Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

TAXIS REGULATIONS - REG 20

The following provisions apply to and in relation to the use of taxi ranks:

        (a)     a taxi driver must not park or leave a taxi in a taxi rank unless the taxi is available for hire;

        (b)     a taxi driver must remain in the vicinity of a taxi that is parked in a taxi rank;

        (c)     except where otherwise directed by an inspector, a taxi driver must park his or her taxi in a queue in the first position then available in the taxi rank and must move the taxi up the queue as space becomes available;

        (d)     where more than one taxi is parked in a taxi rank the taxi that is in the first position in the taxi rank is entitled to accept any hiring then offered unless the hirer selects another taxi in the taxi rank;

        (e)     subject to these Regulations and any code of conduct applicable to taxis under the Act, a taxi driver parked in a taxi rank must not refuse a hiring.