Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Transport (Taxi-Cabs) Regulations 2005 - SECT 36

Passenger behaviour

36. Passenger behaviour



(1) The driver of a taxi-cab may refuse to carry, or to continue to carry, a
person in the taxi-cab if, in the opinion of the driver-

   (a)  the person is violent, noisy, misbehaving, filthy or offensive; or

   (b)  the person is in possession of an item which is not able to be safely
        and securely accommodated within the taxi-cab.

(2) Despite subregulation (1)(a), the driver of a taxi-cab must not refuse to
carry a person referred to in that paragraph if the person is going to, or is
being taken to, a hospital.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.