New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsA driver of a public passenger vehicle who is given lost property under this Regulation or who finds such property must, within 24 hours after being given or finding the property:
(a) if the driver is the driver of a taxi-cab that is connected to an authorised taxi-cab network-give the property to the owner of the property or to the authorised taxi-cab network provider of the network to which the driver’s taxi-cab is connected, or
(b) in all other cases-give the property to the owner of the property, to the accredited operator of the public passenger service or to a police officer at a police station.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.