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5 more Uber drivers charged in Guelph

Guelph police charged five people for operating in the city as Uber drivers on Saturday.

Guelph police charged five people for operating in the city asUber driverson Saturday.

The drivers were charged under a little-used section of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, forproviding transportation for compensation without authority. Currently only licensed taxi drivers who work one of three authorized taxi companies are allowed to operate in Guelph.

It is, however,the second time Guelph police have charged an Uberdriver with the offence in the past two weeks. A 50-year-old man was charged on September 12.

Police did not provide any other information about the drivers charged on Saturday but theywill have to appear in court at the end of October.


Section 39.1 of Highway Traffic Act (Ontario, 2015)
Picking up passenger for compensation prohibited without licence, etc.

39.1 (1)A driver of a motor vehicle other than a bus shall not pick up a passenger for the purpose of transporting him or her for compensation where a licence, permit or authorization is required to do so by,

(a) thePublic Vehicles Act;

(b) a municipal by-law passed under Part IV of theMunicipal Act, 2001;

(c) a regulation made under theDepartment of Transport Act(Canada); or

(d) an airport or airport authority,

except under the authority of such licence, permit or authorization. 2005, c.26, Sched.A, s.4.