1991 No. 1301
METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTSCABS
The London Cab Order 1991
Made 23rd May 1991
Coming into force 8th June 1991

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, section 1 of the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907 and section 1 of the London Cab Act 1968, hereby makes the following order:
1869 c. 115.
1907 c. 55.
1968 c. 7.

Citation, commencement and introduction
1 This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1991 and shall come into force on 8th June 1991.
2 The London Cab Order 1934shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
S.R. and O. 1934/1346; relevant amendments are S.I. 1984/707 and 1990/1076.

3 Scales of fares
For paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) there shall be substituted the following—

“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 9.94 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 313.5 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £7.20 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 209 yards, and
(c) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 9.94 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 64.5 seconds or, if the rate shown on the taximeter is £7.20 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 43 seconds.
2 In any case where the fare according to the scale prescribed in sub-paragraph (1) above is less than £1.00 the fare payable shall be £1.00, 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.”

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4 Amendment to extra charges
In paragraph 41(1)(a) (which prescribes extra charges for the carriage of additional passengers), for “20p” there shall be substituted “30p”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Roger Freeman Minister of State, Department of Transport 23rd May 1991

(This note is not part of the Order)
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. It also increases the extra charge payable for the carriage of additional passengers.