127AWhen a taxi hiring ends

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.