305.Section 165 applies to taxis and PHVs designated by a licensing authority under section 167. Section 166 allows drivers to apply for exemption from the duties imposed by section 165. Of these three sections, section 166 has been fully in force since 1 October 2010, but sections 165 and 167 are in force only “for the purpose of the issue of exemption certificates under section166”.457 In other words, taxi drivers can apply for exemption from duties which do not apply and which, since their enactment 20 years ago, have never applied.
so the only point of enabling section 166 was to create unnecessary work for civil servants to do
