267Requirements about demand responsive service vehicle

267 Requirements about demand responsive service vehicle drivers stopping for passengers (1) A DRS vehicle driver must stop the vehicle and drop off a passenger at a place if the passenger indicates to the driver that the passenger wishes to get off the vehicle at the place. (2) A DRS vehicle driver must stop the vehicle and pick up a person at a place if the person indicates to the driver that the person wishes to get on the vehicle at the place. (4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if stopping the vehicle to drop off or pick up a passenger would— (a) be at a bus stop where the vehicle is not authorised to stop; or (b) be unlawful; or (c) be, in the driver’s opinion, unsafe; or (d) be in a place that is not within the scope of the operation of the DRS; or (e) contravene any of the following provisions: • section 269 (Maximum number of passengers in demand responsive service vehicles) • section 272 (Restrictions on carriage of goods in demand responsive service vehicles) if the driver picked up the person • section 297 (Demand responsive service vehicle passengers—soiled clothing etc) • section 298 (Intoxicated demand responsive service vehicle passengers). (5) However, subsection (4) (b) does not apply if the DRS vehicle driver stops the vehicle at a place (the preferred place) where stopping the vehicle would otherwise be unlawful if— (a) the driver is dropping off or picking up a person with a significant disability that affects the person’s mobility; and (b) there is no other place near the preferred place where the driver can lawfully and safely drop off or pick up the person; and (c) stopping the vehicle in the preferred place is, in the driver’s opinion, safe. Examples of people with significant disabilities affecting mobility 1 a wheelchair-dependent person 2 a person who ordinarily uses a walking stick, crutches or a walking frame to move around outdoors 3 a person who is blind authorised to stop, at a bus stop, for a DRS vehicle, means a bus stop that the DRS vehicle is authorised to stop at under an authority under section 305 (1) (DRS vehicles—bus stop and bus zone authorities).