Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) The driver of a taxi that is available for hire must accept a hiring promptly when offered.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) However, a taxi driver may refuse to accept a hiring if—
(a) the driver would contravene section 113 of the Act (which is about carrying more than the licensed number of passengers) if the driver accepted the hiring; or
(b) the driver would contravene regulation 23 (Transport of goods and animals) if the driver accepted the hiring; or
(c) the intending passenger says that he or she wishes to be taken to a place that is outside the taxi's area of operations; or
(d) the intending passenger is a person mentioned in regulation 48 (Soiled clothing etc) or 49 (Intoxicated passengers); or
(e) the intending passenger cannot, when asked, satisfy the driver that the person can pay the estimated fare.
(3) The driver of a wheelchair accessible taxi that is available for hire must accept a hiring offered by a person using a wheelchair in preference to a hiring offered by a person not using a wheelchair.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(4) The driver of a wheelchair accessible taxi must accept a hiring offered by a person using a wheelchair even if the driver has already accepted the offer of a person not using a wheelchair unless 1 or more intending passengers are already seated in the taxi when the person using a wheelchair offers to hire the taxi.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(5) In this regulation—