T-11.1 - Act respecting transportation by taxi

Section 60 Disposition versions

1998-04-21

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  delimit urban areas;

(2)  determine for each urban area or region that it specifies, ratios permitting to determine the maximum number of permits that may be issued;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold, provide for exceptions and the duration thereof, and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(3.1)  prescribe the requirements to be met by a permit holder in carrying on his activities and provide for exceptions thereto;

(4)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue, transfer or renewal of a permit, change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates and, where a regional authority collects a fee under section 62.1, reduce the duties payable for the renewal of a taxi permit in an urban area or region comprised in the territory of the regional authority;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(6.1)  prescribe the conditions and procedure with which the holder of a taxi permit must comply when applying to the Commission for authorization to specialize in transportation by limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine;

(6.2)  establish the factors that the Commission must take into account when prescribing ratios enabling it to determine the maximum number of taxi permits that may specialize in transportation by limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine;

(7)  establish conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands;

(7.1)  prohibit on the immovables of the public establishments it determines the concession of an exclusive right of access to a taxi stand or of the right to install an exclusive and direct telephone line or establish conditions or restrictions respecting such a concession;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(11)  designate, in the cases it indicates, a person to collect the annual duties payable for the issue or renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish, for the urban areas or the regions it specifies, standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters, require that taximeters be inspected and sealed at the intervals it specifies and prescribe the cases where a taxi must be equipped with a taximeter, and the place where it should be installed;

(13)  prescribe the makes, models and years of manufacture of automobiles that may be used to supply the type of transportation by taxi it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, prohibit the installation or use of any equipment it may indicate, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and provide for exceptions thereto;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and on conditions it determines, and fix the tariffs therefor;

(17.1)  impose, with respect to the territory it specifies, on every person who wishes to obtain a taxi driver’s permit, the obligation to attend a training course, determine the content of the course and prescribe the terms, conditions, procedure, the passing mark for the examination and costs thereof, and authorize a person to offer the course;

(17.2)  impose, for the territory it specifies, on every holder of a taxi driver’s permit, the obligation to attend a training course prior to the renewal of his permit, determine the content of the course, prescribe the terms, conditions and formalities thereof, and authorize a person to offer the course;

(17.3)  prescribe the form and content of the disclosures required of the holder of a taxi permit or of a taxi driver who is a member of a firm offering publicity and call distribution services and who uses a radio or telephone communication device in his taxi, to meet the requirements of such firm;

(18)  determine classes of taxi driver’s permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content and determine the territories not corresponding to the territory of a regional authority for the issue of such a permit;

(18.1)  fix the duties exigible for the issue and renewal of a taxi driver’s permit, for the issue of a duplicate of the permit and for the examinations related to its issue;

(18.2)  prescribe the requirements to be met by the holder of a taxi driver’s permit in carrying on his occupation and provide for exceptions thereto;

(18.3)  prescribe the charges that a taxi driver may demand of customers in addition to the taxi fare and the conditions on which they may be demanded, and fix the maximum denomination of a bank note the driver may be bound to accept in payment for a taxi fare;

(18.4)  prohibit the holder of a taxi permit or of a taxi driver’s permit from carrying on certain activities or practices for the types of transportation it specifies;

(19)  (subparagraph repealed);

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(20.1)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction entails revocation of the offender’s taxi driver’s permit;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body and fix the duties payable for the issue, renewal or transfer of such a permit;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe the obligation to post up in each taxi the tariffs applicable to private transportation;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70;

(26)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction may entail suspension or cancellation of a taxi permit;

(27)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section, those for which a conviction entails revocation of the specialization authorizing a taxi undertaking to supply transportation by limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine.

The standards, conditions, restrictions, modalities, duties and other prescriptions of the regulations made under this section may vary according to the class of permit concerned.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39; 1985, c. 35, s. 53; 1986, c. 63, s. 12; 1987, c. 26, s. 14; 1990, c. 82, s. 12; 1993, c. 12, s. 13; 1998, c. 8, s. 9, s. 13.

1993-06-04

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  delimit urban areas;

(2)  determine for each urban area or region that it specifies, ratios permitting to determine the maximum number of permits that may be issued;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold, provide for exceptions and the duration thereof, and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(3.1)  prescribe the requirements to be met by a permit holder in carrying on his activities and provide for exceptions thereto;

(4)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue, transfer or renewal of a permit, change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates and, where a regional authority collects a fee under section 62.1, reduce the duties payable for the renewal of a taxi permit in an urban area or region comprised in the territory of the regional authority;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(6.1)  prescribe the conditions and procedure with which the holder of a taxi permit must comply when applying to the Commission for authorization to specialize in transportation by limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine;

(6.2)  establish the factors that the Commission must take into account when prescribing ratios enabling it to determine the maximum number of taxi permits that may specialize in transportation by limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine;

(7)  establish conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands;

(7.1)  prohibit on the immovables of the public establishments it determines the concession of an exclusive right of access to a taxi stand or of the right to install an exclusive and direct telephone line or establish conditions or restrictions respecting such a concession;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(11)  designate, in the cases it indicates, a person to collect the annual duties payable for the issue or renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish, for the urban areas or the regions it specifies, standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters, require that taximeters be inspected and sealed at the intervals it specifies and prescribe the cases where a taxi must be equipped with a taximeter, and the place where it should be installed;

(13)  prescribe the makes, models and years of manufacture of automobiles that may be used to supply the type of transportation by taxi it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, prohibit the installation or use of any equipment it may indicate, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(14.1)  establish a difference, in percentage, between the rates and scales for the types of transportation it specifies and, where applicable, for the territory and according to the procedure it specifies;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and provide for exceptions thereto;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and on conditions it determines, and fix the rates and scales therefor;

(17.1)  impose, with respect to the territory it specifies, on every person who wishes to obtain a taxi driver’s permit, the obligation to attend a training course, determine the content of the course and prescribe the terms, conditions, procedure, the passing mark for the examination and costs thereof, and authorize a person to offer the course;

(17.2)  impose, for the territory it specifies, on every holder of a taxi driver’s permit, the obligation to attend a training course prior to the renewal of his permit, determine the content of the course, prescribe the terms, conditions and formalities thereof, and authorize a person to offer the course;

(17.3)  prescribe the form and content of the disclosures required of the holder of a taxi permit or of a taxi driver who is a member of a firm offering publicity and call distribution services and who uses a radio or telephone communication device in his taxi, to meet the requirements of such firm;

(18)  determine classes of taxi driver’s permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content and determine the territories not corresponding to the territory of a regional authority for the issue of such a permit;

(18.1)  fix the duties exigible for the issue and renewal of a taxi driver’s permit, for the issue of a duplicate of the permit and for the examinations related to its issue;

(18.2)  prescribe the requirements to be met by the holder of a taxi driver’s permit in carrying on his occupation and provide for exceptions thereto;

(18.3)  prescribe the charges that a taxi driver may demand of customers in addition to the taxi fare and the conditions on which they may be demanded, and fix the maximum denomination of a bank note the driver may be bound to accept in payment for a taxi fare;

(18.4)  prohibit the holder of a taxi permit or of a taxi driver’s permit from carrying on certain activities or practices for the types of transportation it specifies;

(19)  (subparagraph repealed);

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(20.1)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction entails revocation of the offender’s taxi driver’s permit;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body and fix the duties payable for the issue, renewal or transfer of such a permit;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for private transportation and the obligation to post up in each taxi the rates and scales in force for such transportation;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70;

(26)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction may entail suspension or cancellation of a taxi permit;

(27)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section, those for which a conviction entails revocation of the specialization authorizing a taxi undertaking to supply transportation by limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine.

The standards, conditions, restrictions, modalities, duties and other prescriptions of the regulations made under this section may vary according to the class of permit concerned.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39; 1985, c. 35, s. 53; 1986, c. 63, s. 12; 1987, c. 26, s. 14; 1990, c. 82, s. 12; 1993, c. 12, s. 13.

1991-05-01

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  delimit urban areas;

(2)  determine for each urban area or region that it specifies, ratios permitting to determine the maximum number of permits that may be issued;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold, provide for exceptions and the duration thereof, and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(3.1)  prescribe the requirements to be met by a permit holder in carrying on his activities and provide for exceptions thereto;

(4)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue, transfer or renewal of a permit, change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates and, where a regional authority collects a fee under section 62.1, reduce the duties payable for the renewal of a taxi permit in an urban area or region comprised in the territory of the regional authority;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(7)  establish conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands;

(7.1)  prohibit on the immovables of the public establishments it determines the concession of an exclusive right of access to a taxi stand or of the right to install an exclusive and direct telephone line or establish conditions or restrictions respecting such a concession;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(11)  designate, in the cases it indicates, a person to collect the annual duties payable for the issue or renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters, require that taximeters be inspected and sealed at the intervals it specifies and prescribe the cases where a taxi must be equipped with a taximeter, and the place where it should be installed;

(13)  prescribe the makes and models of automobiles that may be used to provide the type of transportation by taxi which it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, prohibit the installation or use of any equipment it may indicate, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and provide for exceptions thereto;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and on conditions it determines, and fix the rates and scales therefor;

(17.1)  impose, with respect to the territory it specifies, on every person who wishes to obtain a taxi driver’s permit, the obligation to attend a training course, determine the content of the course and prescribe the terms, conditions, procedure and costs thereof, and authorize a person to offer the course;

(18)  determine classes of taxi driver’s permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content and determine the territories not corresponding to the territory of a regional authority for the issue of such a permit;

(18.1)  fix the duties exigible for the issue and renewal of a taxi driver’s permit, for the issue of a duplicate of the permit and for the examinations related to its issue;

(18.2)  prescribe the requirements to be met by the holder of a taxi driver’s permit in carrying on his occupation and provide for exceptions thereto;

(18.3)  prescribe the charges that a taxi driver may demand of customers in addition to the taxi fare and the conditions on which they may be demanded, and fix the maximum denomination of a bank note the driver may be bound to accept in payment for a taxi fare;

(18.4)  prohibit the holder of a taxi permit or of a taxi driver’s permit from carrying on certain activities or practices for the types of transportation it specifies;

(19)  (subparagraph repealed);

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(20.1)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction entails revocation of the offender’s taxi driver’s permit;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for private transportation and the obligation to post up in each taxi the rates and scales in force for such transportation;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70;

(26)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction may entail suspension or cancellation of a taxi permit.

The standards, conditions, restrictions, modalities, duties and other prescriptions of the regulations made under this section may vary according to the class of permit concerned.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39; 1985, c. 35, s. 53; 1986, c. 63, s. 12; 1987, c. 26, s. 14; 1990, c. 82, s. 12.

1990-12-20

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  delimit urban areas;

(2)  determine for each urban area or region that it specifies, ratios permitting to determine the maximum number of permits that may be issued;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold, provide for exceptions and the duration thereof, and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(3.1)  prescribe the requirements to be met by a permit holder in carrying on his activities and provide for exceptions thereto;

(4)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue, transfer or renewal of a permit, change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates and, where a regional authority collects a fee under section 62.1, reduce the duties payable for the renewal of a taxi permit in an urban area or region comprised in the territory of the regional authority;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(7)  establish conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands;

(7.1)  prohibit on the immovables of the public establishments it determines the concession of an exclusive right of access to a taxi stand or of the right to install an exclusive and direct telephone line or establish conditions or restrictions respecting such a concession;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  fix a special fee payable, according to such modalities as it may determine, by the taxi permit holders of an urban area it specifies to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area;

(10)  fix a special fee payable by purchasers at the time of the transfer of a taxi permit of an urban area it may indicate to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area, and prescribe the cases, conditions or circumstances where a purchaser is exempt from payment of the fee or is reimbursed;

(10.1)  determine the rates of interest payable where payment of a special fee is overdue;

(11)  designate, in the cases it indicates, a person to collect the annual duties payable for the issue or renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters, require that taximeters be inspected and sealed at the intervals it specifies and prescribe the cases where a taxi must be equipped with a taximeter, and the place where it should be installed;

(13)  prescribe the makes and models of automobiles that may be used to provide the type of transportation by taxi which it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, prohibit the installation or use of any equipment it may indicate, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and provide for exceptions thereto;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and on conditions it determines, and fix the rates and scales therefor;

(17.1)  impose, with respect to the territory it specifies, on every person who wishes to obtain a taxi driver’s permit, the obligation to attend a training course, determine the content of the course and prescribe the terms, conditions, procedure and costs thereof, and authorize a person to offer the course;

(18)  determine classes of taxi driver’s permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content and determine the territories not corresponding to the territory of a regional authority for the issue of such a permit;

(18.1)  fix the duties exigible for the issue and renewal of a taxi driver’s permit, for the issue of a duplicate of the permit and for the examinations related to its issue;

(18.2)  prescribe the requirements to be met by the holder of a taxi driver’s permit in carrying on his occupation and provide for exceptions thereto;

(18.3)  prescribe the charges that a taxi driver may demand of customers in addition to the taxi fare and the conditions on which they may be demanded, and fix the maximum denomination of a bank note the driver may be bound to accept in payment for a taxi fare;

(18.4)  prohibit the holder of a taxi permit or of a taxi driver’s permit from carrying on certain activities or practices for the types of transportation it specifies;

(19)  (subparagraph repealed);

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(20.1)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction entails revocation of the offender’s taxi driver’s permit;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for private transportation and the obligation to post up in each taxi the rates and scales in force for such transportation;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70;

(26)  determine, from among the provisions of a regulation prescribed under this section and of which the violation is punishable within the meaning of section 70, those for which a conviction may entail suspension or cancellation of a taxi permit.

The standards, conditions, restrictions, modalities, duties and other prescriptions of the regulations made under this section may vary according to the class of permit concerned.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39; 1985, c. 35, s. 53; 1986, c. 63, s. 12; 1987, c. 26, s. 14; 1990, c. 82, s. 12.

1987-06-18

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  delimit urban areas;

(2)  establish standards to determine the maximum number of permits that may be issued in an urban area or a region and prescribe the cases in which the Commission may issue new permits;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold, provide for exceptions and the duration thereof, and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(3.1)  prescribe the requirements to be met by a permit holder in carrying on his activities and provide for exceptions thereto;

(4)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi permit may be suspended;

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue or renewal of a permit, change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates and, where a regional authority collects a fee under section 62.1, reduce the duties payable for the renewal of a taxi permit in an urban area or region comprised in the territory of the regional authority;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(7)  establish conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands;

(7.1)  prohibit on the immovables of the public establishments it determines the concession of an exclusive right of access to a taxi stand or of the right to install an exclusive and direct telephone line or establish conditions or restrictions respecting such a concession;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  fix a special fee payable, according to such modalities as it may determine, by the taxi permit holders of an urban area it specifies to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area;

(10)  fix a special fee payable by purchasers at the time of the transfer of a taxi permit of an urban area it may indicate to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area, and prescribe the cases, conditions or circumstances where a purchaser is exempt from payment of the fee or is reimbursed;

(10.1)  determine the rates of interest payable where payment of a special fee is overdue;

(11)  designate, in the cases it indicates, a person to collect the annual duties payable for the issue or renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters and prescribe the cases where a taxi must be equipped with a taximeter, and the place where it should be installed;

(13)  prescribe the makes and models of automobiles that may be used to provide the type of transportation by taxi which it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, prohibit the installation or use of any equipment it may indicate, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and provide for exceptions thereto;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and on conditions it determines, and fix the rates and scales therefor;

(18)  determine classes of taxi driver’s permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content and determine the territories not corresponding to the territory of a regional authority for the issue of such a permit;

(18.1)  fix the duties exigible for the issue and renewal of a taxi driver’s permit, for the issue of a duplicate of the permit and for the examinations related to its issue;

(18.2)  prescribe the requirements to be met by the holder of a taxi driver’s permit in carrying on his occupation and provide for exceptions thereto;

(18.3)  prescribe the charges that a taxi driver may demand of customers in addition to the taxi fare and the conditions on which they may be demanded, and fix the maximum denomination of a bank note the driver may be bound to accept in payment for a taxi fare;

(18.4)  prohibit the holder of a taxi permit or of a taxi driver’s permit from carrying on certain activities or practices for the types of transportation it specifies;

(19)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi driver’s permit may be cancelled;

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for private transportation and the obligation to post up in each taxi the rates and scales in force for such transportation;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70.

The standards, conditions, restrictions, modalities, duties and other prescriptions of the regulations made under this section may vary according to the class of permit concerned.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39; 1985, c. 35, s. 53; 1986, c. 63, s. 12; 1987, c. 26, s. 14.

1986-06-19

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  establish and delimit urban areas;

(2)  establish standards to determine the maximum number of permits to be issued in an urban area or a region and prescribe the cases in which the Commission may issue new permits;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(4)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi permit may be suspended;

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue or renewal of a permit, change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates and, where a regional authority collects a fee under section 62.1, reduce the duties payable for the renewal of a taxi permit in an urban area or region comprised in the territory of the regional authority;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(7)  determine the conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands or the concession of such stands on the immovables of the public establishments it may determine;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  fix a special fee payable, according to such modalities as it may determine, by the taxi permit holders of an urban area it specifies to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area;

(10)  fix a special fee payable by purchasers at the time of the transfer of a taxi permit of an urban area it may indicate to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area, and prescribe the cases, conditions or circumstances where a purchaser is exempt from payment of the fee or is reimbursed;

(10.1)  determine the rates of interest payable where payment of a special fee is overdue;

(11)  designate a person to collect the annual duties payable for the issue or renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters;

(13)  prescribe the makes and models of automobiles that may be used to provide the type of transportation by taxi which it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies and fix the rates and scales therefor;

(18)  prescribe the obligation to hold a permit in order to carry on the occupation of taxi driver, determine classes of such permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content, determine the territory for which it is issued, fix the duties exigible for its issue and renewal and prescribe that it be posted up;

(19)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi driver’s permit may be cancelled;

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for private transportation and the obligation to post up in each taxi the rates and scales in force for such transportation;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a coded receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70.

A regulation of the Government comes into force 15 days after the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39; 1985, c. 35, s. 53; 1986, c. 63, s. 12.

1985-07-10

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  establish and delimit urban areas;

(2)  establish standards to determine the maximum number of permits to be issued in an urban area or a region and prescribe the cases in which the Commission may issue new permits;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(4)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi permit may be suspended;

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue or renewal of a permit and change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(7)  determine the conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands or the concession of such stands on the immovables of the public establishments it may determine;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  fix a special fee payable, according to such modalities as it may determine, by the taxi permit holders of an urban area it specifies to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area;

(10)  fix a special fee payable by purchasers at the time of the transfer of a taxi permit of an urban area it may indicate to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area, and prescribe the cases, conditions or circumstances where a purchaser is exempt from payment of the fee or is reimbursed;

(10.1)  determine the rates of interest payable where payment of a special fee is overdue;

(11)  designate a person to collect the annual duties payable for the renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters;

(13)  prescribe the makes and models of automobiles that may be used to provide the type of transportation by taxi which it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies;

(18)  prescribe the obligation to hold a permit in order to carry on the occupation of taxi driver, determine classes of such permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content, determine the territory for which it is issued, fix the duties exigible for its issue and renewal and prescribe that it be posted up;

(19)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi driver’s permit may be cancelled;

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for each type of transportation which it specifies and the obligation of posting up, in each taxi, the rates in force;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a coded receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70.

A regulation of the Government comes into force 15 days after the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39; 1985, c. 35, s. 53.

1984-06-20

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  establish and delimit urban areas;

(2)  establish standards to determine the maximum number of permits to be issued in an urban area or a region and prescribe the cases in which the Commission may issue new permits;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(4)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi permit may be suspended;

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue or renewal of a permit and change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(7)  determine the conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands or the concession of such stands on the immovables of the public establishments it may determine;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  fix a special fee payable, according to such modalities as it may determine, by the taxi permit holders of an urban area it specifies to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area;

(10)  fix a special fee payable by purchasers at the time of the transfer of a taxi permit of an urban area it may indicate to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area, and prescribe the cases, conditions or circumstances where a purchaser is exempt from payment of the fee or is reimbursed;

(10.1)  determine the rates of interest payable where payment of a special fee is overdue;

(11)  designate a person to collect the annual duties payable for the renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters;

(13)  prescribe the makes and models of automobiles that may be used to provide the type of transportation by taxi which it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies;

(18)  prescribe the obligation to hold a permit in order to carry on the occupation of taxi driver, determine classes of such permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content, determine the territory for which it is issued, fix the duties exigible for its issue and renewal, authorize a person to issue the permit and prescribe that it be posted up;

(19)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi driver’s permit may be cancelled;

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for each type of transportation which it specifies and the obligation of posting up, in each taxi, the rates in force;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a coded receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70.

A regulation of the Government comes into force 15 days after the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.

1983, c. 46, s. 60; 1984, c. 23, s. 39.

1983-12-21

60. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  establish and delimit urban areas;

(2)  establish standards to determine the maximum number of permits to be issued in an urban area or a region and prescribe the cases in which the Commission may issue new permits;

(3)  prescribe the conditions required to be a permit holder, the maximum number of permits a person may hold and the conditions and modalities applicable to the issue, renewal, transfer, changing, suspension or cancellation of permits;

(4)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi permit may be suspended;

(5)  fix the duties payable for the issue or renewal of a permit and change or spread over different periods the due dates of permits according to the taxi permit holders it indicates;

(6)  prescribe the conditions and modalities for providing a type of transportation which it specifies outside the territory for which a permit is issued;

(7)  determine the conditions or restrictions respecting the access of taxis to taxi stands or the concession of such stands on the immovables of the public establishments it may determine;

(8)  establish standards, conditions or modes of construction and upkeep of an automobile used to supply transportation by taxi;

(9)  fix a special fee payable, according to such modalities as it may determine, by the taxi permit holders of an urban area it specifies to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area;

(10)  fix a special fee payable by purchasers at the time of the transfer of a taxi permit of an urban area it may indicate to finance a program for the reduction of the number of taxi permits in that urban area;

(11)  designate a person to collect the annual duties payable for the renewal of taxi permits;

(12)  establish standards, conditions, or modes of construction, use and upkeep of taximeters;

(13)  prescribe the makes and models of automobiles that may be used to provide the type of transportation by taxi which it specifies;

(14)  establish standards, conditions or modalities of use, care, hygiene and identification of any automobile used to supply transportation by taxi, prescribe the mandatory equipment and construction standards therefor, and, in respect of the types of transportation which it specifies and, where such is the case, the territory it specifies, prescribe special standards, conditions and modalities;

(15)  prohibit or standardize commercial posting on taxis;

(16)  prescribe standards, conditions or modes of operation for each type of transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies;

(17)  authorize taxi permit holders to supply the types of shared transportation which it specifies in the places it specifies;

(18)  prescribe the obligation to hold a permit in order to carry on the occupation of taxi driver, determine classes of such permit and the conditions and modalities of issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a permit, prescribe its form and content, determine the territory for which it is issued, fix the duties exigible for its issue and renewal, authorize a person to issue the permit and prescribe that it be posted up;

(19)  establish a penalty point system whereby a taxi driver’s permit may be cancelled;

(20)  prescribe rules of ethics for taxi drivers;

(21)  authorize any firm, association or body to provide, upon obtaining a permit, services of publicity, the distribution of calls or other services of a similar nature to taxi owners or drivers, and determine standards and conditions for the establishment, operation, financing and management of the firm, association or body;

(22)  determine the minimum stipulations to be included in any written contract of transportation by taxi and prescribe the from thereof;

(23)  prescribe standards for the rates and scales for each type of transportation which it specifies and the obligation of posting up, in each taxi, the rates in force;

(24)  prescribe the obligation of providing on request a coded receipt for each trip as well as the form and tenor of the receipt;

(25)  determine the provisions of a regulation made under this section the infringement of which is punishable under section 70.

A regulation of the Government comes into force 15 days after the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.

1983, c. 46, s. 60.