1992 No. 1169
The London Cab Order 1992
Made
Coming into force
Citation, commencement and introduction
1
This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1992 and shall come into force on 30th May 1992.
2
The London Cab Order 19344 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
Scales of fares3
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 9.92 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 291 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £7.80 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 194 yards, and
c
in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 9.92 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 60 seconds or, if the rate shown on the taximeter is £7.80 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 40 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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Order)