# The London Cab Order 1989, Article 3: Scales of fares


(1) 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.”.
(2) Schedule E shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/848/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-cab-order-1989/article-3
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