131How taxi hiring to be carried out

131 How taxi hiring to be carried out (1) A taxi driver must not fail to drive the taxi by the shortest practicable route to any place stated by the hirer that is within the ACT region, unless the hirer asks that the taxi be driven to the place by another route. (2) The hirer of a taxi may, at any time during the hiring, direct the driver to carry the hirer to another place within the ACT region (the new destination), even if that place was not originally stated. (3) A taxi driver must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction under subsection (2). (4) However, a taxi driver is not required to comply with a direction made under subsection (2) if, when asked, the hirer does not pay a fare deposit for the journey to the new destination.