Conduct of chauffeured private hire car drivers and taxi drivers
22B.—(1)  A licensee, when acting as a chauffeured private hire car driver or a taxi driver, must not do any of the following:
(a)stop the private hire car or taxi within 9 metres of a bus‑stop —
(i)measured from the outer edge of the yellow demarcated box of a bus‑stop; or
(ii)measured from the tip of a bus bay,
except when the private hire car or taxi breaks down owing to a defect in the private hire car or taxi, or its tyres;
(b)without reasonable excuse —
(i)terminate a hiring of the private hire car or taxi; or
(ii)require any passenger who is being conveyed for the purpose of gain to leave the private hire car or taxi before the passenger is conveyed to the passenger’s destination;
(c)during the hiring of the private hire car or taxi, permit any person or article to be carried in or upon the private hire car or taxi without the consent of the hirer;
(d)verbally insult, intimidate or harass a passenger in any manner (including sexually);
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(e)provide a courier pick‑up and delivery service using the chauffeured private hire car or taxi, without the prior approval of the Registrar;
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(f)when using the private hire car or taxi to provide an on-demand passenger transport service booked through a ride-hail service provider, collect or attempt to collect a booking fee that —
(i)is more than the booking fee last published by the ride-hail service provider; or
(ii)is inconsistent with any part of the Public Transport Council (Ride-hail Fare Pricing Policy) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 916/2020).
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(2)  In this rule, a courier pick‑up and delivery service means a service consisting of the collection, conveyance and delivery, for reward, of any cargo not incidental to the carriage of any passenger in a motor vehicle; and any goods, article, food or baggage which is unaccompanied by any passenger travelling in the motor vehicle must be treated as cargo.
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