Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
229Bookable vehicle passenger—direction to get out of
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229 Bookable vehicle passenger—direction to get out of (1) A bookable vehicle driver, police officer or authorised person may direct a person not to get into, or to get out of, a bookable vehicle if the driver, police officer or authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that— (a) the person, the person’s clothing or goods (or anything else on or carried by the person) may soil or damage the bookable vehicle or the clothing or goods of someone else; or (b) any of the person’s goods cannot, because of their size or dimensions, be carried in the bookable vehicle without inconvenience or danger to someone else; or (i) under the influence of alcohol or a drug; and (ii) causing, or likely to cause, a nuisance or annoyance to someone else; or (d) committing an offence under this division. (2) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply if the person has a disability and the thing is used by the person to alleviate the effect of the disability. (5) A police officer may remove a person from a bookable vehicle if the person is given a direction under subsection (1) and the person does not comply with the direction.