Delegates at the Liberal Party state conference have voted in favour of a phone app which the Taxi Council says could mean the end of the industry.

The WA conference, held in the Regency Hyatt hotel in Perth, passed a motion "to remove any legislative or regulatory barriers preventing customers from accessing ride sharing services using on demand smart phone apps in WA".

One of the best known such services is offered by a company called Uber. It is based on a ride-sharing app and was recently launched in Perth.

The conference's decision comes despite a letter to the liberals from the Taxi Council of WA, whose CEO, Steven Gill, said removing the barrier to ride sharing would pave the way for an unregulated taxi industry operating from private passenger vehicles.

However Transport Minister Dean Nalder told the conference that the deregulation of the taxi industry was inevitable.

A Liberal Party staffer said that while passing a motion at conference did not automatically mean that the government had to act on it it's expected that the government will act in accordance with the motion in due course.

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