Section 80: Taxi, contract car or shuttle bus licence
This section is inserted by Act No 10 of 2023, section 11.
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
80. Taxi, contract car or shuttle bus licence
(b) by repealing subsection (1) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(1) Every person applying for a public service
vehicle licence in respect of a taxi, contract car or shuttle bus,
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referred to as “taxi licence”, “contract car licence” or “shuttle
bus licence”, respectively, shall submit to NLTA in the form it
requires –
(a) particulars of the type of vehicle to be
used;
(b) particulars as to the stand, base or locality
from which it is intended to operate the
taxi, contract car or shuttle bus, as the case
may be; and
(c) such other particulars as NLTA may
require.
(c) in subsection (2) –
(i) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “or a contract
car licence” and replacing them by the words “, contract
car licence or shuttle bus licence”;
(ii) by repealing paragraphs (c) and (d);
(d) by repealing subsection (5) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(5) NLTA may, on an application made by the
holder of a taxi licence, authorise him to operate, in addition
to his existing base of operation, in another location on a
temporary basis and subject to such terms and conditions
as NLTA may determine.
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Questions this section answers
- What particulars must I submit to NLTA to apply for a taxi, contract car or shuttle bus licence?
- Can NLTA let me operate my taxi from an extra location besides my usual base?