143COperation of taximeter at end of hiring

143C Operation of taximeter at end of hiring (1) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if, at the end of a hiring, the driver fails to stop the taxi’s taximeter from recording the fare for the hiring. Note 1 For when a hiring ends, see s 127A. Note 2 This section does not apply to an authorised fixed-fare hiring, see (2) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if, before receiving payment of the fare for a hiring, the driver fails— (a) to ensure that the amount displayed on the taxi’s taximeter as the fare, and any figures that affect the rate at which the fare is worked out, are displayed (including, if necessary, illuminated) so that they can be readily read by the hirer; and (b) to state any other amounts that are payable for the hiring. (3) The driver of a taxi commits an offence if the driver fails to ensure that the amount displayed on the taxi’s taximeter as the fare for the hiring is returned to zero as soon as practicable— (a) after the driver receives payment of the fare for the hiring; or (b) for a hiring for which the fare is not paid—after the hirer fails to pay the fare. (4) Subsection (3) applies to a multiple hiring only if the hiring is the last in the multiple hiring.