Sale of 18 Perpetual Taxi Licences across Tasmanian Taxi Areas

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Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources awarded a contract to 18 Licences were sold.

for the release and sale of additional perpetual taxi licences under the Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 1995.

The Transport Commission made licences available by tender in each Tasmanian taxi area, offering a number of licences equivalent to 5% of the existing number of perpetual taxi licences on issue in each relevant taxi area.

The Commission required that no tender below the Assessed Market Value for a licence in any particular taxi area be accepted in accordance with Section 19(4) of the Act.

The record detailed the number of licences offered and assessed market values for multiple taxi areas, including Break O'Day (1 licence, assessed market value $21,600), Bruny Island (1, $1,000), Burnie (1, $46,000), Central Highlands (1, $1,000), Circular Head (1, $22,500), Devonport (1, $46,000), Dorset (1, $3,000), Flinders Island (1, $1,000), George Town (1, $25,000), Glamorgan/Spring Bay North (1, $5,000), Glamorgan/Spring Bay South (1, $2,500) and Hobart (10 licences, assessed market value $120,000).

Huon Valley was listed in the record excerpt without an assessed market value provided.

The awarded supplier entry recorded that 18 licences were sold.