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London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907
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1 Fares for taximeter cabs. E
(1)[F1Transport for London] shall have power by regulations made [F2by London cab order] under section nine of the M1Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869, to fix the fares to be paid for the hire in London of cabs fitted with taximters, either on the basis of time or distance or both, and so as to differ for different classes of cabs and under different circumstances . . . F3
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
[F5(3)The power conferred by subsection (1) of this section is subject to paragraph (4) of the restrictions specified in section nine of the said Act of 1869.]
[F6(4)The fare for a cab journey starting within London but ending outside London shall be—
(a)such fare as may be agreed between the driver and the passenger—
(i)before the commencement of the journey, or
(ii)where, after the commencement of the journey, the driver and the passenger agree to change the destination of the journey, at the time when the destination of the journey is changed, or
(b)if no fare is so agreed, the fare shown on the taximeter.
(5)A driver of a cab who demands or takes more than the proper fare for a journey undertaken as mentioned in subsection (4) of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.]
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 1: s. 1 power exercised by S.I. 1991/1301
S. 1: for previous exercises of this power see Index to Government Orders
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F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 6(2)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F2Words in s. 1(1) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 6(2)(b) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F3Proviso repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
F4S. 1(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. XVII
F5S. 1(3) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 6(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F6S. 1(4)(5) inserted (22.7.2008) by Transport for London Act 2008 (c. i), ss. 1(1), 15 (with s. 15(2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1 amended by London Cab Act 1968 (c. 7, S.I.F. 107:1), s. 1(1)
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