Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) The driver of a taxi-cab must ensure that he or she carries in the taxi-cab no more than the number of passengers specified in the conditions of the licence under which the taxi-cab is operated.
Penalty: for a first offence, 5 penalty units;
for a second or subsequent offence, 10 penalty units.
(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1)—
(a) a child under the age of 5 years is not to be calculated as a passenger; and
(b) if 3 or more children 5 years or more of age and under 15 years of age are in the taxi-cab, each third child is not to be calculated as a passenger.