# The London Cab Order 1972, Article 3


In relation to hirings in respect of journeys which begin at Heathrow Airport, London, for the reference to the distance of six miles in section 7 and paragraph (2) of section 17 of the London Hackney Carriage Act 1853 (being the length of a journey which the driver of a cab is by law obliged to undertake) there shall be substituted a reference to the distance of twenty miles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1047/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-cab-order-1972/article-3
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