Div 5Provision of taxi services

Division 5—Provision of taxi services 72—Register of taxi‑stands designated by Minister The Minister must maintain at an office of the Department open to the public during normal office hours a register of all areas designated by the Minister as taxi‑stands and the times at which those taxi‑stands may be used. 73—Duty of taxi driver not to leave taxi unattended at taxi‑stand The driver of a taxi must not, except with the approval of an authorised officer, leave the taxi unattended at a designated taxi‑stand. 74—Duty to accept or continue hiring (1) Subject to this regulation, the driver of a taxi that is available for hire must comply with a request for the carriage for hire of persons, without luggage or together with a reasonable amount of luggage, to— (a) in the case of a metropolitan taxi—any place within Metropolitan Adelaide (other than Metropolitan Adelaide (Area B)); or (b) in the case of a country taxi—any place within the country taxi service area in which the taxi may be used for the purposes of a country taxi service. (2) A driver must not carry any persons in excess of the number that the taxi is authorised to carry. (3) A driver is not obliged to accept a hiring or to continue to carry a person— (a) if the person making the request for carriage, or any person carried or to be carried, is apparently intoxicated or under the influence of a drug; or (b) if the driver has reasonable cause to believe that the legal charge (other than any lifting fee that may be charged) for hiring of the taxi will not be paid; or (c) if the driver has reasonable cause to believe that the hiring is required for some illegal purpose; or (d) if the driver has reasonable cause to believe that if they accepted the hiring then a person to be carried in the taxi would commit an offence against an Act or other law during the hiring or if, during the hiring, a person being carried commits an offence against an Act or other law; or (e) if the person making the request for carriage, or a person carried or to be carried, acts in a threatening or abusive manner; or (f) if the person making the request for carriage, or a person carried or to be carried, requires an animal (other than a working animal) to be carried in the taxi; or (g) if a person carried or to be carried in the taxi— (i) consumes or uses, or refuses to cease consuming or using, alcohol or another drug or substance the consumption or use of which is not permitted in the taxi; or (ii) smokes, or refuses to cease smoking, while in or before getting into the taxi; or (h) if the driver has reasonable cause to believe that if they accepted the hiring then a person to be carried in the taxi would fail to wear or use a seat belt or child restraint that is available for use in the taxi or if, during the hiring and while the taxi is in motion, a person being carried fails to wear or use a seat belt or child restraint that is available for use in the taxi; or (i) if the acceptance of the hiring would involve a breach of these regulations. (4) A driver may, on becoming aware of a circumstance or forming a belief referred to in subregulation (3) after the commencement of a hiring— (a) terminate the hiring; and (b) stop the taxi (if in motion); and (c) request the passenger to leave the taxi. (5) A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a request made of them under subregulation (4). (6) A driver may, instead of taking action under subregulation (4) in a circumstance where the driver believes that the legal charge (other than any lifting fee that may be charged) for the hiring of the taxi will not be paid, require the passenger to pay a deposit, or the estimated charge, in advance. (7) For the purposes of this regulation— (a) a taxi will be taken to be available for hire if it is in a public street, road or place, in charge of a driver and the taxi sign fitted to the taxi indicates in a manner approved by the Minister that the taxi is available for hire; and (b) the number of persons a taxi is authorised to carry is— (i) in the case of a metropolitan taxi—the number of persons that the taxi is licensed to carry; and (ii) in any other case— (A) a number shown on the certificate of inspection under section 54 of the Act or Part 4A of the Road Traffic Act 1961; or (B) a number determined by the Minister in relation to the relevant vehicle. 75—Duty of taxi driver to take shortest route If a taxi is hired, the driver must choose the shortest practicable route to reach the place specified unless the hirer requests that some other route be followed. 76—Right to terminate or vary hiring (1) The hirer of a taxi may discharge it at any time. (2) The driver of a taxi must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a request by the hirer of the taxi to the driver to carry them to a place not originally specified by the hirer if the place is— (a) in the case of a metropolitan taxi—within Metropolitan Adelaide; or (b) in the case of a country taxi—within the country taxi service area in which the taxi may be used for the purposes of a country taxi service. 77—Multiple‑hirings The driver of a taxi that has been hired by a person must not, except at the request or with the consent of that person or the passengers for whom that person hired the taxi, carry or agree to carry additional passengers at the same time under a separate hiring. 78—Requirement to display no smoking signs in taxi The holder of a taxi licence must display no smoking signs in the taxi in a manner approved by the Minister.