The London Cab Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/1093
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and introduction

This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1993 and shall come into force on 24th April 1993.

Section 2 Citation, commencement and introduction

The London Cab Order 1934 shall be amended in accordance with Article 3 below.

Section 3 Scales of fares

For paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) there shall be substituted the following—

(40)

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the fare payable for the hiring of a motor cab shall be according to the following scale—

(a) a hiring charge of 60p, 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 £8.00 or more, 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 fare shown on the taximeter is £8.00 or more, 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 would be less than £1.00 the fare payable shall be £1.00, and in any other case where the fare would exceed a multiple of 20p by a sum which is less than 20p the fare payable shall be the next higher multiple of 20p.