DRIVE A2B August 2018

INFRASTRUCTURE
BOOKING
SERVICE PROVIDERS
formerly Taxi Services Commission
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As part of the changes to the commercial passenger vehicle industry, Booking Service
Providers (BSPs) need to apply for registration. This replaces the accreditation process
and now includes businesses or individuals providing booking services for all commercial
passenger vehicles.
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New requirements for Booking Service Providers include safety duties, incident notifications and record
keeping.
Generally, all businesses or persons who take/manage/receive bookings for commercial passenger vehicles
from prospective passengers need to be registered as a Booking Service Provider (BSP).
ERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE NEW $1 PER TRIP INDUSTRY
There are some exceptions:
g to you • about Drivers who important take bookings changes only for services to the they commercial provide are not passenger BSPs. vehicle
ch began in July 2018.
• Vehicle owners who take bookings only for vehicles they own and where they only own one or two
vehicles, do not need to be registered until 1 July 2019
a registered Booking Service Provider. As a registered Booking Service
have record keeping, safety and other obligations. As the industry
mmercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria will work with you to help you
nd comply with these obligations.
• In the case where the person or organisation does not otherwise need to be registered as a BSP -
passing on surplus bookings to other drivers or vehicle owners on an ad hoc basis without payment,
does not require BSP registration
Remember - even though you may NOT be required to register as a Booking Service Provider, if you take any
bookings at all you ARE required to register with the State Revenue Office for the $1 Trip Levy..
vice Providers need to pay a new $1 per trip levy to the State Revenue
ch booked trip they arrange from 1 July 2018.
active Booking Company Service A takes Provider and Person you have A owns not 3 CPVs already done Person so, A owns 2 CPVs
er with the bookings State Revenue for others Office for and this takes levy. bookings Booking for Service and Providers takes bookings for
end of September to register to pay
Organisation ABC takes them this levy for all trips arranged them (exempt from till 1 July
Information on registering for the levy can be found at
bookings from prospective Achmed owns three
2019)
gov.au/triplevy passengers over the phone commercial passenger
Alec owns two commercial
or via email, and enables the vehicles that are registered passenger vehicles that
t an active acceptance Booking of Service those requests Provider, or not intending to be an active
in his name. He receives and are registered in his name.
vice Provider, by CPV please drivers. contact us in writing accepts to customer surrender bookings, your Booking
He receives and accepts
ider registration.
Organisation ABC needs to
allocating these to the drivers customer bookings, allocating
be accredited as a BSP.
of his vehicles, including
these to the drivers of his
v.vic.gov.au for more information on himself. the changes to Victoria’s vehicles only.
assenger vehicle industry.
Achmed needs to register as Alec doesn’t need to register
a BSP.
as a BSP until 1 July 2019
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