# The London Cab Order 1994, 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1087/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-cab-order-1994/article-3
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