COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (PRIVATE HIRE CARS) REGULATIONS 1992
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (PRIVATE HIRE
CARS) REGULATIONS 1992
As in force at 21 January 2026
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
Part 2 Operators and drivers
4 Operator to maintain records ........................................................... 1
5 Hiring to be pre-booked unless from a rank or approved................. 2
6 Operator or driver not required to accept hiring except at a
rank ................................................................................................. 2
6A Agreement in relation to private hire car fares ................................. 3
7 No touting ........................................................................................ 3
9 Parking of private hire cars .............................................................. 3
11 Purchase of intoxicating liquor ......................................................... 4
11A Identity card or approved form of identificatioin ............................... 4
Part 3 Miscellaneous
12 Operator to supply information ........................................................ 4
14 Fees ................................................................................................ 5
15 Offences .......................................................................................... 5
Schedule Fees
ENDNOTES
-- 1 of 10 --
-- 2 of 10 --
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
____________________
As in force at 21 January 2026
____________________
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER (ROAD) TRANSPORT (PRIVATE HIRE
CARS) REGULATIONS 1992
Regulations under the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport
Act 1991
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Commercial Passenger
(Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992.
2 Commencement
These regulations shall come into operation on the commencement
of the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991.
3 Interpretation
In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears:
driver means the person driving or in charge of a private hire car.
operator means a person who operates a private hire car
otherwise than only as a driver.
public place includes any place to which the public are admitted on
payment of a fee or charge.
Part 2 Operators and drivers
4 Operator to maintain records
(1) The operator of a private hire car must make a written record of:
(a) the dates and times during which the private hire car is
operated for the carriage of passengers;
-- 3 of 10 --
Part 2 Operators and drivers
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992 2
(b) the full name and residential address of the driver of the
private hire car during those periods and the number of the
driver's licence issued to him or her under the Motor Vehicles
Act 1949;
(c) every booking and hiring made by the private hire car; and
(d) any other matter that the Director requires as a condition of
the operator's licence.
Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) The operator of a private hire car must ensure that the record
mentioned in subregulation (1):
(a) is kept in a safe place at the principal place of business of the
operator; and
(b) is produced whenever required by an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units.
5 Hiring to be pre-booked unless from a rank or approved
A driver must not use a private hire car for a hiring unless:
(a) the journey is pre-booked with the operator;
(b) the journey is pre-booked with the driver or by a passenger in
the private hire car;
(c) the private hire car is parked or standing in accordance with
section 37B(1) of the Act; or
(d) the hiring is approved by the Director.
6 Operator or driver not required to accept hiring except at a
rank
(1) An operator is not compelled to accept a hiring.
(2) A driver is not compelled to accept a hiring over the driver's mobile
telephone or from a passenger in the private hire car.
(3) A driver must accept a hiring if the private hire car is parked or
standing in accordance with section 37B(1) of the Act unless the
prospective passenger:
(a) appears to be suffering from an infectious disease;
-- 4 of 10 --
Part 2 Operators and drivers
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992 3
(b) appears to be under the influence of drugs or intoxicating
liquor;
(c) is likely to soil or damage the private hire car;
(d) is likely to cause a nuisance in the private hire car;
(e) is carrying something that is likely to cause inconvenience to
the driver or passengers;
(f) is smoking;
(g) is consuming intoxicating liquor; or
(h) is using profane or objectionable language.
6A Agreement in relation to private hire car fares
Before a journey by a private hire car is commenced, the owner or
driver of the private hire car must advise the hirer of the amount of
the fare for the hiring, including any charge for the conveyance of
luggage or goods, and the fare for that hiring is to be that amount or
a lesser amount agreed between the hirer and the owner or driver.
7 No touting
A person shall not tout or solicit for passengers for a private hire
car.
9 Parking of private hire cars
(1) A driver shall not park or stand a private hire car on a road or a
public place or on a lot off a road or public place unless the parking
or standing is for the purposes of:
(a) picking up or setting down passengers;
(b) waiting under the instructions of a passenger; or
(c) by direction or with the consent of an inspector,
but only if the parking or standing of the private hire car is otherwise
lawful.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the private hire car is:
(a) parked on a lot approved in relation to the private hire car by
the Director; or
(b) parked or standing in accordance with section 37B(1) of the
Act.
-- 5 of 10 --
Part 3 Miscellaneous
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992 4
11 Purchase of intoxicating liquor
(1) An operator or a driver of a private hire car shall not accept a hiring
under which the driver of the hire car is required to purchase
intoxicating liquor for or on behalf of another person whether or not
that other person is a passenger.
(2) The driver of a private hire car shall not in the course of a hiring
purchase intoxicating liquor for or on behalf of a passenger.
11A Identity card or approved form of identificatioin
(1) For section 74 of the Act, a private hire car is a prescribed class of
commercial passenger vehicle.
(2) An identity card issued under section 74(1)(a) of the Act to a driver
is to:
(a) display the name of the driver;
(b) display a recent photograph of the driver;
(c) specify the expiry date of the card; and
(d) indicate that the holder of the card is authorised to drive a
private hire car.
(3) A driver must display the driver's identity card mentioned in
subregulation (2) or other form of identification approved by the
Director under section 74(10) of the Act in a conspicuous place in a
private hire car while driving the private hire car.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
Part 3 Miscellaneous
12 Operator to supply information
(1) The operator of a private hire car shall whenever requested by the
Director to do so furnish to the Director within the time specified by
the Director full and correct information of any details specified in
the request relating to journeys undertaken by the private hire car.
(2) A person who refuses or fails to comply with a request made under
subregulation (1) commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units.
-- 6 of 10 --
Part 3 Miscellaneous
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992 5
14 Fees
The fees set out in the Schedule are payable in relation to the
matters specified in that Schedule.
15 Offences
A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the
provisions of these regulations commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.
-- 7 of 10 --
Schedule Fees
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992 6
Schedule Fees
regulation 14
$
Annual fee for a private hire car licence 300
-- 8 of 10 --
ENDNOTES
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992 7
ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Private Hire Car Regulations (SL No. 57, 1992)
Notified 21 October 1992
Commenced 27 October 1992 (r 2, s 2 Commercial Passenger (Road)
Transport Act 1991 (No. 34, 1991) and Gaz G42,
21 October 1992, p 2)
Amendments of Private Hire Car Regulations (SL No. 58, 1998)
Notified 23 December 1998
Commenced 1 January 1999 (r 1 and s 2 Commercial Passenger (Road)
Transport Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 83, 1998))
Amendments of Private Hire Car Regulations (SL No. 40, 2003)
Notified 1 August 2003
Commenced 1 August 2003 (r 1, s 2 Commercial Passenger (Road)
Transport Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 (Act No. 40, 2003)
and Gaz G30, 30 July 2003, p 13)
Fees and Charges (Transport) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SL No. 45, 2012)
Notified 14 December 2012
Commenced 1 January 2013 (r 2)
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date 12 July 2013
Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Commercial Passenger Vehicle Legislation Amendment Regulations 2017
(SL No. 34, 2017)
Notified 29 November 2017
Commenced 1 December 2017 (r 2)
-- 9 of 10 --
ENDNOTES
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Private Hire Cars) Regulations 1992 8
Ridesharing Regulations (SL No. 35, 2017)
Notified 29 November 2017
Commenced pts 5 and 6: 1 February 2018; rem: 1 December 2017 (r 2)
Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2022 (Act No. 5,
2022)
Assent date 14 April 2022
Commenced pt 7: 25 May 2023 (Gaz G11, 25 May 2023, p 2);
rem: 25 May 2022 (Gaz G21, 25 May 2022, p 1)
Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 23, 2025)
Assent date 12 September 2025
Commenced pts 2, 4, 5 and 6: 21 January 2026 (Gaz S5,
19 January 2026); rem: 18 November 2025 (Gaz S69,
17 November 2025)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: rr 1, 2 and 4.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 1 amd Act No. 23, 2025, s 66
r 4 amd No. 58, 1998, r 2; No. 34, 2017, r 51
r 4A ins No. 58, 1998, r 3
rep No. 34, 2017, r 52
r 5 sub No. 40, 2003, r 3
amd No. 34, 2017, r 53
r 6 sub No. 40, 2003, r 3
r 6A ins No. 34, 2017, r 54
r 8 sub No. 40, 2003, r 4
rep No. 34, 2017, r 55
r 9 amd No. 40, 2003, r 5
r 10 rep No. 34, 2017, r 55
r 11A ins No. 40, 2003, r 6
amd No. 34, 2017, r 56; Act No. 5, 2022, s 73
r 12 amd No. 34, 2017, r 57
r 13 amd No. 34, 2017, r 58
r 15 amd Act No. 23, 2013, s 4
sch sub No. 58, 1998, r 4; No. 40, 2003, r 7; No. 45, 2012, r 12
amd No. 34, 2017, r 59; No. 35, 2017, r 32
-- 10 of 10 --