Regulation of private hire vehicles in London
I111 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).