8. Despite section 5 of the Act respecting transportation services by taxi (chapter S-6.01), a sponsor whose project involves the leasing of taxi owner’s permits is authorized to lease, for the authorized term of the project which cannot exceed the term set for the Pilot Project, the maximum number of taxi owner’s permits (“regular permit”) set out in the Schedule to the Pilot Project in any of the areas described in the Schedule.
The sponsor must attach each regular permit to a single electric taxi.
The sponsor must immediately inform the Minister, the Commission des transports du Québec and the Bureau du taxi de Montréal of the regular permits involved in the leasing allowed under the first paragraph.