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S.M. 1986-87, c. 16
An Act to amend The Taxicab Act
(Assented to September 10, 1986)
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
Subsecs. 9(1), (1.1), (2), (3) and (4) rep. and sub.
Subsections 9(1), (1.1), (2), (3) and (4) of The Taxicab Act being chapter T10 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba are repealed and the following subsections are substituted therefor:
Before the board issues a licence under section 4 or 5, the applicant therefor shall pay
(a) to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles such insurance premiums as may be prescribed under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act and the regulations made thereunder; and
(b) to the board such annual fees as may be prescribed by the board by regulations made under this Act.
Fee for transfer or replacement of licence.
A person applying for a transfer or replacement of a taxicab licence or of a licence to keep a drive yourself motor vehicle, shall pay to the board such fee therefor as may be prescribed in the regulations.
Payment of City of Winnipeg fee.
In addition to requiring an applicant for a licence under this Act to pay to the board such fees that may be prescribed by the regulations, the board shall also require, and the applicant shall produce to the board, the receipt issued by The City of Winnipeg indicating that the applicant has paid such fee for the licence as may be prescribed by the relevant by-law of the city.
Subsection 10(2) of the Act is repealed and the following subsection is substituted therefor:
Certificate of good character.
The board shall not issue a licence under subsection (1) unless the applicant for the licence
(a) produces a certificate of good character
(i) from the chief of police of the City of Winnipeg, or
(ii) from such other person as the board may designate;
(b) pays to the board such fee therefor as may be prescribed by the regulations; and
(c) produces to the board a valid and subsisting driver's licence issued under The Highway Traffic Act; and in addition the board may require the applicant
(d) to furnish medical proof of the physical fitness of the applicant to drive a taxicab; and
(e) to take and pass such examinations as the board considers reasonable to determine the ability of the applicant to drive a taxicab properly and safely.
Subsection 12(2) of the Act is repealed.
Subsection 13(4) of the Act is amended by striking out the words and figure "against section 3".
The Act is further amended by adding thereto, immediately after section 17 thereof, the following section:
The board may make regulations
(a) prescribing the fee payable for a licence to carry on a taxicab business in Greater Winnipeg;
(b) prescribing the fee payable for a permit to operate a taxicab temporarily in Greater Winnipeg;
(c) prescribing the fee payable for a licence to operate a drive yourself business office in Greater Winnipeg;
(d) prescribing the fee payable for a drive yourself motor vehicle licence in Greater Winnipeg;
(e) prescribing the fee payable for the transfer or replacement of any licence or permit issued by the board under this Act;
(f) prescribing the fee payable for taxicab driver's licence;
(g) prescribing forms for use under this Act.
Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Act come into force on the day it receives the royal assent.
Section 1 of this Act comes into force on the 1st day of March, 1987.
Section 2 of this Act comes into force on the sixtieth day following the day on which this Act receives the royal assent.