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Taxicabs of Australia

::The Commission will be able inquire into the holders of commercial passenger vehicle licences, the operators of commercial passenger vehicles, providers of taxi network services, and ancillary matters such as the supply of relevant goods and services in the industry.

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The Victorian Government introduced legislation in early June 2011 to provide support to the Taxi Industry Inquiry including by establishing a statutory authority, the Taxi Services Commission, to give clear organisational separation to the inquiry and to provide the inquiry with sufficient powers to obtain information and report to Government.

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The Bill establishes a new Taxi Services Commission as the first phase of a complex and challenging reform process.

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In the second stage, following Professor Fels’ investigation, a Taxi Services Commission will take over the role of industry regulator, giving it the powers and tools necessary to reform the taxi industry.

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The resultant Act established the Taxi Services Commission as a body corporate under the Transport Integration Act 2010 along with the other central transport bodies.

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Criticism has emanated from various sources including the chair of the Taxi Industry Inquiry, Professor Allan Fels, the former head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and leading card companies.

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The Inquiry being conducted in the State of Victoria, Australia by the Taxi Services Commission into the taxi industry and taxi services in that State.

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