Victorian Numbered Acts

COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VEHICLE INDUSTRY AMENDMENT (FURTHER REFORMS) ACT 2017 (NO. 63 OF 2017) - SECT 1

The main purpose of this Act is to amend the Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017 —

        (a)     to provide for a new framework for the regulation of the commercial passenger vehicle industry in Victoria including—

              (i)     new safety duties for commercial passenger vehicle industry participants; and

              (ii)     registration schemes for commercial passenger vehicles and booking service providers; and

              (iii)     an accreditation scheme for drivers of commercial passenger vehicles; and

              (iv)     certain protections for—

    (A)     consumers of commercial passenger vehicle services; and

    (B)     drivers of commercial passenger vehicles; and

        (b)     to re-enact, with modifications, certain provisions of the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 for the purpose of the new framework referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (c)     to make consequential amendments to the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 and other Acts, including amendments to the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 that will have the effect of enabling providers of commercial passenger vehicle services and booking services to set fares in relation to the provision of commercial passenger vehicle services under the new framework referred to in paragraph (a) (subject to a scheme applying to certain unbooked commercial passenger vehicle services).