Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Transport (Taxi-Cabs) Regulations 2005 - SECT 43

Payment of fares and additional charges

43. Payment of fares and additional charges



(1) The driver of a taxi-cab, if asked by the hirer of the taxi-cab, must, on
the termination of the hiring, tell the hirer how the fare and any additional
charges were calculated and the amount of the fare and any such additional
charges.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) If the hirer of a taxi-cab offers or elects to pay the fare and any
additional charges for a hiring of the taxi-cab by a valid credit or debit
card of a type displayed by notice in the taxi-cab as accepted for payment,
the driver of the taxi-cab must accept payment by that method.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) The driver of a taxi-cab must use electronic payment facilities to process
a payment referred to in subregulation (2) if those facilities are installed
in the taxi-cab and are not disabled by any failure or malfunction, and if the
card tendered is suitable for that use.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4) Despite subregulation (3), the driver of a taxi-cab may use non-electronic
payment facilities to process a payment referred to in subregulation (2) if-

   (a)  the driver advises the hirer of the hirer's right to have the payment
        processed by the electronic payment facilities; and

   (b)  the hirer expressly agrees to the payment being processed by the
        non-electronic payment facilities.

(5) The hirer of a taxi-cab must pay in full the fare and any additional
charges for the hiring at the termination of the hiring unless the operator or
the driver of the taxi-cab agrees that payment may be made at a later time.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(6) Upon payment by the hirer of the fare and any additional charges, the
driver of the taxi-cab must-

   (a)  offer to give the hirer a receipt for the payment of the fare and any
        additional charges; and

   (b)  unless the hirer declines the offer, give the hirer the receipt
        produced in accordance with subregulation (6A).

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(6A) For the purposes of subregulation (6)(b), the driver of a taxi-cab must
use electronic facilities to produce the receipt if those facilities are
installed, or otherwise capable of being used, in the taxi-cab and are not
disabled by any failure or malfunction.

(7) The driver of a taxi-cab must ensure that the receipt is legible and
contains the following-

   (a)  unless the receipt has been produced using electronic facilities, the
        driver's signature;



   (b)  the number of the taxi-cab;

   (c)  the number of the driver's certificate of the driver;

   (ca) the driver's Australian Business Number (ABN) (if any);





   (d)  all the items which make up the fare and any additional rates and
        charges;

   (e)  the total amount paid;

   (f)  the date of the payment.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.