Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares for Taxi Services Determination 2022 (No 1)
Dear Taxi operators and Transport Booking services, this is to advise as per the website (link below), Minister Steel has signed a new instrument increasing taxi fares by 6.3% which is in line with the ACT’s 2021-22 CPI figure.
TAXI FARE RAISE HAS NOT HELPED PLATE OWNERS PAID IN LEASE FEES!!
The new fares commence 22 November 2022.
Please see attached Schedule to the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares for Taxi Services determination 2022 (No 1) for details regarding the pricing for the new fares or see instrument at Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares for Taxi Services Determination 2022 (No 1)
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/View/di/2022-252/current/html/2022-252.html
Schedule 1 – Increase in Taxi Fares
Schedule 1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| Rate | Description of matter in respect of which fare is payable | Current maximum fare payable ($) | New maximum fare payable ($) from commencement |
| Standard Taxi (single hiring) | |||
| Flagfall | $5.30 | $5.65 | |
| Kilometre Rate | |||
| 1 | For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $2.20 | $2.35 |
| 2 | For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $2.50 | $2.65 |
| Standard Taxi (multiple hiring) | |||
| Flagfall | $4.00 | $4.25 | |
| Kilometre Rate | |||
| 3 | For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $1.65 | $1.75 |
| 4 | For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $1.90 | $2.00 |
| High Occupancy Taxi (5, 6 or 7 passengers) | |||
| Flagfall | $8.00 | $8.50 | |
| Kilometre Rate | |||
| 5 | For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $3.30 | $3.50 |
| 6 | For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $3.80 | $4.05 |
| High Occupancy Taxi (8 or more passengers) | |||
| Flagfall | $8.00 | $8.50 | |
| Kilometre Rate | |||
| 7 | For a journey commencing between 6 am and 9 pm on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $4.15 | $4.40 |
| 8 | For a journey commencing before 6 am or after 9 pm Monday to Friday and all day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday | $4.80 | $5.10 |
| Waiting Time Rate (per hour) | $55.30 | $58.80 | |
| Radio Bookings | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Premium Service Booking Fee
Only applicable when the hirer has specifically requested a premium service from the taxi service when making the booking and the booking has been made through a transport booking service. This fee is not applicable to rank and hail hirings or bookings made other than through a transport booking service. A premium service must include a service guarantee on a passenger’s plane, bus or train ticket where delays in the service impact on the passenger’s travel. Details of the service guarantee, including its value, must be made available to prospective hirers (for example on a website). Any conditions associated with a hirer’s use of the premium service, such as minimum timeframes for bookings, must also be available to hirers prior to make their booking. |
$13.80 | $13.80 | |
| Airport Toll
For a journey commencing at the designated taxi rank at the Canberra Airport where the taxi driver has paid the toll.
|
$3.00 | $3.00 | |
| Baby Capsule Fee | $5.20 | $5.20 | |
| Commissionaire Surcharge (for hirings undertaken from the Canberra Airport when a taxi commissionaire service is provided) | $1.20 | $1.20 | |
| Lift fee (for Wheelchair-accessible Taxis)
The lift fee is charged to the ACT Government and must not be charged to the passenger. |
$13.85 | $14.72 |
