Related amendments about taxi service operators
63.—(1)  Section 103 of the Road Traffic Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “taxi service operator” wherever they appear in subsections (3) and (4) and substituting in each case the words “street‑hail service licensee”;
(b)by deleting the words “that operator” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “that licensee”;
(c)by deleting the definition of “service standard condition” in subsection (6) and substituting the following definition:
“ “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;”;
(d)by deleting the semi‑colon at the end of the definition of “taxi licence” in subsection (6) and substituting a full‑stop; and
(e)by deleting the definition of “taxi service operator” in subsection (6).
(2)  Part VA of the Road Traffic Act is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after subsection (4) of section 111C, the following subsection:
(5)  Starting on the date of commencement of section 12 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, this section ceases to apply to and in relation to any person who operates a taxi service on or after that date without a taxi service operator licence and is not exempt from section 111B by virtue of section 142.”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 111D, the following subsection:
(3)  Starting on the date of commencement of section 12 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, this section ceases to apply to and in relation to any person who operates a taxi service on or after that date without a taxi service operator licence and is not exempt from section 111B by virtue of section 142.”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 111E, the following subsection:
(2A)  Starting on the date of commencement of section 12 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, subsections (1) and (2) cease to apply to and in relation to any person who operates a taxi service on or after that date without a taxi service operator licence and is not exempt from section 111B by virtue of section 142.”.
(3)  The Road Traffic Act, as amended by subsection (2), is further amended by repealing Part VA of that Act.