144Driver to ask for correct fare

144 Driver to ask for correct fare (1) A taxi driver must not ask a hirer for payment of more than the fare for the hiring of the taxi. Examples of asking for payment of more than the fare for a hiring 1 if different fare rates are payable for hirings begun at different times, asking for a fare that is worked out on a higher rate than the rate applying at the time a hiring begins 2 asking for payment of a fare recorded on the taxi’s taximeter that is worked out at a rate per kilometre of travel, or at a rate per hour of waiting time, that is more than the maximum rate determined under the Act, s 60 3 asking for payment in relation to a period of a hire when the taximeter was required to be stopped under s 143B (2) Note The fare may include amounts not shown on the taximeter, eg a toll. (2) A taxi driver must not make an agreement with a hirer for payment of more than the fare for the hiring of the taxi. Example of agreement for payment of more than the fare for a hiring for a hiring that is not an authorised fixed-fare hiring, the driver agreeing to a fixed amount for a hiring that is higher than the fare for the hiring worked out at the maximum rate determined under the Act, s 60 Note Subsection (2) does not apply to an authorised fixed-fare hiring, see