Article 3 Scales of fares

For paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) there shall be substituted the following –

“40

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the fare payable for the hiring of a motor cab shall be according to the following scale –

(a)

a hiring charge of 40p, and

(b)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.26 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 384 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £6.00 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 256 yards, and

(c)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.26 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 76.5 seconds or, if the rate shown in the taximeter is £6.00 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 51 seconds.

(2)

In any case where the fare according to the scale prescribed in sub-paragraph (1) above is less than £1.00 the fare payable shall be £1.00, and in any other case where the fare exceeds a multiple of 20p by a sum which is less than 20p the fare payable shall be the next higher multiple of 20p.”.

Schedule E shall be omitted.