143BOperation of taximeter during hiring

143B Operation of taximeter during hiring (1) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if the driver stops the taxi’s taximeter recording a fare for a hiring before the hiring ends. Note This section does not apply to an authorised fixed-fare hiring, see (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the taximeter is stopped from recording a fare during any period of a hiring when— (a) the taxi is delayed for a reason mentioned in section 145 (Taxi fare not payable for avoidable delays); or (b) a hirer (who is not the last hirer in a multiple hiring of the taxi) is paying the fare for his or her hire and getting out of the taxi. (3) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if— (a) the driver stopped the taxi’s taximeter recording a fare during any period of a hiring when— (i) the taxi is delayed for a reason mentioned in section 145 (Taxi fare not payable for avoidable delays); or (ii) a hirer (who is not the last hirer in a multiple hiring of the taxi) is paying the fare for his or her hire and getting out of the taxi; and (b) the driver fails to restart the taximeter recording the fare when the hiring is resumed.