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In order to drive a taxi or hire vehicle (including rideshare), a driver must be eligible and meet all of the eligibility criteria.
What are eligibility criteria?
There are three criteria which all drivers must meet.
1. They must meet the medical standards for commercial vehicle drivers. This will usually mean they have a PT Code applied to their licence. For more information on PT Codes, see the Service NSW fact sheet.
2. They hold an unrestricted Australian driver licence and have held an unrestricted Australian driver licence for a total of at least 12 months in the preceding four years.
3. Must not have been convicted of any disqualifying offences, nor have been refused or had cancelled their driving authority issued under The Passenger Transport Act (1990) (or an application for a driving authority) in the past 10 years.
Additional criteria apply to taxi drivers in the Sydney metropolitan area and to wheelchair accessible taxi, hire and rideshare drivers across NSW.
A Sydney metropolitan taxi driver must also be able to communicate effectively in English with passengers about a hiring of the taxi.
In the case of wheelchair accessible taxi, hire and rideshare drivers across NSW, to be eligible they must also be able to demonstrate competence in the safe loading, restraining and unloading of a wheelchair passenger per Element 3 and 4 of TLIC0026 Provide wheelchair accessible taxi services to passengers with disabilities.
How do I check for Eligibility Criteria?
The table below explains how a service provider must check for eligibility criteria.
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