The London Cab (No. 2) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3250
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and introduction

This Order may be cited as the London Cab (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 29th December 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 Amendments to paragraph 41 (extra charges payable for the hiring of a motor cab)

(1) Paragraph 41 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(a), at the beginning, for “In addition to” there shall be substituted “Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) and (6), in addition to”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (3) after “prescribed in this paragraph” there shall be inserted “, other than that prescribed by virtue of sub-paragraph (6),”.

(4) After sub-paragraph (4) there shall be added–

(5) Sub-paragraph (2)(a)(i) shall not apply in relation to a hiring which–

(a) commences or terminates between the hours of 8pm on 31st December 1999 and 6am on 1st January 2000, and

(b) meets the requirements of sub-paragraph (7).

(6) In relation to such a hiring an extra charge of–

(a) £25; or

(b) if less, a sum equal to the aggregate of–

(i) the fare payable for that hiring in accordance with the last preceding paragraph, and

(ii) any extra charge payable for that hiring in accordance with sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)(a)(v) of this paragraph, shall be payable by the hirer for the whole of the journey to which the hiring relates in addition to the fare payable for that hiring in accordance with the last preceding paragraph.

(7) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (5) are that a notice setting out how the extra charge payable by virtue of sub-paragraph (6) is to be computed is kept prominently displayed in the cab throughout the hiring in a form approved by the Assistant Commissioner and in such manner as to be clearly legible by the hirer.