Whenever any person is authorised or required by or under this Part of this Act to inspect and examine a public service vehicle such person shall be entitled as part of such inspection and examination, to do all or any of the following things, that is to say: -
(a) to drive such vehicle for a reasonable time and distance;
(b) to require the person having charge of such vehicle to drive such vehicle for a reasonable time and distance in such direction and manner and at such speed as the person making such inspection and examination shall direct;
(c) to travel in such vehicle while it is being driven under his direction;
(d) to test the working and efficiency of the machinery, fittings, and equipment of such vehicle.