Article 3 Scales of fares

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

“40

(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 60p, and

(b)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.12 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 282 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.20 or more, at the rate of 20p for 188 yards, and

(c)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.12 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 57 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.20 or more, at the rate of 20p for 38 seconds.

(2)

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