The London Cab Order 1985

Statutory Instruments

1985 No. 933

METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTS

CABS

The London Cab Order 1985

Made

18th June 1985

Coming into Operation

14th July 1985

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

1.  This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 14th July 1985.

2.  In this Order a reference to the principal Order is a reference to the London Cab Order 1934(1).

3.  For paragraph 35 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“35.— (1) The owner of every motor cab shall cause the cab to be fitted with a taximeter of a type approved by the Assistant Commissioner.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, any such meter shall be so constructed and adjusted that

(a) after the mechanism of the meter has been activated at the commencement of a hiring, the fare payable for the hiring, as prescribed in paragraph 40(1) and (2) of this Order, is automatically recorded and displayed by the meter; and

(b) the total up to an amount of not less than 10p of any extra charges payable by a hirer of the cab, can be displayed by the meter.

(3) Every taximeter so fitted shall be sealed in such manner as the Assistant Commissioner may from time to time direct and may be marked in such manner as the Assistant Commissioner may from time to time permit, and no person shall place such seal or mark on the taximeter unless he is authorised in that behalf by the Assistant Commissioner.

(4) The requirements of sub-paragraph (2)(a) of this paragraph shall not apply during the transitional period specified in Schedule E to this Order.”.

4.  For paragraph 40 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“40.— (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the fare payable for the hiring of a motor cab shall be according to the following scale:—

(a) a hiring charge of 40p, and

(b) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.11 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 534 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £4.40 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 356 yards, and

(c) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.11 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 108 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £4.40 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 72 seconds.

(2) In any case where the fare according to the scale prescribed in sub-paragraph (1) above is less than 80p the fare payable shall be 80p, and in any other case where the fare exceeds a multiple of 20p by a sum which is less than 20p the fare payable shall be the next higher multiple of 20p.

(3) At any time during the transitional period specified in Schedule E to this Order when a motor cab is fitted with a taximeter which is not capable of recording and displaying automatically the fare payable according to the scale prescribed in sub-paragraph (1) above, the fare payable—

(a) where the fare shown on the meter does not exceed £10.00 shall, if a notice in the terms set out in that Schedule is kept prominently displayed in the cab in such a manner as to be clearly legible to the hirer, be, as respects a fare shown on the meter, the figure in the column headed “Fare payable” opposite to the figure in the column headed “Shown on meter”, and otherwise shall be the fare shown on the meter;

(b) where the fare shown on the meter exceeds £10.00 shall, as respects the amount by which the fare shown exceeds the highest multiple of £10.00 in that fare, be the fare payable under the foregoing provisions of this sub-paragraph and in addition £10.80 shall be payable as respects each multiple of £10.00 in the fare shown on the meter.”.

5.  For Schedule E to the principal Order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for Transport

18th June 1985

SCHEDULE

Paragraph 40(3)

“SCHEDULE E INCREASE OF FARES

From 14th July 1985 to 13th September 1985 (inclusive) (in this Order referred to as “the transitional period”) for all journeys beginning and ending within the Metropolitan and/or City Police Districts the fare shown on the taximeter, excluding extras, is (as authorised by the London Cab Order 1985) increased as shown in the following Table:—

Shown on meter	Fare payable
£	£
0.80	0.80
1.00	1.00
1.20	1.20
1.40	1.40
1.60	1.60
1.80	1.80
2.00	2.00
2.20	2.20
2.40	2.60
2.60	2.80
2.80	3.00
3.00	3.20
3.20	3.40
3.40	3.60
3.60	3.80
3.80	4.00
4.00	4.20
4.20	4.40
4.40	4.60
4.60	5.00
4.80	5.20
5.00	5.40
5.20	5.60
5.40	5.80
5.60	6.00
5.80	6.20
6.00	6.40
6.20	6.60
6.40	6.80
6.60	7.00
6.80	7.40
7.00	7.60
7.20	7.80
7.40	8.00
7.60	8.20
7.80	8.40
8.00	8.60
8.20	8.80
8.40	9.00
8.60	9.40
8.80	9.60
9.00	9.80
9.20	10.00
9.40	10.20
9.60	10.40
9.80	10.60
10.00	10.80
0.20	0.20
0.40	0.40
0.60	0.60”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order increases the fares payable for the hiring of a motor cab in the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London in respect of all journeys beginning and ending there. This is achieved by substituting, with amendments, a new paragraph 35 (approved taximeter to be fitted and sealed)—see paragraph 3—and a new paragraph 40 (scale of fares for motor cabs)—see paragraph 4. The Schedule to the Order provides a conversion table setting out the new fares for cabs with taximeters which are not capable of recording those fares automatically. The table is required to be kept prominently displayed in the cab and may only be used during the transitional period from 14th July 1985 to 13th September 1985 after which all taximeters must be capable of automatically recording and displaying the increased fare.

(1)

the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1955/1853, 1980/588, 1982/610, 1983/653, 1984/707.