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The London Cab Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1116 · Made 20 March 1997

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METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTS

CABS

Made 20th March 1997

Coming into force 26th April 1997

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869f1, section 1 of the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907f2 and section 1 of the London Cab Act 1968f3, hereby makes the following Order—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1869 c. 115.

f2

1907 c. 55.

f3

1968 c. 7.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and introduction
  2. 2Citation, commencement and introduction
  3. 3Scale of fares
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and introduction

This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1997 and shall come into force on 26th April 1997.

2Citation, commencement and introduction

The London Cab Order 1934f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

3Scale 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 £1.00, and

(b)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.01 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 241.5 metres or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £9.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 161 metres, and

(c)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.01 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 54 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £9.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 36 seconds.

(2)

In any case where the sum arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above—

(a)

is less than £1.40, the fare payable shall be £1.40; or

(b)

exceeds £1.40 but is not a multiple of 20p, the fare payable shall be the sum so arrived at rounded up to the next highest multiple of 20p”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Bowis

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

20th March 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fares payable for the hiring of a motor cab licensed in the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London in respect of all journeys beginning and ending there.