The London Cab Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1117
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and introduction

This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1999 and shall come into force on 24th April 1999.

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 Scale 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 £1.00, and

(b) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.21 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 219 metres or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £10.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 146 metres, and

(c) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.21 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 48 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £10.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 32 seconds.

(2) In any case where the sum arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above–

(a) is less than £1.40, the fare payable shall be £1.40; or

(b) exceeds £1.40 but is not a multiple of 20p, the fare payable shall be the sum so arrived at rounded up to the next highest multiple of 20p.

Section 4 Extra charges

(1) Paragraph 41(2)(a) (which prescribes extra charges for the hiring of a motor cab on public holidays, at weekends and at night) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In item (i), for “£2” there shall be substituted “£3”.

(3) In items (ii), (iii) and (iiiA), for “60p” there shall be substituted “90p”.

(4) In item (iv), for “40p” there shall be substituted “60p”.