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Land Transport Act 1998

Transport services licensing - Licensing of transport services

30P: Driver must have or drive under transport service licence

You could also call this:

“Transport service drivers need a licence or must work for someone who has one”

If you are a transport service driver, you need to follow certain rules when using a vehicle for transport services. You have three options:

  1. You can have your own transport service licence that allows you to drive the vehicle.

  2. You can drive for someone else who has the proper transport service licence.

  3. If you are driving a small passenger service, you can work with a facilitator who has a small passenger service licence. This facilitator helps you connect with passengers.

Remember, you must always follow one of these three options when driving a vehicle for transport services. It’s important to make sure you are following the law when you’re working as a transport service driver.

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Part 4A Transport services licensing
Licensing of transport services

30PDriver must have or drive under transport service licence

  1. A transport service driver must, when using a vehicle in a transport service,—

  2. have the relevant transport service licence; or
    1. drive on behalf of the holder of the relevant transport service licence; or
      1. have been facilitated to connect with passengers by a facilitator who holds a small passenger service licence.

        Notes
        • Section 30P: replaced, on , by section 69 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).