Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2018

This section applies to the driver of a taxi, fitted with a taximeter, that is used to provide a booked hire service or taxi service for a journey if—

the chief executive has decided a maximum fare for the service under section 91ZR of the Act; or

paragraph (a) does not apply and the amount of the fare for the service has not been agreed before the journey starts.

The driver must use the taximeter to record and show the following amount for the booked hire service or taxi service for the journey—

if the fare for the service has not been agreed before the journey starts and is not agreed before the journey ends—the amount of the fare for the service (the fare amount);

if the fare for the service is agreed at any time before the journey ends—the amount (the equivalent amount) that would be the amount of the fare for the service as if paragraph (a) applied to the fare.

Subsections (2) to (6) apply to the driver for using the taximeter.

If the driver is providing a booked hire service, the driver must activate the taximeter—

if the service is provided to an approved relevant person using a wheelchair—at the start of the journey, only after the person and the person’s wheelchair have been secured in the taxi; or

if paragraph (a) does not apply and the service has been booked for a specific time and the taxi arrives at the pick-up point at or before that time—only after the earlier of the booked time or the time the hirer enters the taxi; or

otherwise—only after the hirer is notified of the taxi’s arrival at the pick-up point.

If the driver is providing a taxi service, the driver must activate the taximeter—

if the service is provided to an approved relevant person using a wheelchair—at the start of the journey, only after the person and the person’s wheelchair have been secured in the taxi; or

otherwise—only after the hirer enters the taxi.

During a hiring, the driver must stop the taximeter from registering a charge for any period during which the taxi is unable to continue the hiring.

The driver must deactivate the taximeter before asking for, or receiving, payment or a voucher—

for a hiring under section 86—on arrival at the last destination of the multiple hirers; or

otherwise—on arrival at the destination for the hiring.

The driver must, immediately after the booked hire service or taxi service ends, reset the taximeter to remove the record of the fare amount or equivalent amount for the service.

In this section, a reference to a taximeter includes a reference to a taximeter that is used to record and show an equivalent amount for hiring of a taxi.