Taxi Regulation Act 2013

Death of licence holder

15. (1) The applicant for a licence, with the application, or the holder of a licence, during its operation, may nominate in writing to the Authority a person as his or her representative who may apply to the Authority to continue to operate the licence in the event of his or her death.

(2) In the event of the death of the holder of a licence, his or her nominated representative may, within 3 months of the death of the holder, make an application to the Authority to continue to operate the licence until its expiry.

(3) The provisions of this Act apply to an application made under this section and if the application is granted the nominated representative becomes the holder of the licence until its expiry and may apply to the Authority for its renewal upon its expiry.

(4) In this section—

“licence” means a licence other than a licence to drive a small public service vehicle;

“nominated representative” means the person nominated by the applicant for, or the holder of, a licence, for the purposes of continuing to operate the licence in the event of death of the licence holder.