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[接上页] (a) during the continuance of the hiring there shall be in force in relation to the user of the vehicle by each such person, such policy of insurance or such a security in respect of third party risks as complies with the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance (Cap 272); and (b) each such person is the holder of a valid driving licence issued under the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.) which entitles him to drive the public bus, public light bus or taxi, as the case may be. Cap 374D reg 40 Soliciting No driver or person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the driver of a public bus, public light bus or taxi, shall in any manner attract or endeavour to attract any person in order to induce such person to make use of the vehicle. Cap 374D reg 41 Carriage of goods (1) No goods other than personal hand baggage shall be carried on a public bus, public light bus or taxi, except, in the case of a public bus or public light bus, goods carried for hire or reward in accordance with a goods permit issued under the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.). (2) No personal hand baggage which is permitted under subregulation (1) shall include any goods which- (a) are of a dangerous or offensive nature; or (b) are not securely wrapped.(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (1), in this regulation- "personal hand baggage" (个人手提行李) includes wheelchairs, crutches or any other thing used as an aid to or means of mobility, carried by any passenger. (L.N. 353 of 1988) Cap 374D reg 42 Carriage of animals, birds, etc. (1) The carriage of animals and birds on a public bus or public light bus or in a taxi and the terms and conditions under which any animal or bird is carried shall be at the sole discretion of the licensee in respect of the vehicle or, in the case of a taxi, the driver of the vehicle. (2) Any person who is permitted to take any animal or bird on a vehicle under subregulation (1) shall be responsible for and shall pay for any damage caused to the vehicle by the animal or bird. Cap 374D reg 43 Public service vehicle badges (1) The Commissioner may issue to any person employed as the driver of a public bus, public light bus or taxi a badge showing an identifying number. (2) The driver of a public bus, public light bus or taxi who is issued with a badge under subregulation (1) shall, at all times when he is on duty, wear his badge in a conspicuous position. (3) No person shall wear a badge issued under subregulation (1) that- (a) has not been issued to him; or (b) is altered or defaced.(4) No person shall wear anything purporting to be a badge issued under subregulation (1) that is not such a badge. Cap 374D reg 44 Cleanliness The licensee in respect of a public bus or public light bus and the driver of a taxi shall ensure that the vehicle is kept in a clean and tidy condition. Cap 374D reg 45 General conduct of driver (1) The driver of a public bus, public light bus or taxi, when acting as such- (a) shall behave in a civil and orderly manner; (b) shall be clean and tidy in his person and adequately clothed; (c) shall not smoke in or on the vehicle when it has passengers on board; (d) shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of passengers in or on or entering or alighting from the vehicle; (e) shall ensure that all exits of the vehicle, including emergency exits, are free from obstruction and, when passengers are on board, are not locked; (f) shall, if requested by any police officer or traffic warden in uniform or any person authorized by the Commissioner, give particulars of his name and address and the name and address of the licensee or owner by whom he is employed; (g) shall not, at any reasonable time, obstruct, or neglect to give all reasonable information and assistance to, any person having authority to examine the vehicle; (h) shall not cause the vehicle to remain stationary on a road longer than is necessary to pick up or set down passengers except at a stand or place where such vehicles are permitted to stop for a longer time than is necessary for that purpose; (i) shall not unreasonably delay the journey; and (j) shall not congregate or assemble with other drivers to the annoyance of members of the public.(2) A driver, when in charge of a taxi, shall- (a) not deceive or refuse to inform a passenger or intending passenger as to the proper fare and route to any place; (b) at all times when the taxi is available for hire or is hired, carry, for the purpose of giving change, not less than- (i) $90 in notes of a denomination of $10 or in coins of a denomination of $2 or more; and (ii) $10 in coins of a denomination of $1 or less;(c) while the taxi is available for hire, not loiter or stop elsewhere than at a taxi stand except through accident or unavoidable cause; (d) while conveying passengers to or picking up passengers from any place of public amusement or assembly, draw up in order of arrival as near to the door or entrance thereto as is reasonably practicable and, subject to any direction by a police officer or traffic warden in uniform, drive the taxi away immediately after the passengers have alighted from or boarded the taxi in such manner as to cause the minimum of obstruction and congestion. |