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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
127AWhen a taxi hiring ends
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127A When a taxi hiring ends
(1) The hiring of a taxi ends when—
(a) if the hiring is ended under section 137 (Ending of taxi hiring by
hirer)—the hirer ends the hiring; or
(b) if the hiring is ended under section 138 (Ending of taxi hiring by
driver)—the driver ends the hiring; or
(c) if the driver of a wheelchair-accessible taxi accepts a hiring in
accordance with section 129 (2) (Wheelchair-accessible taxi
driver—must preferentially accept hirings for
wheelchair-dependent people) from a person using a
wheelchair—the driver accepts the hiring offered by the person
using a wheelchair; or
(d) if the hirer leaves the taxi in accordance with a direction under
section 229 (1) (Bookable vehicle passenger—direction to get
out of vehicle)—the hirer leaves the taxi; or
(e) if the hirer is removed from the taxi under section 229 (5)—the
hirer is removed from the taxi; or
(f) in any other case—the taxi stops at the destination of the hire.
(2) To remove any doubt, the hiring of a taxi does not include any period
during which—
(a) a hirer is paying the fare and getting out of the taxi; and
(b) the driver is unloading goods from the taxi or is carrying goods
to a door or entrance of a house, station or other place where the
hiring of the taxi ends; and
(c) for a wheelchair-accessible taxi—a wheelchair is being released
from its attachment to the taxi, unloaded from the taxi or moved
(with or without the assistance of the driver) away from the taxi.