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Hiring.

Obligation

of taxi driver.

Scale of

fanes. Third Schedule.

Offencca by kiters of

Тражива

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24. (1) The driver of each of the first two taxis on a taxi stand shall sit in or stand beside his taxi and shall be ready to be hired at once by any person.

(2) The driver of every taxi on a taxi stand shall move up his taxi as vacancies occur.

(3) If a person wishes to engage a taxi, the driver of the first taxi on the taxi stand shall accept the hire and, unless the drivers of all the taxis ahead of him in the taxi stand have either been hired or are not in or near their taxis, the driver of a taxi shall not accept a hire:

Provided that where both taxis licensed for the carriage of three passengers and taxis licensed for the carriage of more than three pas- sengers are in the same taxi stand and such person wishes to engage a taxi licensed for the carriage of more than three passengers the provi sions of this paragraph shall apply only to taxis licensed to carry more than three passengers.

25. The driver shall not without reasonable excuse-

(a) refuse or neglect to drive the taxi to any place indicated by

the hirers

(b) refuse or neglect to carry such number of passengers, not exceeding the number specified in the vehicle licence in respect of the taxi, as he may be required to carry by the hirer; (c) when hired to drive to a specified destination, drive to such

destination other than by the most direct practicable route: (d) at the termination of a hiring, fail to return forthwith by the shortest practicable route either to a taxi stand or to the garage provided for the taxi; or

(e) when his taxi is hired permit any person other than the hirer

to enter the taxi without the consent of the hirer.

26. (1) The scales of fares for the hiring of laxis shall be as set forth in the Third Schedule.

(2) No registered owner or driver of a taxi shall charge for the hiring of the taxi a fare exceeding the appropriate scale of fares sel forth in the Third Schedule.

(3) Light baggage, that is to say, light suitcases, parcels, hat boxes, attache cases and similar articles may be carried inside the taxi and if so carried will be carried free of charge.

27. No person-

(a) shall bire a taxi, knowing or having reason to believe that he cannot pay the legal charge and with intent to avoid payment of the legal charge; or

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(b) shall fraudulently endeavour to avoid payment of a legal

charge lawfully due from him; or

(c) shall, having failed or refused to pay the charge demanded by the driver of a taxi, either refuse to give to the driver of the taxi an address at which he can be found or give with intent to deceive, a false address.

28. (1) A driver shall

(a) not carry on the taxi a number of passengers in excess of the

number shown in the vehicle licence in respect of the taxi;

(6) not carry on the taxi any goods other than hand baggage and personal effects except that goods up to a weight not exceeding the weight stipulated in the vehicle ficence in respect of the taxi may be carried on a properly constructed carrier of a design and construction previously approved of by the Authority or, in the case of a dual purpose vehicle registered for use as a taxi and as a goods vehicle in that part of the vehicle set aside for the carriage of goods;

(c) ensure that any goods carried in accordance with the provi.

sions of paragraph (6) are at all times properly secured;

(d) not knowingly carry on the taxi any person who is suffering from an infectious or contagious disease or in a dirty condition; (2) maintain and keep the interior and exterior of the taxi and all parts thereof including the roof, springs, wheels, cushions, lining, panels, doors, windows and appointments clean and in good order and repair.

(2) Nothing in this regulation shall require the driver of a taxi to carry on the taxi any article or baggage in any part of the taxi in any case where, in the opinion of the driver-

(a) the nature or condition of the article makes it likely that

damage would be caused to the taxi or its furniture; or

(b) the article cannot be conveniently or safely carried.

29. A driver, when in charge of a taxi, shail—

(a) be clean in his person and clothing and adequately clothed; (b) behave in a civil and orderly manner;

(c) not smoke on or near the vehicle during a journey or when

there are passengers in the vehicle;

(d) take all reasonable precautions to procure the safety of pas

sengers in or on or alighting from or boarding the vehicle:

(e) not wilfully deceive or refuse to inform a passenger or intend-

ing passenger as to the proper fare and route to any place:

Conduct of driver in relation to

taxi.

Personal conduel of driver.