Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Transport (Taxi-Cabs) Regulations 2005 - SECT 28

Maximum number of passengers

28. Maximum number of passengers



(1) The driver of a taxi-cab must ensure that he or she carries in the
taxi-cab no more than the number of passengers specified in the conditions of
the licence under which the taxi-cab is operated.

Penalty: for a first offence, 5 penalty units; for a second or subsequent
offence, 10 penalty units.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)-

   (a)  a child under the age of 5 years is not to be calculated as a
        passenger; and

   (b)  if 3 or more children 5 years or more of age and under 15 years of age
        are in the taxi-cab, each third child is not to be calculated as a
        passenger.

Division 2-Driver responsibilities