Taxi Licence Ballot August 2006
Sample Ballot Application Form | Information Package | Declaration of Results
General Information
A Multiple Purpose Taxi licence ballot will take place in August 2006.
Commercial passenger vehicle operators in Darwin and Alice Springs have the opportunity to apply for Multiple Purpose Taxi licences, with a ballot draw to allocate the available licences.
The ballot will seek to allocate the following:
- Alice Springs - at least four Multiple Purpose Taxi Licences
- Darwin - at least five Multiple Purpose Taxi Licences.
It is a condition of a Multiple Purpose Taxi licence that priority is to be given to carrying passengers in wheelchairs.
The ballot draw to allocate Multiple Purpose Taxi licences supports the requirement under the Commonwealth Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 that response times for Multiple Purpose Taxis are the same as for other taxis, by 31 December 2007.
The ballot is open to commercial passenger vehicle operators currently accredited under the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act.
The Ballot
| The ballot will be conducted publicly on 17 August 2006, under the scrutiny of the Taxi Ballot Steering Committee | |
| Where: | Level 2 Meeting Room, |
| When: | from 11am onwards |
- Applications to enter the ballot close at 2pm on 11 August 2006
- Only original ballot application forms will be accepted.
- Official ballot information and application forms are available only from the Commercial Passenger Vehicles Branch, telephone 8924 7580.
Ballot contact officer: Jasminder Anand.