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2014-15 Application fee $50, Accreditation Fee $350, vehicle licence Fee $20,000pa (Standard Government Leased Licence).
2015-16 Application fee $50, Accreditation fee $350 until 1 November 2015, vehicle Licence Fee from $20,000pa (Standard Government Leased Licence) to $10,000pa on 1 November 2015.
2016-17 Application fee $50, No Accreditation fee, vehicle Licence Fee from $10,000pa (Standard Government Leased Licence) to $5,000pa on 1 November 2016.
(4) (a), (b) and (c) All taxi service accreditation applications are generally processed within 1-2 working days, once all the required paperwork has been provided.
(d) Applications for a temporary operation of a taxi service are processed as soon as possible on the same day, or the next business day if provided after hours.
(e) Applications for a stand-by taxi service are processed as soon as possible on the same day, or the next business day if provided after hours.
(5) The CTP regulator is monitoring other CTP schemes’ approaches to, and progress with ridesharing. This includes NSW, which to date, is the only jurisdiction which is implementing a usage based CTP insurance system for rideshare and taxi vehicles.
(6) Public Transport Regulation, Access Canberra maintains a register of accredited taxi service operators and licensed vehicles. As of 1 November 2016, Transport Booking Services (TBS) with affiliated taxi services are required to provide quarterly reports on the total number of meter activations; the percentage of hirings with a maximum waiting time of less than 18 and 30 minutes in peak periods and percentage of hirings with a maximum waiting time of less than 10 and 20 at all other times; the total no. of hirings over a 24 hour period; the average fare price; the percentage of fares subject to additional price elements; the average wait time; and the number of complaints received. To date all TBS’s have provided the required data.
Traditionally, data on taxis has been required to support the enforcement and compliance with regulated performance requirements.
Currently the data on taxis is being used in the same manner advised for data relating to rideshare. Please see response to Question on Notice 249, Notice Paper of Friday, 12 May 2017.
(7) The following number of complaints has been received:
(a) 2014-15 – 51;
(b) 2015-16 – 78; and
(c) 2016-17 – 79.
Transport—light rail
(Question No 252)
Mr Coe asked the Minister for Transport and City Services, upon notice, on 12 May 2017:
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