S-6.01 - Act respecting transportation services by taxi

Section 79 Disposition versions

2016-09-08

79. The Commission des transports du Québec may, for the purposes of this Act, promptly take one or more of the following measures:

(1)  issue, renew, transfer, restrict, alter, suspend or revoke a taxi owner’s permit;

(2)  grant a holder of a taxi owner’s permit authorization to specialize the permit holder’s transportation services by taxi, so as to offer only limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine services or any other specialized service authorized by this Act and the regulations thereunder, or to abandon such specialization;

(3)  issue, renew, restrict, alter, suspend or revoke a taxi transportation service intermediary’s permit;

(4)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  require that an identification sticker, of the form and tenor it determines by regulation, be affixed to taxis, limousines or “de grand luxe” limousines, at the place it prescribes, to identify the holder of a taxi owner’s permit, the territory and the specialized services the permit holder is authorized to offer, and fix, by regulation, the fee payable to obtain or renew the sticker;

(6)  inspect and affix seals to taximeters or authorize, for the territory it specifies, a person to do so on its behalf and fix the fee payable therefor;

(7)  determine the territories in respect of which a taxi need not be equipped with a taximeter;

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  impose to all or to some holders of a taxi owner’s permit special conditions or restrictions concerning, in particular, the qualifications of drivers;

(10)  where it considers it necessary for the public interest, appoint, for the period it fixes and at the expense of the holder of a transportation service intermediary’s permit that provides call distribution services, an administrator who shall exercise alone the powers of the board of directors of the enterprise;

(11)  appoint, for the period it fixes and at the expense of the person concerned, a supervisor who will report on the call distribution services of any taxi, limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine;

(12)  take any other measure it considers appropriate and reasonable.

The rules of procedure and the rules for the internal management of the Commission made under section 48 of the Transport Act (chapter T‐12) apply, with the necessary modifications, to proceedings instituted under this Act.

The Commission may, in rendering a decision, take the public interest into account.

The decisions of the Commission are public. The Commission shall make its decisions known to the public in the manner it considers appropriate.

2001, c. 15, s. 79; 2016, c. 22, s. 28.

2002-06-30

79. The Commission des transports du Québec may, for the purposes of this Act, promptly take one or more of the following measures:

(1)  issue, renew, transfer, restrict, alter, suspend or revoke a taxi owner’s permit;

(2)  grant a holder of a taxi owner’s permit authorization to specialize the permit holder’s transportation services by taxi, so as to offer only limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine services or any other specialized service authorized by this Act and the regulations thereunder, or to abandon such specialization;

(3)  issue, renew, restrict, alter, suspend or revoke a taxi transportation service intermediary’s permit;

(4)  establish, divide, delimit or merge areas, in the territory of a municipal or supramunicipal authority according to the criteria and factors determined by the Government;

(5)  require that an identification sticker, of the form and tenor it determines by regulation, be affixed to taxis, limousines or “de grand luxe” limousines, at the place it prescribes, to identify the holder of a taxi owner’s permit, the territory and the specialized services the permit holder is authorized to offer, and fix, by regulation, the fee payable to obtain or renew the sticker;

(6)  inspect and affix seals to taximeters or authorize, for the territory it specifies, a person to do so on its behalf and fix the fee payable therefor;

(7)  determine the territories in respect of which a taxi need not be equipped with a taximeter;

(8)  alter the servicing area for which a taxi owner’s permit was issued so as to take into consideration the alteration of the territory of an area or so that the servicing area corresponds, from the date it fixes, to a territory delimited under subparagraph 4;

(9)  impose to all or to some holders of a taxi owner’s permit special conditions or restrictions concerning, in particular, the qualifications of drivers;

(10)  where it considers it necessary for the public interest, appoint, for the period it fixes and at the expense of the holder of a transportation service intermediary’s permit that provides call distribution services, an administrator who shall exercise alone the powers of the board of directors of the enterprise;

(11)  appoint, for the period it fixes and at the expense of the person concerned, a supervisor who will report on the call distribution services of any taxi, limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine;

(12)  take any other measure it considers appropriate and reasonable.

The rules of procedure and the rules for the internal management of the Commission made under section 48 of the Transport Act (chapter T‐12) apply, with the necessary modifications, to proceedings instituted under this Act.

The Commission may, in rendering a decision, take the public interest into account.

The decisions of the Commission are public. The Commission shall make its decisions known to the public in the manner it considers appropriate.

2001, c. 15, s. 79.

2002-05-15

79. The Commission des transports du Québec may, for the purposes of this Act, promptly take one or more of the following measures:

In force: 2002-06-30

(1)  issue, renew, transfer, restrict, alter, suspend or revoke a taxi owner’s permit;

In force: 2002-06-30

(2)  grant a holder of a taxi owner’s permit authorization to specialize the permit holder’s transportation services by taxi, so as to offer only limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine services or any other specialized service authorized by this Act and the regulations thereunder, or to abandon such specialization;

In force: 2002-06-30

(3)  issue, renew, restrict, alter, suspend or revoke a taxi transportation service intermediary’s permit;

(4)  establish, divide, delimit or merge areas, in the territory of a municipal or supramunicipal authority according to the criteria and factors determined by the Government;

In force: 2002-06-30

(5)  require that an identification sticker, of the form and tenor it determines by regulation, be affixed to taxis, limousines or “de grand luxe” limousines, at the place it prescribes, to identify the holder of a taxi owner’s permit, the territory and the specialized services the permit holder is authorized to offer, and fix, by regulation, the fee payable to obtain or renew the sticker;

In force: 2002-06-30

(6)  inspect and affix seals to taximeters or authorize, for the territory it specifies, a person to do so on its behalf and fix the fee payable therefor;

In force: 2002-06-30

(7)  determine the territories in respect of which a taxi need not be equipped with a taximeter;

(8)  alter the servicing area for which a taxi owner’s permit was issued so as to take into consideration the alteration of the territory of an area or so that the servicing area corresponds, from the date it fixes, to a territory delimited under subparagraph 4;

In force: 2002-06-30

(9)  impose to all or to some holders of a taxi owner’s permit special conditions or restrictions concerning, in particular, the qualifications of drivers;

In force: 2002-06-30

(10)  where it considers it necessary for the public interest, appoint, for the period it fixes and at the expense of the holder of a transportation service intermediary’s permit that provides call distribution services, an administrator who shall exercise alone the powers of the board of directors of the enterprise;

In force: 2002-06-30

(11)  appoint, for the period it fixes and at the expense of the person concerned, a supervisor who will report on the call distribution services of any taxi, limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine;

In force: 2002-06-30

(12)  take any other measure it considers appropriate and reasonable.

In force: 2002-06-30

The rules of procedure and the rules for the internal management of the Commission made under section 48 of the Transport Act (chapter T‐12) apply, with the necessary modifications, to proceedings instituted under this Act.

In force: 2002-06-30

The Commission may, in rendering a decision, take the public interest into account.

In force: 2002-06-30

The decisions of the Commission are public. The Commission shall make its decisions known to the public in the manner it considers appropriate.

2001, c. 15, s. 79.