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 10.42 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 202.5 metres or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £10.60 or more, at the rate of 20p for 135 metres, and

(c)

in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.42 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 43.5 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £10.60 or more, at the rate of 20p for 29 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.”