Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 17B

17B .         Driver’s uniforms to be worn etc.

        (1)         In this regulation — 

        approved uniform means a uniform approved by the Director General under regulation 17A.

        (2)         A driver must wear the approved uniform of —

            (a)         the taxi dispatch service shown on the fare schedule required to be displayed under regulation 7; or

            (b)         the independent operator whose vehicle the driver is using as a taxi,

                at all times while engaged as a driver of a taxi or when plying for hire.

        (3)         A driver must — 

            (a)         ensure that the driver’s approved uniform is clean and in good repair; and

            (b)         must wear the approved uniform in a neat and tidy manner.

        (4)         A driver may wear other items of clothing, in addition to the approved uniform, if — 

            (a)         the approved uniform does not include items of that nature; and

            (b)         those items are in keeping with the approved uniform.

        [Regulation 17B inserted in Gazette 25 Jun 1996 p. 2997; amended in Gazette 23 Jan 2004 p. 323.]