s 103 Maximum number of new public service vehicle licences
103. —(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Authority may, in respect of any period, by determination fix the maximum number of new public service vehicle licences which may be issued under section 102(1) during that period, and the Registrar must comply with that determination. [23/2013] (2) The maximum number of new public service vehicle licences may be fixed by the Authority in one or more of the following terms: ( a ) for public service vehicles of any class; ( b ) for a particular person or class of persons; ( c ) for any period not exceeding one year. [23/2013] (3) In determining under subsection (1) the maximum number of new taxi licences which may be issued to a street‑hail service licensee during any period that may be determined by the Authority, the Authority may take into consideration all relevant matters, including the contravention before that period by the street‑hail service licensee of any service standard condition applicable to that licensee. [23/2013; 20/2019] (4) Before taking into consideration any matter mentioned in subsection (3), the Authority must give the street‑hail service licensee concerned written notice of its intention to do so and a reasonable opportunity to submit reasons, within the period specified in that notice, as to why the matter should not be taken into consideration. [23/2013; 20/2019] (5) The Authority must, as soon as practicable after making a determination under subsection (1), provide a copy of the determination to the Registrar and — ( a ) in the case where the determination applies to a particular person or class of persons, provide a copy of the determination to that person or everyone in that class of persons; or ( b ) in any other case, publish in the Gazette , or in one or more local daily newspapers as the Authority considers appropriate, a notice of the making of the determination. [23/2013] (6) In this section — “new”, in relation to a public service vehicle licence, does not include the renewal of an existing public service vehicle licence; “service standard condition” means a code of practice about performance standards relating to the provision of street‑hail services and the quality of other aspects of the provision of a street‑hail service under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019; “taxi licence” means a public service vehicle licence which authorises a motor vehicle to be used as a taxi. [23/2013; 20/2019] —(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Authority may, in respect of any period, by determination fix the maximum number of new public service vehicle licences which may be issued under section 102(1) during that period, and the Registrar must comply with that determination. [23/2013] (2) The maximum number of new public service vehicle licences may be fixed by the Authority in one or more of the following terms: ( a ) for public service vehicles of any class; ( b ) for a particular person or class of persons; ( c ) for any period not exceeding one year. [23/2013] (3) In determining under subsection (1) the maximum number of new taxi licences which may be issued to a street‑hail service licensee during any period that may be determined by the Authority, the Authority may take into consideration all relevant matters, including the contravention before that period by the street‑hail service licensee of any service standard condition applicable to that licensee. [23/2013; 20/2019] (4) Before taking into consideration any matter mentioned in subsection (3), the Authority must give the street‑hail service licensee concerned written notice of its intention to do so and a reasonable opportunity to submit reasons, within the period specified in that notice, as to why the matter should not be taken into consideration. [23/2013; 20/2019] (5) The Authority must, as soon as practicable after making a determination under subsection (1), provide a copy of the determination to the Registrar and — ( a ) in the case where the determination applies to a particular person or class of persons, provide a copy of the determination to that person or everyone in that class of persons; or ( b ) in any other case, publish in the Gazette , or in one or more local daily newspapers as the Authority considers appropriate, a notice of the making of the determination. [23/2013] (6) In this section — “new”, in relation to a public service vehicle licence, does not include the renewal of an existing public service vehicle licence; “service standard condition” means a code of practice about performance standards relating to the provision of street‑hail services and the quality of other aspects of the provision of a street‑hail service under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019; “taxi licence” means a public service vehicle licence which authorises a motor vehicle to be used as a taxi. [23/2013; 20/2019]