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Data keeping and reporting

Data keeping and reporting requirements apply to the personalised transport industry.

Who will be impacted?

Authorised booking entities (anyone who holds a booking entity authorisation), as well as taxi operators have obligations under this law.

Types of data

There are 2 types of requirements:
1. Data to keep (PDF, 151 KB) - data that must be kept for 2 years
2. Data to report (PDF, 164 KB) - key data to be reported regularly to the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), and other data to be provided upon request.

The table below is a snapshot of the requirements by entity and operator. For the full set of requirements, you must refer to data to keep (PDF, 151 KB) and data to report (PDF, 164 KB).

Responsible entity Data to keep What data to report and when
Authorised booking entities Details of affiliated drivers Driver details to be reported quarterly
  Details of affiliated vehicles Vehicle details to be reported quarterly
  Booked hire trip information Wait times and where services are provided to be reported quarterly.
Number of trips provided to be reported annually
Taxi service operators Rank and hail trip information Number of trips to be reported annually
Authorised booking entities and taxi operators Details of the hours drivers work To be reported on request

Frequency of reporting

Quarterly reports: this data must be reported within 28 days of the end of each quarter.

  1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
Data period 1 January - 31 March 1 April  - 30 June 1 July - 30 September 1 October - 31 December
Data due by 28 April 28 July 28 October 28 January

Annual reports: this data must be reported within 28 days of the end of each financial year.

  Financial year
Data period 1 July - 30 June
Data due by 28 July

Ad hoc reporting: all other kept data must be reported within 28 days of a written request from TMR.

Note: the data required in each report are different.

How to report data

There are two ways you can report data to us:

1. using a standard electronic template, or

2. providing data through a data warehouse (for current taxi data warehouse users).

These are examples of the quarterly (XLSM, 914 KB) and annual (XLSM, 154 KB) reporting templates.

We will email dedicated reporting forms to authorise booking entities for each reporting period.

Working with industry

We will continue to work with industry on the data keeping and reporting requirements, including the quarterly reporting requirements.

Related requirements

In some cases, authorised booking entities already keep information to meet their legislative obligations. For example, a booking record containing key information must be kept for each booking that is made. The information in the record includes sufficient details to identify the hirer and the location where the passengers are to be picked-up.

Data use

The data collected will be used by Queensland Government for the following purposes:

  • Monitoring service performance, demand and changes in the personalised transport industry
  • Undertaking evidence-based analysis of industry performance and sustainability
  • Monitoring the effects of the personalised transport reform framework
  • Assisting the Chief Executive to comply with obligations relating to the development, operation and funding of public passenger transport.

We will not publish entity/operator specific information. However, aggregated industry information may be published.

Note: We currently report data on limousine and taxi service licence values on the Queensland Government Open Data portal.

Penalties

From 1 April 2018, the following penalties apply to entities and operators that do not keep or report the required data:
• authorised booking entities: up to 150 penalty units ($20,017)
• taxi operators: up to 80 penalty units ($10,676).

Last updated
02 September 2019