Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 49A

Receipts in respect of fares paid for hiring of a taxi

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a receipt issued for the purposes of these
regulations in respect of the payment of any fare for the hiring of a taxi
shall-

   (a)  be printed by the receipt printing device installed in respect of the
        taxi; and

   (b)  comply with the requirements set out in Part I of Schedule 9.

(2) Where the receipt printing device installed in respect of a taxi is not in
proper working order, a receipt issued for the purposes of these regulations
in respect of the payment of any fare for the hiring of the taxi shall-

   (a)  be issued by the driver of the taxi to whom the payment has been made;
        and

   (b)  comply with the requirements set out in Part II of Schedule 9. (L.N.
        149 of 1997)
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        __ Note: Under the Road Traffic (Temporary Reduction of New
        Territories Taxi Fares) Regulation 2003 (L.N. 146 of 2003) and the
        Road Traffic (Temporary Reduction of New Territories Taxi Fares (No.
        2) Regulation 2003 (L.N. 147 of 2003), the scale of fares for the
        hiring of New Territories taxis specified in Schedule 5 of these
        regulations is to be reduced within the period from 8 June 2003 to 7
        December 2003. These 2 Regulations are subsequently repealed on 12
        July 2003 (please see L.N. 187 and 188 of 2003).