Wednesday, 4 August 2021

Transport Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2021

Council’s amendments

Message from Council relating to following amendments considered:

Clause 2, line 2, after “sections” insert “22A,”.

NEW CLAUSE

Insert the following New Clause to follow clause 22—

‘22A Price determinations

(1) After section 110E(g) of the Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017 insert—

“(ga) the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review under section 285 of the Fair Work Act 2009 of the Commonwealth;

(gb) the commercial viability of operating a taxi service;”.

(2) At the end of section 110E of the Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017 insert—

“(2) In this section—

fare calculation device means a mechanical, electrical or electronic device that calculates, records or displays information about fares and charges for the provision of unbooked commercial passenger vehicle services;

taxi service means an unbooked commercial passenger vehicle service where the fare is calculated based on time and distance travelled as measured by a fare calculation device.”.’.

Mr CARROLL (Niddrie—Minister for Public Transport, Minister for Roads and Road Safety) (14:57): I move:

That these amendments be agreed to.

Mr Barton in the other place has put forward an amendment concerning the Essential Services Commission, essentially asking that an amendment be made that would allow the Essential Services Commission to set maximum fares by reference to the annual wage review. The government is supportive of this amendment, and we thank Mr Barton for his support and work on this.

Motion agreed to.

The SPEAKER: A message will now be sent to the Legislative Council informing them of the house’s decision.