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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
131How taxi hiring to be carried out
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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.