(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Regulations provide for a number of matters relating to the licensing of small public service vehicles.
These include:
- The requirement to display certain in-vehicle information;
- The requirement to carry a passenger where the journey is not more than 30 kilometres;
- The requirement to have the vehicle’s taximeter properly calibrated in line with the current maximum fare;
- The requirement to operate the taximeter for all journeys that are not pre-booked and subject to a prior written agreement. These include all taxi or wheelchair accessible taxi hires that are hailed on the street or engaged at taxi ranks (including those at transport terminals);
- The prohibition on taxis or wheelchair accessible taxis using taxi ranks other than when the vehicle is available for hire;
- The requirement to carry guide dogs or other assistance dogs;
- The prohibition on passengers eating or drinking in the vehicle;
- The requirement on all small public service vehicles to issue receipts;
- The requirement on a driver to have satisfactory knowledge of the area in which he or she intends to stand or ply for hire.