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Scaling and testing of taximeters.

Lighting of taximeter.

Ollences in relation to taximeter.

Use of

taximeter,

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(b) the flag is lowered to the recording position in such manner that it is not visible outside the taxi and the mechanism of the taximeter is in motion; and

(c) the flag is placed in the non-recording position in such mander that it is not visible outside the taxi and the mechanism of the taximeter is not in motion.

17. (1) Every taximeter shall be-

(a) tested by the Authority before it is fitted to a taxi and at

intervals of not more than six month thereafter; and (b) stamped and sealed by the Authority after every such test. (2) The registered owner of every taxi shall cause the taxi to be made available at such place and time as the Authority may from time to time require for the purpose of inspecting, testing and regulating the taximeter fitted therein.

18. (1) Every taxi shall be provided with a lamp so placed on the taximeter as to reader the readings on the dial of the taximeter easily legible at all times of the day and night and such lamp shall be main- tained in proper working order and condition.

(2) The driver shall keep such lamp properly lit through any part of a hiring which is during such time as the lights on the taxi are required to be illuminated and shall light such lamp during a bining at any other time at the request of a hirer so as to enable the hirer to read the dial of the taximeter,

19. No person as registered owner or as driver shall use or permit or suffer to be used a taxi if-

(a) the stamp or seal of the Authority on the taximeter has been

broken;

(b) the taximeter has not been tested by the Authority within

the previous six months;

(c) the road wheel of the taxi by which the taximeter is driven is, with fully inflated tire thereon, of a diameter different from that for which the taximeter has been designed, geared and tested or that marked on the taximeter:

(d) the taximeter was affixed thereon without the prior approval

of the Authority; or

(e) the taximeter does not comply in every way with the provisions

of these regulations.

20. (1) The driver of a taxi shall ensure that-

(a) if the taxi is available for hire, the flag is raised:

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(6) if the taxi is hired the flag is lowered to the recording position;

and

(c) if the taxi is neither hired nor available for hire the flag is placed in the non-recording position in such manner that it is not visible outside the taxi.

(2) The driver of a taxi as soon as the taxi has been hired shall lower the flag to the recording position and as soon as the hiring bas terminated shall raise the flag or lower it to the non-recording position.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the hiring of the taxi shall commence from the time at which the journey begins or the time at which the taxi is first made immediately available to the hirer at the time and place appointed by the hirer, whichever first occurs.

(4) If the taximeter should record a fare clearly higher than is as proportioned to the mileage covered, the hirer of the taxi shall not be obliged to pay to the driver more than the legal fare chargeable in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.

21. When a taxi is standing or plying for hire there shall be dis- Equipment, played so as to be clearly visible to any passenger travelling in the taxi and legible by bîm-

(a) a plate or plates showing the registration mark of the ļaxi, the number of passengers permitted to travel in the taxi and the designation of the taxi in accordance with the provisions of regulation 61

(b) a card or other device exhibiting, to the satisfaction of the Authority, a photograph of the driver, his full name in English and in Chinese characters and the number of his driving licence; and

(c) a table showing the scale of fares chargeable in respect of the

use of the taxi,

22. No driver or person acting or purporting to act on behalf of Solicing. the driver of a taxi standing or plying for hire shall by speaking, making any noise, sounding any instrument or by any other means attract or endeavour to attract any person in order to induce such person to make use of the taxi.

23. No driver shall ply or stand for hire on a road except- (a) when the taxi is on a taxi stand; or

(b) when hailed by an intending passenger while proceeding, after

the conclusion of a hire, to a taxi stand; or

(c) when hailed by an intending passenger while proceeding to

or from a place where the taxi is garaged.

Standing and plying for hire.