sou · GNB360 · 2000-01-01 00:00:00 — (ii)Cannot be reasonably or conveniently carried in or on the vehicle without causing damage to the vehicle; or (iii)Is of a dirty or objectionable nature: (d)Immediately on the termination of each hiring, check the vehicle for any property that may have been left in the vehicle by anyone: (e)If any property is found in the vehicle, notify the driver's office forthwith, and, unless it is previously claimed, deliver it to a station within 24 hours: (f)At the end of every hiring, demand no more than the exact amount of the fare and other charges (if any) payable for the hiring as registered under rule 7 (1) of these rules, less a deduction of the amount of any prepayment made by the hirer: (g)On request by any hirer, issue an itemised receipt to the hirer for any fare paid by the hirer, indicating the fare, any special charges, the driver's unique identifier, and the registration number of the vehicle. (3) No driver of a small passenger service vehicle shall--- (a)When plying for hire, cause the vehicle to be drawn up on or within 20 metres of a designated stand that is already occupied by the full number of vehicles that the stand is intended to accommodate; or (b)Allow any person, except the hirer and such person or persons as the hirer will admit, to ride in the vehicle: Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply in the case of a driver under instruction where the hirer consents to the carriage of that person; or (c)Place or carry or allow to be placed or carried in or upon the vehicle any substance of an offensive character; or (d)Use a meter with intent to deceive; or (e)Operate the vehicle if the meter has been tampered with; or (f)in the vehicle any passengers in excess of the authorised maximum number prescribed by the certificate of loading or otherwise than on the seats provided for the purpose. Cruising for hire---(1) The driver of any small passenger service vehicle (not being a vehicle that is exempt from the requirement to display the signs referred to in rule 3 (1) of these rules) may make the vehicle available for hire on any road by driving the vehicle at such a speed as will not impede or interfere with traffic and by displaying an appropriate sign and shall, subject to the exclusions provided in these rules, accept any hiring offered while the vehicle is so available for hire. (2)No driver of a small passenger service vehicle shall accept a hire, other than by radiotelephone, within 20 metres of any designated stand on which a small passenger service vehicle is available for hire, being a designated stand that is on the same side of the road as the driver of the vehicle at the time the prospective hire arises. (3)No driver of a small passenger service vehicle shall accept a hire in circumstances where the accepting of the hire would create a traffic hazard or would impede traffic flow. Stands---(1) Where any small passenger service vehicle is available for hire (not being a vehicle referred to in subclause (2) of this rule) and the driver does not wish to seek hires by cruising, the driver may take up station on a designated stand for such vehicles; and, if he or she does so, shall comply with any bylaws relating to the stand. (2)No driver of a vehicle that is exempted by the Secretary from the requirement to display the signs referred to in rule 3 (1) of these rules shall take up station on a designated stand. (3)The driver of every small passenger service vehicle shall observe the following rules in connection with the use of any designated stand: (a)The driver shall not take up a position on the stand unless the vehicle is available for hire: (b)The driver shall take up with the vehicle the first vacant position on the stand behind the last vehicle thereon: (c)The driver shall accept the first fare offered, whether or not the driver's vehicle is first on the stand, unless there is some lawful reason to refuse the fare: (d)As soon as any vehicle on the stand ahead of the driver moves, the driver shall forthwith move his or her vehicle into the position vacated. (4)The driver of a vehicle shall, while the vehicle is waiting on a stand or elsewhere in terms of this rule, remain constantly in immediate attendance thereupon, unless absent for some reasonable cause. (5)This rule shall not apply to the extent that it is inconsistent with any bylaw made by the territorial authority that designated the stand. Obstruction of other small passenger service vehicle or public way---(1) No person who operates or drives any small passenger service vehicle that is not immediately available for hire shall allow the vehicle to be parked in any place or that is likely to impede or interfere with the operation of any small passenger service vehicle that is available for hire. (2)No person operating a small passenger service vehicle shall stop the vehicle in any road longer than may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of loading or unloading luggage or taking up or sitting down passengers, or for any other lawful purpose, except while the vehicle is on a stand or lawfully parked or is waiting for a hirer who has already hired the vehicle. (3)enforcement officer may, at the expense of the owner, arrange the removal of any vehicle parked in contravention of subclause (1) or subclause (2) of this rule. Meters and other equipment---(1) No holder of a passenger service licence, and no driver, shall operate any small passenger service vehicle, or permit it to be operated, unless it is fitted with a meter that is in good order and condition and correctly registers, as it accrues, the charge for the hire of the vehicle as displayed in accordance with rules 5 and 6 of these rules. (2)No meter shall be used until it has been tested, sealed, and certificated by the Secretary or a person authorised by the Secretary. (3)New meters or meters transferred from one vehicle to another shall be installed in a position satisfactory to the Secretary or person authorised by the Secretary, and shall be designed and positioned so as to be easily read by a hirer. (4)Except with the consent of the Secretary or a person authorised by the Secretary, no holder of a passenger service licence shall cause or permit any meter to be fitted to any vehicle other than one in respect of which it has been tested. (5)The holder of a passenger service licence shall--- (a) Whenever the meter has ceased to register or is in any other way out of order, or whenever the seal of the meter is broken or not in place, ensure that the vehicle ceases plying for hire (unless authorised by any enforcement officer) and have the meter repaired, tested, and sealed to the satisfaction of an enforcement officer: (b)Maintain the meter in good working order and condition and have it tested, sealed, and certificated by the Secretary or a person authorised by the Secretary at intervals not greater than 6months apart: (c)Following any alterations made to the vehicle or to the size of the tyres or fittings attached to the vehicle that may affect the correctness of the meter, or where any changes are made to the fare rates, forthwith and before carrying any passengers for hire, have the meter retested, sealed, and certificated by the Secretary or a person authorised by the Secretary. (6) The driver of every small passenger service vehicle shall--- (a)As soon as the vehicle has been hired, or the hirer has become aware of the vehicle's arrival (except to the extent that the hirer becomes so aware at a time earlier than that for which the vehicle was ordered), or the journey has commenced, as the case may require, and not sooner, set the meter fitted to the vehicle in motion: (b)Throughout the period of hiring during which the meter must be used to calculate the charge for the hiring, keep the meter in motion and not stop the meter or cause or permit it to be stopped until the hiring has terminated: (c)Immediately upon the termination of any hiring or part of any hiring during which the meter must be used, stop the meter: (ca) Whenever the seal of the meter is broken or not in place, ensure that the vehicle ceases plying for hire (unless authorised by any enforcement officer): (d)Keep the face of the meter sufficiently illuminated during any period of hiring so that the meter may be easily read at any time by the hirer: (e)Where the vehicle has been stopped by an enforcement officer, or is involved in a minor accident, stop the meter for the duration of the interruption to the journey. (7)Whenever it appears to the Secretary that a meter affixed to a small passenger service vehicle may be registering incorrectly or has ceased to register, or is otherwise not in accordance with this rule, the Secretary may, by notice in writing addressed to any person operating the vehicle, require that person to produce the vehicle at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting or testing the meter at such time and place as the Secretary specifies. (8)If, on inspection or testing, the meter is found to be not registering or to be registering incorrectly, the licence holder shall ensure that, unless authorised by an enforcement officer, the vehicle ceases to ply for hire until the meter has been repaired, sealed, and certificated to the satisfaction of the Secretary. (9)No person shall cause or permit any interference with the meter affixed to any vehicle which may prevent it from registering correctly. (10)enforcement officer who is in uniform or who produces evidence of identity as an enforcement officer may stop any small passenger service vehicle for any purpose connected with this rule and inspect the vehicle, and inspect or test any meter or any other equipment fitted to the vehicle. (11)enforcement officer may direct in writing any person operating a small passenger service vehicle to proceed forthwith, or at such time as the officer may stipulate, to any place in order that the vehicle or any equipment in it may be inspected or tested by the Secretary or a person authorised by the Secretary. (12) holder of a passenger service licence and every driver of a small passenger service vehicle shall afford every facility to any enforcement officer to inspect any such vehicle or inspect or test any meter or any other related equipment fitted to the vehicle. 17.Cleanliness of small passenger service vehicles---No holder of a passenger service licence, and no driver, shall operate a small passenger service vehicle unless it is in good and clean repair and condition and ready for immediate use. 18.Driver to use most advantageous route---Except as provided in rule 19 of these rules (which relates to multiple hires), every driver of a small passenger service vehicle shall, unless otherwise requested or agreed by the hirer, from the place the hirer enters the vehicle to the intended destination of the hirer without any unnecessary deviation from the route that is most advantageous to the passenger. 19.Multiple hiring---(1) The driver of a small passenger service vehicle may permit its simultaneous use by more than one hirer (such use being referred to in this rule as multiple hire) in accordance with this rule. (2)The driver of a vehicle wishing to undertake multiple hire shall first request the existing hirer to share, without substantial departure from the most advantageous route to the existing hirer's destination, the use of the vehicle with the prospective hirer and any passenger accompanying the prospective hirer. (3)Where the existing hirer has agreed to a multiple hire he or she may nevertheless object to any prospective hirer once any accompanying passengers are visible to him or her; and if objection is made the multiple hire shall not include the prospective hirer or person so objected to. (4)If the existing hirer or hirers agree unconditionally to the request, but not otherwise, the driver may then authorise the use of the vehicle by the other hirer and any accompanying passengers, if that hirer agrees to so share the vehicle. (5)Notwithstanding anything in rule 21 of these rules, a person operating or driving a small passenger service vehicle who undertakes a multiple hire may charge such fare as may be agreed with the multiple hirers, provided that each such hirer pays no more than the metered fare that would have applied to that hirer if the hirer had been travelling alone (or, if appropriate, travelling with accompanying passengers of that hirer who were not also hirers). (6)Nothing in this rule applies in respect of any small passenger service vehicle that has an adult seating capacity (including the driver) in excess of 6 persons and is used in a service that regularly operates between defined points or areas or is being used in a registered service irrespective of capacity. Smoking---No person may smoke in any small passenger service vehicle that is carrying passengers unless all persons in the vehicle agree that the person may smoke. Fare system---(1) No person operating or driving a small passenger service vehicle may charge any fare that is in excess of the fare or scale of fares registered with the Secretary. (2)No agreement to pay any fare at any rate in excess of a fare registered with the Secretary shall be enforceable in respect of the excess. (3)Where any small passenger service vehicle displays fares calculated or partly by distance, that vehicle shall be fitted with a meter to record the fare as it accumulates. agreement to pay a different fare shall be enforceable only if the agreed fare is less than that shown on the meter. (4)Nothing in this rule shall prevent the charging of any fare pursuant to, or render unenforceable,--- (a) agreement in respect of a multiple hire that complies with rule 19 (5) of these rules; or (b) agreement where the service provided includes services beyond those normally provided by a small passenger service (such as grooming and decoration for weddings); or (c) agreement with an approved taxi organisation entered into for the purposes of