Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Transport (Passenger Vehicles) Regulations 2005 - SECT 71

Driver may refuse to carry certain passengers

71. Driver may refuse to carry certain passengers



(1) The driver of a vehicle may request a passenger to leave the vehicle if
the driver reasonably believes that the passenger has goods or personal
effects that could endanger other passengers or interfere with the safe,
normal or proper movement of passengers in the vehicle.

(2) The driver of a vehicle or a person authorised by the Director may request
a person to leave a vehicle if the driver or the person reasonably believes
that-

   (a)  the person is behaving in a violent, noisy or offensive manner; or

   (b)  the person is so intoxicated that he or she is likely to behave in an
        offensive manner.

(3) A person must comply with a request made under subregulation (1) or (2).

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

Division 5-General