Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES) REGULATIONS 2002 (2002 NO 3) - REG 150

(ACT Taxi reg 48, NSW Taxi cl 74)

    (1)     A taxi driver, police officer or authorised person may direct a person not to get into, or to get out of, a taxi if the driver, police officer or authorised person believes, on reasonable grounds, that—

        (a)     the person, the person's clothing or goods (or anything else on or carried by the person) may soil or damage the taxi or the clothing or goods of someone else; or

        (b)     any of the person's goods cannot, because of their size or dimensions, be carried in the taxi without inconvenience or danger to someone else.

    (2)     Subregulation (1) (b) does not apply to anything used by a person with a disability to alleviate the effect of the disability.

    (3)     A person must not fail to comply with a direction under subregulation (1).

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.