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CAP. 374] Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles)

[Subsidiary]

Regulations

[1989 Ed.

(5) In this regulation "taximeter indicator" means the taximeter indicator referred to in regulation 42(1) of the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap.374 sub. leg.). (L.N. 261 of 1984)

PART VII

NOTICES

50. Destination indicators and fares to

be displayed on public light buses

(1) A driver of a public light bus when acting as such shall ensure that, at all times when it is used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward—

(a) there is displayed at the front of the vehicle a destination

indicator which complies with subregulation (2); and

(b) such destination indicator is adequately illuminated at all times when, by the provisions of any other enactment, the lights of the vehicle are required to be illuminated.

(2) A destination indicator displayed on a vehicle in accordance with subregulation (1) shall-

(a) be of a design and construction approved by the Commissioner;

(b) clearly indicate the destination of the vehicle in English and in Chinese characters by reference to a road junction or a similarly precise location; and

(c) be coloured in accordance with paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule

6, as the case may be.

(3) A driver of a public light bus when acting as such shall ensure that, at all times when it is used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, there is displayed at the front of the vehicle in a prominent position a card which complies with subregulation (4) showing the fare chargeable for carriage to the destination indicated on the destination indicator.

(4) A card displayed on a vehicle in accordance with subregulation (3) shall-

(a) be of a design and construction, approved by the Commissioner;

(b) indicate the fare in English and Chinese in red letters and

characters on a white background.

(5) A licensee in respect of a public light bus, and a driver of a public light bus when acting as such, shall not-

(a) change or remove a destination indicator while passengers are being carried thereon with intent to induce any passenger to--

(i) alight from the vehicle before reaching the destination indicated on the indicator at the time the passenger boarded the vehicle; or