{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensed-taxis-hiring-at-separate-fares-order-1986/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensed-taxis-hiring-at-separate-fares-order-1986/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1386",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensed Taxis (Hiring at Separate Fares) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensed-taxis-hiring-at-separate-fares-order-1986",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Modifications of the taxi code",
  "text": "In its application as specified in article 3 of this Order, the taxi code shall be modified as follows:\n(1) in section 52 of the 1847 Act, the words from “or if the driver” to “every proprietor” shall be omitted;\n(2) any requirement in a byelaw made under section 68 of the 1847 Act or in a condition attached to a licence under section 47 of the 1976 Act that an unhired taxi shall proceed to a stand shall be satisfied if the taxi proceeds to an authorised place; and\n(3) the following provisions shall not apply:\n(a) any provision in so far as it prohibits the driver from touting orally at an authorised place for passengers to share the taxi with a passenger who has already requested a service at separate fares;\n(b) any byelaws made under section 68 of the 1847 Act or conditions attached to licences under section 47 of the 1976 Act with the purpose in either case of regulating:\n(i) the rates or fares to be paid;\n(ii) the use of any taxi meter with which the vehicle is equipped;\n(iii) the journey which a driver is required to undertake; or\n(iv) the luggage required to be carried;\n(c) any table of fares having effect pursuant to section 65(5) of the 1976 Act as if included in byelaws made under section 68 of the 1847 Act;\n(d) sections 53 to 59 of the 1847 Act;\n(e) sections 66 and 67 of the 1976 Act; and\n(f) any provisions which have substantially similar purpose and effect to the provisions described in sub-paragraphs (b), (d) or (e) of this paragraph made by or under any local Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1386/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:43:19.358421+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}