4)	Regulation 3(1)—after the definition of off-road passenger vehicle insert:
personal identification number is a unique code assigned to the driver of a taxi participating in a centralised booking service by the operator of the booking service in a manner approved by the Minister;
5—Variation of regulation 7—Conditions
Regulation 7(1)—after paragraph (f) insert:
	(fa)	that the accredited person will, if using a taxi for the service that participates in an Adelaide centralised booking service—
	(i)	ensure that the taxi is fitted with equipment by which the driver of the taxi may log onto and out of a computerised telecommunications system connecting the taxi and the central control station for the booking service; and
	(ii)	ensure that the taxi is fitted with equipment, approved by the Minister, by which a global positioning system may operate connecting the taxi and the central control station; and
	(iii)	ensure that the equipment fitted to the taxi for the operation of the computerised telecommunications system or the global positioning system connecting the taxi and the central control station is maintained in proper working order at all times the taxi is plying for hire;
6—Variation of regulation 11—Conditions
Regulation 11(1)—after paragraph (g) insert:
	(h)	that the accredited person will, if driving a taxi participating in an Adelaide centralised booking service—
	(i)	not accept a hiring unless the person has, by operating the equipment fitted to the taxi, logged onto the computerised telecommunications system connecting the taxi and the central control station for the booking service; and
	(ii)	by operating the equipment fitted to the taxi, log out of the system prior to any other person driving the taxi; and
	(iii)	not misuse or interfere with the equipment fitted to the taxi for the operation of the computerised telecommunications system or the global positioning system connecting the taxi and the central control station;
	(i)	that, if the accredited person has been assigned a personal identification number, the person will not disclose the personal identification number to any other person;
7—Variation of regulation 12—Centralised booking services—Eligibility
Regulation 12(2)—after paragraph (a) insert:
	(ab)	an Adelaide centralised booking service must have a computerised telecommunications system, approved by the Minister, connecting the central control station for the booking service and each taxi participating in the booking service that—
	(i)	enables a driver of the taxi to log onto and out of the system by operating the equipment fitted to the taxi; and
	(ii)	records, at the central control station, the taxi, the driver's personal identification number and the times and dates the driver has logged onto and out of the system;
	(ac)	an Adelaide centralised booking service must have a global positioning system, approved by the Minister, that enables the location of each taxi participating in the booking service to be recorded at the central control station for the booking service at all times the taxi is plying for hire;
8—Variation of regulation 13—Conditions
Regulation 13(1)—before paragraph (a) insert:
	(aaaa)	that the accredited person must ensure compliance with the standards prescribed under regulation 12;
	(aaa)	that the accredited person must, if operating an Adelaide centralised booking service, keep secure from unauthorised access, at the central control station for the booking service, for a period determined by the Minister—
	(i)	a record of all drivers of taxis participating in the booking service and the personal identification number of each of those drivers; and
	(ii)	a record of all taxis participating in the booking service; and
	(iii)	the records generated each time a driver logs onto or out of the computerised telecommunications system; and
	(iv)	the records generated by the global positioning system;
	(aa)	that the accredited person must, if operating an Adelaide centralised booking service, ensure that the booking service does not issue a booking to a driver of a taxi if the driver has not, by operating the equipment fitted to the taxi, logged onto the computerised telecommunications system connecting the central control station for the booking service and the taxi;
9—Variation of Schedule 9—Code of practice: taxi drivers
Schedule 9—after clause 16 insert:
	16a	Not, if the driver has been issued a booking by the centralised booking service, pass the booking onto another driver except through the booking service.
Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.
Made by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 26 October 2006
No 238 of 2006
MTR06/044CS