Operator Licensing 2017 (81001)
51 offences in the penalty schedule are made under this instrument. Each row states its maximum fine on conviction and its infringement fee, separately for an individual and for a body corporate — four different facts about one offence, and they are never merged.
The table
51 offences, with the four columns in full
The provision column is each row’s real identifier. The description beside it is the schedule’s own brief indication of the provision’s content and is not the operative text.
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| Offence | Provision | Max fine on conviction — individual | Max fine on conviction — body corporate | Infringement fee — individual | Infringement fee — body corporate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holder of transport service licence must notify the Director of Land Transport of specified changes, and within specified time | 2.4 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $500 | $1,000 |
| Failure to display current transport service licence card | 2.5(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of transport service licence must ensure transport service licence card is displayed on vehicle | 2.6(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of vehicle recovery service licence must ensure certain information is displayed on vehicle in an approved form | 2.6(3) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Failure to surrender a transport service licence card on demand to an enforcement officer | 2.8(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Use of special interest vehicle in a transport service | 2.10 | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of large passenger service licence or a vehicle recovery service licence must ensure that a complaints register is maintained and specified requirements are complied with | 2.11 | $4,000 | $20,000 | $750 | $3,750 |
| Failure of small passenger service operator to comply with duties in relation to drivers | 3.2(1) | $4,000 | $20,000 | $750 | $3,750 |
| Failure of small passenger service operator to keep a record of complaints | 3.3(1) | $4,000 | $20,000 | $750 | $3,750 |
| Failure to keep a record of complaints for 2 years | 3.3(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Complaints record must be available for inspection by enforcement officer | 3.3(3) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Person must not drive a vehicle used in a small passenger service, except for an ambulance operated by an ambulance service, unless holding and displaying a current driver identification card | 3.5(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of small passenger service licence operating a vehicle used in that service and every person driving under that licence must ensure that the driver identification card is compliant and displayed in the manner prescribed | 3.5(6) | $1,000 | $5,000 | $200 | $1,000 |
| Driver of small passenger service vehicle may only take up position at a small passenger service vehicle stand if the vehicle is available for hire | 3.6(1) | $1,000 | $5,000 | $200 | $1,000 |
| Driver of small passenger service vehicle must accept first hire offered unless there is a lawful reason to refuse or the small passenger service only provides services to registered passengers | 3.6(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of small passenger service vehicle must use most advantageous route to hirer’s destination unless hirer requests or agrees otherwise | 3.7(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of small passenger service vehicle must agree with the prospective hirer on the scale or basis of fare prior to start of trip | 3.7(3) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of small passenger service vehicle must, at end of a hiring, demand no more than exact fare and other applicable charges, less any prepayment | 3.7(4) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of small passenger service vehicle must, on request by a hirer, issue a receipt or cause a receipt to be issued | 3.7(5) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Small passenger service operator operating in specified area who elects not to operate vehicles fitted with approved in-vehicle security camera system must ensure all prescribed requirements are complied with | 3.8(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Small passenger service driver must not accept a hire in specified area, unless covered by an exception in 3.8(3) or 3.9(3) and all prescribed requirements are complied with | 3.9(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Small passenger service operator must not cause or permit a driver of a small passenger service vehicle to accept a hire in specified area without satisfying the prescribed requirements | 3.10(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| In-vehicle security camera must be visible to passengers and fitted so it records facial images of persons sitting in the vehicle | 3.10(4) | $2,000 | — | $400 | — |
| Person must not access material in an in-vehicle camera system unless covered by an exception in 3.12(2) | 3.12(2) | $10,000 | $10,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must keep register of vehicles and hirers containing prescribed information | 4.1(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must produce register for inspection if requested | 4.1(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence and hirer of vehicle must enter into written agreement for the hire | 4.2(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Hire agreement must include prescribed terms | 4.2(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must ensure hirer receives copy of the hire agreement | 4.2(3) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must explain provisions of hire agreement if requested by hirer | 4.2(4) | $1,000 | $5,000 | $200 | $1,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must ensure that prospective hirer or driver holds current valid driver licence appropriate for vehicle to be hired | 4.2(5) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Hirer of vehicle must ensure that copy of hire agreement is kept in the vehicle and produced for inspection on demand by an enforcement officer | 4.3(2) | $1,000 | $5,000 | $200 | $1,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must offer vehicle insurance to prospective hirer before entering into agreement for hire | 4.4(1) | $1,000 | $5,000 | $200 | $1,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must not charge infringement fee to hirer’s credit card unless hirer has been notified in rental service agreement of the specified matters | 4.5(3) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must provide specified documents and information to hirer before debiting hirer’s credit card for infringement fee | 4.5(5) and (6) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must keep copies of documents for 6 months | 4.5(8) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of rental service licence must remit infringement fee to enforcement authority as soon as practicable | 4.5(9) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of vehicle recovery service vehicle must wear a readily visible driver identification card that complies with 5.2(3) and (4) | 5.2(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of vehicle recovery service vehicle must behave in an orderly and civil manner | 5.3 | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of vehicle recovery service vehicle must ensure passengers do not behave threateningly or improperly | 5.4(1) | $4,000 | $20,000 | $750 | $3,750 |
| Driver of vehicle recovery service vehicle must comply with directions of specified officers to move away, or move vehicle away, from a crash scene | 5.5(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of vehicle recovery service vehicle must ensure removal of person who has arrived at a crash scene as a passenger if directed by specified officers | 5.5(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of vehicle recovery service licence must not allow a vehicle recovery service vehicle to be used with prohibited advertising | 5.6 | $1,000 | $5,000 | $200 | $1,000 |
| Holder of vehicle recovery service licence and vehicle driver must not allow an animal to be transported in vehicle | 5.7(1) | $4,000 | $20,000 | $750 | $3,750 |
| Tow authority must be completed, carried, and produced on demand if vehicle is being towed | 5.8(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Tow authority must be in approved form and contain prescribed information | 5.8(2) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Person may not move vehicle using a vehicle recovery service vehicle unless the tow authority has been signed by a specified person | 5.9(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Driver of vehicle recovery service vehicle must tow vehicle to destination without unnecessary delay or deviation from the shortest available route | 5.10 | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of vehicle recovery service licence and vehicle driver must take all reasonable precautions to prevent loss of or from, or damage to, a towed vehicle | 5.11 | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Holder of vehicle recovery service licence must maintain a register comprising, in chronological order, all tow authorities completed for each vehicle operated under the licence | 5.12(1) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
| Tow authority register must be made available for inspection by an enforcement officer or authorised person | 5.12(3) | $2,000 | $10,000 | $400 | $2,000 |
Source — Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/99), Schedule 1 — as at 19 May 2026 (ltop-1999 consolidation stamp)
— is the schedule’s own em dash, reproduced: that column does not apply to this offence. It is deliberately not rendered as $0 — a zero and an inapplicability are different facts, and a body corporate that cannot commit an offence is not a body corporate fined nothing for it. Where a cell points at another schedule’s scale, the pointer is printed rather than resolved into a figure the row does not itself state.
The brief descriptions given in the second column of Schedule 1, and the first column of Schedule 1A and Schedule 1B, are intended only to be an indication of the content of the provisions they describe, and are not intended to be used in the interpretation of the provisions.
The rest of the catalogue
This is one of 35 instruments in the schedule
The index lists every one of them with its offence count, so a notice naming a different instrument is one link away rather than one long scroll away.
27 rule 6 (parking and stopping) rows of the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 are deliberately not priced anywhere on this site: those fees are set by the road controlling authority’s own bylaw, and a national figure printed bare would read as the amount somebody owes. The hub states that omission in full, with its count.