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( not congregate or assemble with other drivers to the annoyance
of the general public; and
(g) at all times when the taxi is available for hire or hired, carry not less than nine dollars in notes or in coins of a demomina- tion of one dollar and not less than one dollar in coins of a denomination of ten cents.
Conduct of a driver in relation to driving.
30.
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Animals fo taxis.
Hire car THOUG Ho stould or ply for hire.
Hiring agreement.
A driver when in charge of a taxi, shall-
while the taxi is not hired, not without reasonable cause park his taxi other than in a taxi stand;
(6) while the taxi is not hired, not loiter or stop elsewhere than on a taxi stand except through accident or unavoidable cause. (c) while conveying passengers to or picking passengers up from any place of public amusement or assembly, draw up in order of arrival as near to the door or entrance thereto as is reason- ably practicable and, subject to any direction by a police officer in uniform, drive the taxi away immediately the passengers have alighted from or boarded the taxi in such manner as to cause the minimum of obstruction and congestion.
31. (1) No animal other than a dog or a cat and no bird other than a pet bird may be carried in a taxi.
(2) No animal or bird may be carried in a taxi unless it is securely caged to the satisfaction of the driver in such manner that it is unable to escape from the cage, to foul the interior of the taxi by any means or to interfere by any means with the interior of the taxi.
(3) No animal or bird may be carried in a taxi if it emita an offensive smell.
(4) The hirer of a taxi shall be responsible for and shall pay for any damage caused to the taxi by any animal or bird carried in the taxi.
PART V.
Hire Cars.
32. The registered owner or the driver of a hire car shall not cause. permit or suffer the hire car to stand or ply for hire in any public place or in any place other than the place in which the bire car is normally accommodated.
33. (1) The registered owner of a hire car may hire the car to any person at a rate of hire based on the time during which the hire car is hired with or without additional charge in respect of the mileage travelled by the hire car while it is so hired.
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(2) Before a hire car is hired, the registered owner and hirer shall complete and sign two copies of an agreement in writing in such form as shall be approved by the Authority which shall contain the follow- ing particulars-
(a) the rate or acale of charges applicable to the hiring:
(6) a statement of the particulars of the third party risks insurance
in respect of the bire car;
(c) the names and addresses of the persons who are permitted to drive the hire car while it is the subject of the hiring and the numbers of the driving licences of such persons.
(3) The registered owner shall retain one copy of the agreement and shall produce it on demand made by any police officer within three months after the commencement of the biring.
(4) The hirer shall retain one copy of the agreement and shall produce it on demand made by any police officer during the continuance of the hiring.
34. The registered owner of a hire car shall not hire a hire car to Insurance any person unless he is satisfied that-
and driving licence.
(a) during the continuance of the hiring there shall be in force in relation to the user of the vehicle by the person who in ac- cordance with the agreement referred to in regulation 33 is permitted to drive the vehicle such policy of insurance or such a security in respect of third party risks as complies with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Ordin- (39 of 1951). ance. 1951;
(b) every person who is permitted in accordance with the terms of such agreement to drive the hire car is in possession of a valid driving licence permitting him to drive a car.
35. (1) A condition of the hiring of the hire car may be that it Paid driver. shall be driven only by a person in the employ of the registered owner of the hire car or that such a person is provided to drive the hire car. (2) If a hire car is being driven in accordance with the provisions of an agreement made under regulation 31 by a person in the employ. ment of the registered owner, such person shall be subject to the provisions of regulation 28 and paragraphs (α), (5), (c) and (d) of regula- tion 29 as if he were the driver of a taxi.
ticences.
36. (1) Subject to the provisions of the agreement in respect of a Driving hire car provided in regulation 33, any person other than a person employed by the registered owner of a hire car may drive the car if he is in possession of a driving licence entitling him to drive a private car. (2) The registered owner of a hire car and any person in the employment of such registered owner may drive a hire car only if he is