# The London Cab Order 1997, Article 3: Scale 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1116/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-cab-order-1997/article-3
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