Article 3 Scales of fares

Paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) shall be amended as follows.

For sub-paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following—

“(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the fare payable for the hiring of a motor cab shall be according to the following scale—

(a)

a hiring charge of 80p, and

(b)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the motor cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.34 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 256.5 metres or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.40 or more, at the rate of 20p for 171 metres, and

(c)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the motor cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.34 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 55.5 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.40 or more, at the rate of 20p for 37 seconds.”

In sub-paragraph (2) for the words “would be less than £1.00 the fare payable shall be £1.00” there shall be substituted “would be less than £1.20 the fare payable shall be £1.20,”.