Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 9

9 .         Commencement and termination of hiring

        (1)         A period of hiring of a taxi commences — 

            (a)         where the taxi is engaged at a taxi rank or as a result of being hailed, upon the entry into the taxi of the hirer, or a person accompanying the hirer; or

            (b)         where the taxi is engaged to commence the hiring at a specified place, as soon as the hirer, a person accompanying the hirer or a person apparently acting on behalf of the hirer acknowledges the driver after arrival at that place; or

            (c)         where the taxi is engaged to commence the hiring at a specified place and at a specified time, on arrival of the taxi at that place at, or after, that time,

                and terminates when the taxi is free to resume plying for hire.

        (2)         A driver shall set the meter to zero at the commencement of a hiring and stop the meter at the termination of a hiring.

        (3)         If a driver stops the taxi during the period of a hiring to refuel the taxi, consult a road directory or for some other purpose not requested by the hirer, he or she shall pause the meter until the journey is recommenced.