Regulation of private hire vehicles in London

11 Prohibition of taximeters.

(1)

No vehicle to which a London PHV licence relates shall be equipped with a taximeter.

(2)

If such a vehicle is equipped with a taximeter, the owner of that vehicle is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3)

In this section “taximeter” means a device for calculating the fare to be charged in respect of any journey by reference to the distance travelled or time elapsed since the start of the journey (or a combination of both).