Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES) REGULATIONS 2002 (2002 NO 3) - REG 142

(ACT Taxi reg 43, NSW Taxi cl 69 (1), (3), (4))

    (1)     The driver of a taxi with a taximeter must—

        (a)     not start the taximeter before the taxi is hired; and

        (b)     start the taximeter as soon as the taxi is hired; and

        (c)     keep the taximeter operating during a hiring; and

        (d)     stop the taximeter at the end of a hiring; and

        (e)     ensure that after payment for a hiring (or, if a fare for a hiring is not paid, after the end of the hiring) the fare indicators of the taximeter return to zero (unless the hiring is not the last in a multiple hiring).

    (2)     The driver of a taxi with a taximeter must not fail to operate the taximeter in accordance with subregulation (1).

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (3)     However, the driver must, during a hiring, stop the taximeter for as long as is necessary to prevent it from registering a charge during any period when—

        (a)     a hirer in a multiple hire is paying the fare for his or her hire and getting out of the taxi; or

        (b)     the taxi is delayed for a reason mentioned in
regulation 145 (Taxi fare not payable for avoidable delays).

    (4)     Before receiving payment for a hiring, a taxi driver must—

        (a)     ensure that the amount recorded on the taximeter, and any figures that affect the rate at which the taxi fare is charged, are displayed (including, if necessary, illuminated) so that they can be readily read by a hirer; and

        (b)     state any other amounts that are payable for the hiring.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (5)     This regulation does not apply to a proposed hiring to a destination outside the ACT taxi region if the taxi driver and the person who is proposing to hire the taxi agree on the amount payable as the fare for the hiring in accordance with regulation 144 (3) (Taxi fares).