The London Cab Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/848
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and introduction

This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1989 and shall come into force on 9th June 1989.

Section 2 Citation, commencement and introduction

The London Cab Order 1934 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

Section 3 Scales of fares

(1) 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 10.26 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 384 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £6.00 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 256 yards, and

(c) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.26 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 76.5 seconds or, if the rate shown in the taximeter is £6.00 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 51 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.

(2) Schedule E shall be omitted.